Bücher der Reihe Longman Companions To History

In the LONGMAN COMPANIONS TO HISTORY series, the second revised edition of the LONGMAN COMPANION TO COLD WAR AND DETENTE, 1941-91. It is a study of post-war international relations, particularly America, Russia and the Cold War, containing accounts of over 70 crises and conflicts and biographies of over 100 political figures.

This work provides essential facts and commentary on all aspects of British history, government and culture. Fully revised it now covers the events of the late 1990s and contains a political chronology that includes the Blair administration.

This volume contains essential facts and figures relating to European decolonization in the 20th century. Containing biographies of the leading figures, it takes each European empire in turn and offers a detailed chronology of the process of decolonization in the individual states.

This study on Imperial Russia covers topics as diverse as: central government; foreign policy; the revolutionary movement; music, art and literature; religion and the Church; education; the peasantry; and the different nationalities of the Russian Empire.

Provides facts and figures on the Labour Party since its foundation. Much of the text takes the form of chronologies of Labour's history in government and in opposition. Also studied are Labour's links with groups such as trade unions, the revolutionary left, women and ethnic minorities.

This reference work provides a wide-ranging compendium of essential facts and figures on the Conservative Party - from its origins in the 1830s to the present.

The fascination with Napoleon as an individual and with the colossal changes wrought by his wars across Europe has continued among historians, and many others, ever since. This guide is designed to provide detail on more than the military aspects of the period, and to cover the whole of Europe.

This title covers the rise of the European empires in the early modern period, right up to the height of empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, this is a guide to Imperialism. The moder period receives a more detailed treatment.

This new reference work, designed for students, teachers and the general reader provides a detailed yet wide-ranging guide to the turbulent events of 20th century Europe. It covers the whole period from Tsarist Russia and Imperial Germany to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and the final birth of the Euro in 2002.

Part of the "Longman Companions to History" series, this text examines the phenomena of nationalism in Europe between 1789-1920. Amongst the areas covered are the political, historical and geographical background context in which 19th-century nationalism developed.