Stressing the importance of interallied power relations, the book offers a typology of alliances and illustrates the main theoretical propositions of each type with historical case-studies from 18th-century Europe.
Translation and expansion of: Togliatti e Stalin; published in Italian in 1997 and updated in 2007.
How can a movement like Surrealism be transferred, transplanted, or transported from one culture to another, one language to another? This book traces the creative dialogue between France and Japan in the early 20th century, focusing on Surrealist and avant-garde writings.
Why did the Soviet Union spark war in 1967 between Israel and the Arab states by falsely informing Syria and Egypt that Israel was massing troops on the Syrian border? Based on archival sources, this work argues that Moscow had absolutely no intention of starting a war.
Through close readings of Tanizaki's and Freud's major writings from the 1930s, the book proposes new answers to classic feminist questions about perversion.
Frédéric Godart and Jacques Neatby bring a wealth of practical experience and in-depth knowledge to present a targeted strategy for building and... Læs mere
This book is a study of the emergence of the geographic paradigm in modern Western thought around 1800.
In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves as an introduction to Pierre... Læs mere
On Flexibility presents a force planning concept that will enable armies to cope with the growing diversity of... Læs mere