Rethinking History, Dictatorship and War: New Approaches and Interpretations

Introduction1. History, Dictatorships and War - Richard OveryPart I: The Way History is or Ought to be Written2. Mapping the Twentieth Century - Jeremy Black3. Writers on a Mission - Ulrike Ehret4. Regional History, Nazism and the Holocaust - Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann5. Defining ‘Human Security': Roads to War and Peace - Patricia ClavinPart II: The Nature of Dictatorships6. Comparing Napoleon's Leadership Style with the Dictators of the 20th Century - Michael Rowe7. The Making of German Policy towards British POWs - Neville Wylie8. Comparing Nazi and Stalinist Rule in the Borderlands of Eastern Europe - Nick TerryPart III: War 9. Air Power and War - Sebastian Ritchie10. Why the Allies Won the Air War, 1939-1945 - Philip Sabin11. What Sustained and Motivated RAF Bomber Command Aircrew in the Battle of Berlin? Contrasting Perspectives - Nick Chapman12. The British Army as a Social Institution 1939-45 - Jeremy Crang13. ‘Oh, you can't help feeling for them'. The British security forces and the Jews in Palestine, 1945-1948 - David Cesarani