Sussex Academic Press: 85 books

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by Tore Petersen
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015

For many commentators and historians the announcement of the Carter Doctrine signaled the end of the British presence and the final transfer of power to the United States in the Persian Gulf. But on the ground the reality was different. After the announcement of the British leaving the Persian Gulf...
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Las dos Españas

Terror and Crisis in Contemporary Spain

by Nicholas Managanas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016

The idea of a divided Spain, where one half is antagonistic to the other half, dates back at least to the 19th-century. The narrative of las dos Españas is evident across many political and historical debates operating in the Spanish state, and contemporarily it shadows and informs national issues...
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Palestine Investigated

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Palestine Police Force, 1920–1948

by Eldad Harouvi
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016

This book tells the story of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Palestine Police Force (PPF) in the historical context which impacted the CID's missions, methods, and composition. At first, the CID was engaged in providing technical assistance for criminal investigation. Following...
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Spain Bleeds

The Development of Battlefield Blood Transfusion During the Civil War

by Linda Palfreeman
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Research into local aspects of the Spanish Civil War and of the International Brigades' Medical Service resulted in an informal trilogy of sorts. ¡Salud! British Volunteers in the Republican Medical Service during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 and Aristocrats, Adventurers and Ambulances: British...
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Guerrilleros and Neighbours in Arms

Identities and Cultures of Anti-fascist Resistance in Spain

by Jorge Marco
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

The Spanish Civil War, fought between 1936 and 1939, was the first battle against fascism in Europe. Five months after the victory of dictator Francisco Franco in Spain the conflict moved to Europe with the outbreak of the Second World War. Fascism and anti-fascism again faced each other on the battlefield....
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'Goodbye, Spain?'

The Question of Independence for Catalonia

by Kathryn Crameri
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014

'Goodbye, Spain?' discusses the question of Catalan independence and is fully up-to-date with respect to the most recent elections. Support for independence in the autonomous community of Catalonia has risen significantly since 2005. Opinion polls confirm that the idea of holding a legally binding...
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The Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain

Volume I – Crisis, Renewal, and the Ministers' Dilemma

by Robin Gwynn
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain examines the history of the French communities in Britain from the Civil War, which plunged them into turmoil, to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, after which there was no realistic possibility that the Huguenots would be readmitted to France. There is a particular...
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On the Teaching of Literature

From Charismatic Secrecy to Joyful Revelation

by Flemming Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Drawing on the author’s teaching practice and experience, this book is based on the premise that reading and analyzing literary texts are rewarding pursuits. The target group is grammar school pupils and students at colleges of education and universities. Pedagogic theories are dealt with only in...
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Jacob L. Talmon

Mission and Testimony: Political Essays

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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

Talmon was chosen by an international committee of scholars as one of the twenty major historians of the twentieth century, declaring that “his historiography was a convincing apologia for human freedom.” He owes his fame primarily to his magnum opus, the trilogy that began with The Origins of...
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The Poetic World of Emily Brontë

Poems from the Author of Wuthering Heights

by Laura Inman
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014

Bringing an unjustifiably marginalized poet out of the shadows, this book presents Emily Brontë’s poetry in a way that enables readers, even those who shy away from poetry, to appreciate her work. She is widely known as a novelist, but she was first and equally a poet. Her poems are varied, lyrical,...
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Eliot's Objective Correlative

Tradition or Individual Talent? Contributions to the History of a Topos

by Flemming Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

Eliot’s dictum about the objective correlative has often been quoted but rarely analysed. This book traces the maxim to some of its sources and places it in a contemporary context. Eliot agreed with Locke about the necessity of sensory input, but for a poet to be able to create poetry, the input...
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Global Jihad and the Tactic of Terror Abduction

A Comprehensive Review of Islamic Terrorist Organizations

by Shaul Shay
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013

In recent decades, the taking of hostages has proven to be a particularly effective tactic for Islamic terrorist organizations worldwide, including al Qaeda. The global jihad movement regards citizens of foreign (mainly Western) countries as prime targets for abduction, although in fact local residents...
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Heretics Within

Anthony Wotton, John Goodwin, and the Orthodox Divines

by David Parnham
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

The polemical revisionary writings of 17th-century puritan pastor Anthony Wotton on topics such as Christ’s redemptive suffering and the imputation of justifying righteousness, God’s saving grace and the moral law, faith and works, and the gracious covenant and legal covenant—as well as the...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

This study of civil–military relations in Latin America begins by noting that, since 2000, military dictatorships in the region have virtually disappeared, with the political role of the military in many countries dramatically diminished. The book then examines the new types of regimes, including...
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