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"The US Navy charged Black sailors with rioting and assaults on White sailors in an incident referred to as a race riot, while totally ignoring violent unprovoked assaults committed by White sailors and Marines. Author Marv Truhe was a Navy JAG defense lawyer seeking justice for the accused Black sailors. Truhe possesses one of the most complete collections, personal or institutional, of original source documents of the Kitty Hawk incident and its legal aftermath--trial transcripts, investigation reports, hundreds of sworn statements and medical reports, federal court pleadings, and case files and witness interviews. How could virtually all official and unofficial accounts of the incident have placed blame for the incident solely on twenty-three Black sailors? How could they have been subjected to blatant racial injustices without their story being told until now?"-- Provided by publisher

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic empires from Queen Elizabeth I's first letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli in 1583, to Lord Palmerston's letter to the Minister of China in 1840. Starting with Queen Elizabeth I's letter to the Chinese Emperor and ending with the letter from Lord Palmerston to the Minister of China just before the Opium War, this book explores the long journey in between from cultural diplomacy to gunboat diplomacy. It interweaves the most known diplomatic efforts at the official level with the much unknown intellectual interactions at the people-to-people level, from missionaries to scholars, from merchants to travelers and from artists to scientists. This book adopts a novel "mirror" approach by pairing and comparing people, texts, commodities, artworks, architecture, ideologies, operating systems and world views of the two empires. Using letters, gifts and traded goods as fulcrums, and by adopting these unique lenses, it puts China into the world history narratives to contextualise Anglo-Chinese relations, thus providing a fresh analysis of the surviving evidence. Xin Liu casts a new light on understanding the Sino-centric and Anglo-centric world views in driving the complex relations between the two empires, and the reversals of power shifts that are still unfolding today. The book is not intended for specialists in history, but a general audience wishing to learn more about China's historical engagement with the world.

• Introduction
• ʻAbdul ʻAziz bin ʻAbul Rahman
• Political responsibilities
• A rich legacy
• A short biography
• Methodological approach
• Syria under Ottoman rule: conditions in the Levant
• From Latakiyyah to Riyadh
• 'Abdul 'Aziz and Sa'udi Arabia: the Arabian Peninsula between 1918 and 1932
• 'Abdul 'Aziz and Yusuf Yassin: Anglo-American rivalries
• Sa'ud bin 'Abdul 'Aaziz and Yusuf Yassin: core Arab concerns
• Faysal bin 'Abdul 'Aziz and Yusuf Yassin: a memorable encounter
• Conclusion: a premature death

• Preface
• How to use this book
• Introduction: what was the world of the ancient Silk Road?
• Alphabetical entries
• Amazons
• Animal style
• Banqueting
• City planning
• Coinage
• Domestication of the horse
• Funerary practices
• Indus Valley civilization
• Linguistic and genetic studies
• Monasticism
• Nomad kingdoms and empires
• Persepolis' Apadana
• Persistence of Classicism
• Shamanism, ancient Central Asian
• Silk
• Texts and archaeology
• Texts and translations
• Travelers, Early
• Wool working and carpet making
• Zoroastrianism
• Artifacts.

"Summary: Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road explores the interconnectivity of the Eurasian continent from 4000 BCE to 1000 CE and focuses on the role played by Central Asia through which passed the major trade routes, the Silk Roads"-- Provided by publisher.

• Centrality of China and Foreign Contacts
• Barbarians at the Gate
• Opening the Pandora's Box
• Japan's China Wars
• The Turn of the Century
• The War of Resistance Against Japan
• A New Power under Test
• Security Priorities
• Boundary Settlements
• Ups and Downs with the Superpowers
• Refocusing on Asia
• Africa and the Middle East
• Trade Negotiations
• Regional Diplomacy
• Statecraft and Crisis Management.

"This book is one of the first wide-ranging surveys of China's foreign policy and practice from the 16th century to present day from a Chinese perspective. A modern history of China's interaction with major powers, it throws new light on the events and issues of major interest, clarifies possible points of ambiguity and misunderstanding, and brings the reader up to date about some of the current issues of contention in China's international relations. China's Foreign Policy and Practice: 1. Presents a unique account of Chinese statecraft and foreign policy from the vantage point of an insider who has spent years participating in the decision-making process at the national level; 2. Paints a larger picture of China's interaction with the world, connecting wars, negotiations, treaties, and boundary settlements with its neighbours; 3. Focuses on policy evolution in specific areas such as trade, regional diplomacy, dispute settlement, crisis management, and engagement with major powers; 4. Draws on Chinese records and publications that may not be readily accessible, as well as the latest memoirs and declassified documents 5. Is a nuanced, comprehensive and accessible guide for students of international politics as well as general readers interested in China. A unique history of China in world affairs, this book will be essential reading for students of politics and international relations, history, foreign policy, diplomacy, China studies, and Asian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors
• 1 Reglobalization, Nationalism, and Regionalism: Chinese Choices JARED MORGAN MCKINNEY AND HOO TIANG BOON
• 2 The State of Asian Regionalism and Current Developments in the Context of U.S.-China Competition ANDREW YEO
• 3 Chinese Thinking on Regional Governance: Open Regionalism and Moral Leadership CAI YUQIAN
• 4 Weathering the Storm? RCEP, Chinese Regionalism, and Great Power Competition XUE GONG
• 5 China's Eurasian Forums: Initiatives Before and Beyond the Belt-and-Road CHUNG CHIEN-PENG
• 6 Establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Is China Taking a Leadership Role in Regionalism in Asia? YU HONG
• 7 Going Continental: China's New Agenda for Asian Regionalism and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia NICOLA P. CONTESSI
• 8 China's Regionalism through Cooperation in Non-Traditional Security: A Study of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation LINA GONG
• 9 An Indo-Pacific Concert of Powers and China PANG ZHONGYING Index.
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With globalization on the wane in a world fractured by growing great power competition, Hoo and McKinney argue that regionalism is likely to re-emerge as a focal area of significance and interest in the coming years. In Asia, how regionalism evolves is inescapably linked to China's part in this story. Hoo, McKinney and their contributors will help readers better understand regionalism as it is approached, conceived and practiced by China. Looking past the conventional attention on the Belt-Road Initiative, the contributors examine the evolving perspectives on regionalism within China, the forms which this regionalism has taken and the implications for the strategic order in Asia. This includes a focus on newer architecture such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); lesser-known mechanisms such as the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC); and more traditional ones such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). A valuable resource for scholars and students of China's foreign relations, and of Asian regionalism and strategic order.
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• "Oriental despotism" and its problems in China studies
• "Oriental despotism" and its origins : Europe and imperial China
• "Oriental despotism" from the ancient Greeks to the enlightenment
• "Oriental despotism" since the 19th century
• Secularism and political order
• "Social natural law"
• The emperorship
• Institutional differentiation and "internal pluralism"
• Imperial politics and its constraints
• Meritocracy and state-society connections
• Education, social distinction and equality
• Meritocratic institutions and their evolution
• Inequality, representation and responsibilities
• Bureaucrats and "civil society"
• Modern revolution and political power
• Nationalism, sovereignty and modern party power
• "Organizational emperorship"
• Structuring politics
• The new paradigm
• Bringing back the power of supervision
• Party-society linkages
• A "party in society"
• Society and interest representation
• A theory of moral loyalty
• The Chinese state and western state products
• Political reforms : grand discourse and little truth
• Forms of political reform
• A Tocquevillian dilemma
• Scenarios of political change.

"In this important and hugely ambitious book, one of the world's leading political scientists working on China demonstrates how Western views of China are flawed because the long tradition of Western scholarship studying China views China from the Western philosophical and intellectual perspective rather than viewing China on its own terms through the lens of China's own long established and reputable philosophical and intellectual tradition. Providing a deep analysis of Western scholarship on China, including work from Leibniz to Marx to Weber and then to Wittfogel, and a thorough account of the evolution of China's own thinking about governance as expressed in the practices of successive Chinese dynasties, the book goes on to examine how the current Chinese body politic fits with and is the natural outcome of China's own long, well-thought-through and well-practised intellectual consideration of what the nature of civilised governance should be. By focusing on philosophical and intellectual approaches rather than on theoretical or methodological ones, the book shows how the huge and increasing disconnect between non-Chinese views of China and Chinese ones has come about"-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface Acknowledgments
• 1. Saddam Hussein
• 2. George W. Bush
• 3. 9/11 and the Global War on Terror
• 4. Iraq
• 5. Coercive Diplomacy
• 6. A Special Relationship
• 7. Deciding
• 8. Resolve
• 9. Mission Awry
• 10. Conclusion: Fear, Power, Hubris Notes Bibliography Index.
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A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003-an outcome that was in no way predetermined. America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein, the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century.
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• Acknowledgments About the Contributors and the Editor List of Figures and Tables Introduction
• 1 Relations Between Seoul, ASEAN States and Pyongyang LAM PENG ER (EDITOR) PART I Triangular Relations: Three Perspectives
• 2 Seoul's New Southern Policy With the ASEAN States and Its Security Implications for Peace on the Korean Peninsula HAHNKYU PARK
• 3 ASEAN and the Two Koreas: Bilateral and Multilateral Nexus NUR SHAHADAH JAMIL
• 4 Pyongyang's Relations With the ASEAN States and Seoul: ASEAN as an Epistemic Hub for the Korean Peninsula Issue KIM SUNG CHULL PART II ASEAN States Between Pyongyang and Seoul
• 5 Vietnam's Relations With the Korean Peninsula: The Interplay Between History, Identity and National Interests HA ANH TUAN
• 6 Cambodia's Relations With North and South Korea: A Remainder From the Cold War JULIO A. JELDRES
• 7 Laos' Friendly Relations With the Socialist and Democratic Regimes in the Korean Peninsula SULATHIN THILADEJ
• 8 Singapore's Relations With North and South Korea: In Pursuit of Pragmatism and Principles SARAH TEO
• 9 The Domestic Sources of Indonesia's Relations With North and South Korea: Pragmatism, Leadership and Regime Legitimacy ARDHITYA EDUARD YEREMIA AND MUHAMAD ARIF
• 10 The Philippines-South Korea-North Korea Triangular Relationship: Between a Long-Time Security Partner and a Traditional Security Threat RENATO CRUZ DE CASTRO
• 11 A Reactive Diplomacy: Pyongyang-Bangkok-Seoul Triangular Relations PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN
• 12 Myanmar and the Two Koreas: Toward New Areas of Convergence? MOE THUZAR PART III Triangular Relations: Human Security and Economics
• 13 Human Security: North Korean Refugees, Conduit of ASEAN States and South Korean Sanctuary BRENDAN HOWE
• 14 Triangular Economic Ties Between ROK, DPRK and ASEAN CHIANG MIN-HUA Index.
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the relations between the two Koreas and the different ASEAN states, including their relations with ASEAN as an organization. It outlines a complex picture with both bilateral and multilateral relations in play at the same time. It charts for each relationship how the present situation has arisen, discusses current difficulties and strains, and assesses how the relationship may develop in future.
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• Introduction. Struggling to Remember: Memory, Representation, and Contention
• 1. Cultural Memories of State Violence: A Comparative Study of Kwangju and Hiroshima
• 2. The Making of Tiananmen Square as a Realm of Contested Memories
• 3. From Dictator to Hero: Marcos, Heroes Cemeteries, and Sites of Cultural Memory
• 4. The Praxis of Memory: The Royal Statue of King Prajadhipok
• 5. Reshuffling History: From Mengkerang to Party, Image (Film) and it's Overflowing History/Time Index System
• 6. (Un-)Representability of History and Visualisation of Memory
• 7. Exorcising Memory through Cold Confessions? Testimonial Literature and the Problems of Ethics
• 8. The Politics and Promise of Memory: The White Terror in Taiwan as Example.
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A collection of works by Asian scholars looking at different ways in which relatively recent traumas have been memorialized in their various countries, often while the traumas themselves are ongoing, or the memories of them contested. Memory studies typically focuses on the study of memorialization after traumatic incidents are overcome, in Asia, however, the past and the present remain closely intertwined. Between the legacies of the Japanese Empire, the respective suppressions by the Kuomintang and the People's Republic of China, and the ongoing protests in much of Southeast Asia against oppressive governments and laws, memorialization is occurring while the histories are still being contested. The contributors to this book are Asian scholars examining the memorializing of events in the countries of Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines, using local language sources. They look at a broad range of media of memorialization, encompassing statues, cemeteries, testimonial literature, and film among others. An insightful resource for scholars of memory and cultural studies, as well as those of twentieth and twenty-first century Asian history.
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• Introduction
• 1. Mao Zedong's Revolutionary Diplomacy: Keeping the Wolves from the Door
• 2. Deng Xiaoping's Developmental Diplomacy: Biding for China's Time
• 3. Xi Jinping's Big Power Diplomacy: Showing China's Sword
• 4. Power of the Past over the Present: The Imperial Glory versus the Century of Humiliation
• 5. Defining National Interests: State versus Popular Nationalism
• 6. The Party-State Hierarchy: Paramount Leaders versus Institutions
• 7. Searching for China's Place in the Sun: International Distribution of Power
• 8. From Revolutionary State to Revisionist Stakeholder: The World Order and Globalization
• 9. Conclusion: The Mandate of Heaven? China's Quest and Peril.
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China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched, Xi's sense of mission to restore what he believes is China's natural position as a great power drives the current course of the nation's foreign policy. When China was weak, it was subordinated to others. Now, China is strong, and it wants others to subordinate, at least on the issues involving what it regards as core national interests. What are the primary forces and how have these forces driven China's reemergence to global power? This book weaves together complex events, processes, and players to provide a historically in-depth, conceptually comprehensive, and up-to-date analysis of Chinese foreign policy transition since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), arguing that transformational leaders with new visions and political wisdom to make their visions prevail are the game changers. Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping are transformational leaders who have charted unique courses of Chinese foreign policy in the quest for security, prosperity, and power. With the ultimate decision-making authority on national security and strategic policies, these leaders have made political use of ideational forces, tailoring bureaucratic institutions, exploiting the international power distribution, and responding strategically to the international norms and rules to advance their foreign policy agendas in the path of China's ascendance.
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• Introduction : dynamics of Chinese foreign policy : leaders matter
• Mao Zedong's revolutionary diplomacy : keeping the wolves from the door
• Deng Xiaoping's developmental diplomacy : biding for China's time
• Xi Jinping's big power Diplomacy : showing China's sword
• Power of the past over the present : the imperial glory versus the century of humiliation
• Defining China's national interests : state versus popular nationalism
• The party-state hierarchy : paramount leaders versus institutions
• Searching for China's place in the sun : international distribution of power
• From revolutionary state to revisionist stakeholder : the world order and globalization
• Conclusion : the mandate from heaven? : China's quest and peril.

• Preface to the Second Edition, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA and Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA 1. Middle East Civil Wars: Definitions, Drivers, and the Record of the Recent Past, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA 2. What We Know about Ending Civil Wars, Jessica Maves, Braithwaite, University of Arizona, USA 3. The Global and Regional Geopolitics of Civil War in the Middle East, Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA 4. Yemen: The 60-Year War, Gerald Feierstein, The Middle East Institute, USA previously of U.S. Foreign Service 5. The Syrian Civil War: Bringing the Conflict to a Close, Robert S. Ford, The Middle East Institute, USA
• previously of U.S Foreign Service 6. Afghanistan's Unending Wars, Marvin G. Weinbaum, The Middle East Institute, USA
• previously of U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• and Ahmad Khalid Majidyar, previously of the State Department, and Congress 7. The Origins of the Libyan Conflict and Options for its Resolution, Jonathan M. Winer, The Middle East Institute, USA previously United States Special Envoy for Libya 8. Iraq: A Conflict over State Identity and Ownership, Randa Slim, The Middle East Institute, USA and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced and International Studies, USA 9. The Diplomacy of Engagement: Ending Civil Wars in Transitional Middle Eastern States, Chester A. Crocker, Georgetown University, USA Concluding Thoughts and Policy Takeaways, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA and Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA.
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How can the current civil wars in the Middle East be resolved? This volume brings together academics, experts, and practitioners to explore this question. The book covers the history of civil wars in the region during the 20th century, and then examines the specific causes, drivers, and dynamics of the ongoing civil wars in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Updated for a second edition, the book argues that while these are very different cases of civil war, there are patterns that are important to point out at the outset. First, while each of the conflicts appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon, each has a long historical tail. Second, each of the civil wars had deep and complex domestic drivers and dynamics over issues of governance, political identity, and resources; at the same time, all of the conflicts have had deep regional and international components. Finally, all of these civil wars have been affected by the presence or entrance of armed transnational non-state actors, which have had far greater involvement in the Middle Eastern civil wars compared to other regions. The book concludes that these conflicts will require a mixture of local, regional, and international interventions to bring them to an end, but that none of the conflicts are likely to end cleanly through either a negotiated settlement or a clear victory by one party or the other. Despite this pessimistic overall assessment, the book emphasizes that policymakers should use knowledge of civil wars in the Middle East to develop and pursue specific national, regional and global policies. These should be built around mitigating the worst effects of the conflicts and towards ultimate resolution.
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Documentary filmmaker, Christine Choy, tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned project she began shooting in 1989.

• Debunking the myth of Northeast Asia / Yong-Chool Ha and Akihiro Iwashita
• The transformation of China in Northeast Asia since 1990 : from regional power to global power / Yoshifumi Nakai
• The impact of the Donald Trump presidency on Northeast Asia / Yasuhiro Izumikawa
• Crises for North Korea and its neighbors / Mitsuhiro Mimura
• Maritime challenges to the Northeast Asian region / Yuji Fukuhara
• Chinese land deals and migration in the Russian far east : positionality changes in the borderlands / Norio Horie
• Exorcising phantoms : developments at border islands in Northeast Asia / Naoki Amano
• Competing sovereignty regimes within Northeast Asia / Mihoko Kato
• Economic integration in Northeast Asia from the 1990s / Shinichiro Tabata
• In search of Northeast Asia's least common denominator : regional issues through the lens of political culture / David Wolff
• The politics of (mis)trust in Northeast Asia : social inclusion, empathy and reconciliation / Naomi Chi
• Conclusion : reflecting on regional community in Northeast Asia / Akihiro Iwashita and Edward Boyle.

"Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia focuses on the dynamics of Northeast Asia as a region. The chapters in this book offer a nuanced approach for understanding the geo-politics of this strategically critical area of the world. Focussing on China, Japan, Russia and the Koreas, as well as the involvement of the United States, the contributors to the volume offer a timely and critical analysis of Northeast Asia. They collectively emphasize the different scales at which the region holds significance, and particularly note how the region is often granted significance by local political forces as well as national interests. Borderlands and sub-regions are especially important in this perspective, and the contributors show both how regionalism influences the people living in these areas, and how they in turn shape the political priorities of states. At the same time, the worsening of relations between Japan and the Koreas and the increasing assertiveness of both China and Russia make it essential to understand the dynamics of the region, as well as how they have changed during and following the Trump era. Essential reading for Political Geography, International Relations and Strategic Studies scholars with a focus on Northeast Asia, or the wider Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions"-- Provided by publisher.

• A tabernacle in the desert : the loving marriage in Imperial Germany
• A society of two? : partnerships in the interwar democracies
• "They stuck together like iron ore" : Jewish and mixed marriages in the Third Reich
• A golden cage? : Jewish families in West Germany

This book explores the dynamic role of love in German-Jewish lives, from the birth of the German Empire in the 1870s, to the 1970s, a generation after the Shoah. During a remarkably turbulent hundred-year period when German Jews experienced five political regimes, rapid urbanization, transformations in gender relations, and war and genocide, the romantic ideals of falling in love and marrying for love helped German Jews to develop a new sense of self. Appeals to romantic love were also significant in justifying relationships between Jews and non-Jews, even when those unions created conflict within and between communities. By incorporating novel approaches from the history of emotions and life-cycle history, Christian Bailey moves beyond existing research into the sexual and racial politics of modern Germany and approaches a new frontier in the study of subjectivity and the self. German Jews in Love draws on a rich array of sources, from newspapers and love letters to state and other official records. Calling on this evidence, Bailey shows the ways German Jews' romantic relationships reveal an aspect of acculturation that has been overlooked: how deeply cultural scripts worked their way into emotions; those most intimate and seemingly pre-political aspects of German-Jewish subjectivity.
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• A tabernacle in the desert : the loving marriage in Imperial Germany
• A society of two? : partnerships in the interwar democracies
• "They stuck together like iron ore" : Jewish and mixed marriages in the Third Reich
• A golden cage? : Jewish families in West Germany.