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History of War
Stuart Flinders A new account of the Irish soldier who became an Indian God, an examination of the cult of a dark hero, is long overdue. Cult of a Dark Hero: Nicholson of Dehli builds a fresh perspective on Nicholson, considering his personality, sexuality and attitude towards religion, this provides the first book-length biography of this important figure in over 70 years.
UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781350254862 • £12.99 / $17.95 Previously published in HB 9781350143524 ePub 9781838608323 • £22.50 / $29.96 ePdf 9781838608330 • £22.50 / $29.96 Bloomsbury Academic
Japanese Perceptions of Papua New Guinea
War, Travel and the Reimagining of History
Ryota Nishino, University of the South Pacific, Fiji Translating a diverse range of Japanese sources, this book provides the first English-language analysis of the social and political impact of Japanese interpretations of military action in Papua New Guinea. In bringing travel and war closer together through a comparative analysis of veterans’ memoirs and the records of postwar travelers, this book explores how individuals consume, create, and recreate war histories. In doing so, Nishino reveals the extent to which the memory of defeat influenced the Japanese perceptions of Papua New Guinea and shaped future relations between the countries.
UK March 2022 • US March 2022 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350139008 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350139022 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350139015 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: War, Culture and Society • Bloomsbury Academic The Life and Representations of Kim Tu-han
Erik Mobrand, Seoul National University, South Korea The son of a nationalist martyr, Kim Tu-han rose to prominence as a mobster in 1930s Seoul. As conditions shifted, he deployed his gang first as a construction corps supporting the Japanese war effort, then as a progressive force, and, most successfully, as an anti-communist vigilante group. After narrowly escaping the death sentence for murder, he won election as a legislator. Mobrand's intimate exposition of Kim Tu-han's unusual and contradictory life and posthumous legacy illustrates with distinct clarity how he has become lionised as a ‘folk hero’ and nationalist icon in contemporary Korean culture.
UK March 2022 • US March 2022 • 240 pages • 12 bw illus HB 9781350092594 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350092617 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350092600 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Atrocity Images and the Contested Memory of the Second World War in the Balkans
Jovan Byford, The Open University, UK Focusing on visual representations of genocidal violence perpetrated against Serbs, Jews, and Roma by the pro-Nazi Ustasha regime in the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945), the book examines the origins and history of the relevant atrocity images, and charts their post-war fate. Drawing on extensive research in national and regional archives and museums in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, Jovan Byford scrutinizes the institutional dynamic behind the collection and preservation of atrocity photographs, and explores their contextualization, narrative framing and audiencing in the press, museum exhibitions, books, films, in war crimes trials and other settings, between 1945 and the present.
UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 224 pages • 44 bw illus PB 9781350192522 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350015968 ePub 9781350015975 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350015982 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: War, Culture and Society • Bloomsbury Academic
The Ethics of Emerging Medical Collections from the Great War
Jason Bate, University of Exeter, UK This book draws on a rich set of materials to examine postwar experiences of ex-servicemen who were facially-disfigured during the First World War. Weaving together medical, institutional and family photographic albums under a social history framework, Jason Bate underscores overlooked aspects of these men's continued hardships after returning home from the front. In particular, a focus is taken on the private sphere of the family and the complex world of employment that disfigured veterans had to navigate after the war.
UK January 2022 • US January 2022 • 240 pages • 36 bw illus HB 9781350122048 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350122062 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350122055 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Facialities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Human Face • Bloomsbury Academic
Soldier and Diplomat
Alan Ogden, Lecturer for Martin Randall Travel In this meticulously-researched biography, Alan Ogden examines the life and times of General Adrian de Wiart. In drawing from a variety of primary sources and privately-owned family papers, Ogden sheds fascinating light on a figure that has often been confined to the margins of history.
UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 318 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350233126 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350233157 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350233140 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
HISTORY – History of War
Building a Multiethnic Military in Post-Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina
Elliot Short, Independent Scholar, UK This sophisticated study assesses Yugoslav efforts to build a multi-ethnic military during the socialist period, charts the developments of the armies that fought in the war, and offers a detailed account of the post-war international initiatives that led to the creation of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources, here Elliot Short provides the first analysis of the armed forces during times of peace-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781350190931 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350190955 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350190948 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Conscription, US Intervention and the Transformation of Ireland (1914-1918)
Divergent Destinies
Emmanuel Destenay, Sorbonne University, France Connecting social and cultural history to an international diplomatic perspective, this book demonstrates how the Irish revolution was affected by foreign and domestic policies of both America and Britain.
UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 288 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350266582 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350266612 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350266605 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Simon Topping, Plymouth University, UK Northern Ireland, The United States and the Second World War analyses the various responses to the American military presence in Northern Ireland during the Second World War, and its legacy in the years immediately thereafter. Topping offers the first monographlength political history of United States involvement in Northern Ireland. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this largely overlooked aspect of the war, and the history of Northern Ireland more generally, and is essential for students and scholars of Irish and American history, the Second World War, and political and diplomatic history.
UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 320 pages • 23 bw illus HB 9781350037595 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350037601 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350037618 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic
Militarization and the American Century
War, the United States and the world since 1941
David Fitzgerald, University College Cork, Ireland Taking American mobilization in WWII as its departure point, this book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to the history of militarization in the United States since 1940. Exploring the ways in which war and the preparation for war has shaped and affected the United States during ‘The American Century’, Fitzgerald demonstrates how militarization has shaped relations between the US and the rest of the world.
UK February 2022 • US February 2022 • 224 pages HB 9781350102224 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350102248 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350102231 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: New Approaches to International History • Bloomsbury Academic
