State Surveillance, Political Policing and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Solomon Vlad)(Pevná vazba)

State Surveillance, Political Policing and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Solomon Vlad)(Pevná vazba)

Examines the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. This book deals with the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in China - Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions(Pevná vazba)

China, hitherto barely affected by terrorism, now confronts a phenomenon all too familiar to other

Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society: Post-9/11 Progress and Challenges (Romaniuk Scott N.)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the intersection between national and international counter-terrorism policies and civil society in national and regional contexts in the post-9/11 era. It serves as a critical discussion accounting for the experiences of civil society in the enforcement of global security

Greater: Britain After the Storm (Mordaunt Penny)(Pevná vazba)

Is the Britain of 2021 a nation hopelessly divided? Stuck in outmoded political convention and economically outclassed on the world stage? Penny Morduant and Chris Lewis don't think so. And neither should anyone else. In this ground-breaking polemic, they argue that Britain is a country with still

The Arabs at War in Afghanistan (Hamid Mustafa)(Pevná vazba)

A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in Afghanistan is a remarkable and improbable undertaking. Yet this is what Mustafa Hamid, aka Abu Walid al-Masri, and Leah Farrall have achieved with

Sexual progressives: Reimagining intimacy in Scotland, 1880-1914 (Cheadle Tanya)(Pevná vazba)

Sexual Progressives is a major new study of the feminists and socialists who campaigned against the moral conservatism of the Victorian period. Drawing on a range of sources, from letters and diaries to radical newspapers and utopian novels, it provides the first group portrait of Scotland's

Shining Sands - Artists in Newlyn and St Ives, 1880-1930 (Cross Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Meant for Each Other (Schulist Lou)(Pevná vazba)

In the '30s and '40s, and throughout the '80s, our country depended on news sources with no political spin. Without social media, people spoke face-to-face or by telephone. These were kinder times when the values of honesty and integrity were expected. WWII was soon followed by the Korean and

Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland (Schlgel Karl)(Pevná vazba)

Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests against

Home Front in Britain Then and Now (Ramsey Winston and Gail)(Pevná vazba)

The Home Front in Britain Then and

Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall, 1880-1940 - A Dictionary and Source Book (Hardie Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State (Fischer Mia)(Pevná vazba)

The increased visibility of transgender people in mainstream media, exemplified by Time magazine's declaration that 2014 marked a 'transgender tipping point,' was widely believed to signal a civil rights breakthrough for trans communities in the United States. In Terrorizing Gender Mia Fischer

The Electric State (Stlenhag Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Ready Player One and Black Mirror. In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic

Dark Mirror - Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State (Gellman Barton)(Pevná vazba)

'A remarkable, authentic and chilling expose of a global conspiracy that reads like a first-rate conspiracy thriller: a book of gripping, compulsive and disturbing impact' William BoydDark Mirror is the ultimate inside account of the vast, global surveillance network that now pervades all our

The Cambridge History of Terrorism (English Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Many - perhaps most - people have an interest in terrorism: its causes, nature and consequences; its effects on their lives; and the question of how we should respond to it. This volume offers an accessible, authoritative, well-researched analysis of case studies and themes from the history of

Non-Western responses to terrorism (Boyle Michael J.)(Pevná vazba)

This book surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious

Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State (Gellman Barton)(Pevná vazba)

'Engrossing. . . . Gellman is] a thorough, exacting reporter . . . a marvelous narrator for this particular story, as he nimbly guides us through complex technical arcana and some stubborn ethical questions. . . . Dark Mirror would be simply pleasurable to read if the story it told didn't also

Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 (Green Venus)(Pevná vazba)

Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain (Fenn Violet)(Pevná vazba)

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often

Christianity in Oceania (Ross Kenneth R.)(Pevná vazba)

This exhaustive reference volume covers the state of Christianity in every country in Oceania, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements,

Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture (Allibone Jill)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most important architects practising in Britain during the years 1820-1880, Anthony Salvin had a long and successful career as a builder of country houses and churches and as a restorer of some of the most important castles in England, including Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. In

Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within (Rogers Garry)(Pevná vazba)

Garry Rogers played a key role in one of the UK's most successful undercover policing operations, targeting the football hooliganism which blighted the domestic and international game. From Old Trafford to Turkey and Sweden to Sardinia, this working class lad turned undercover cop infiltrated some

Empire, Emergency and International Law (Reynolds John)(Pevná vazba)

What does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has international law played a role in producing or challenging the paradigm of normalised emergency? How should we understand the relationship between

Philosophy and Political Engagement: Reflection in the Public Sphere (Fives Allyn)(Pevná vazba)