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Exam board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 An OCR endorsed resource Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace. This bespoke series from the leading History publisher follows our proven and popular approach for OCR A Level, blending clear course coverage with focused activities and comprehensive assessment support. - Develops understanding of the period through an accessible narrative that is tailored to the specification content and structured around key questions for each topic - Builds the skills required for Unit Group 2, from explanation, assessment and analysis to the ability to make substantiated judgements - Enables students to consolidate and extend their topic knowledge with a range of activities suitable for classwork or homework - Helps students achieve their best by providing step-by-step assessment guidance and practice questions - Facilitates revision with useful summaries at the start and end of each chapter - Ensures that students understand key historical terms and concepts by defining them in the glossary

Military history has tended to emphasize politics, chronology, and great men The narrative often represents attempts to analyze rulers and generals in order to understand the reasons behind their decisions. This traditional approach all too often descends to the level of 'a chronicle of one damn battle after another'. In recent years a 'New Military History' has emerged that eschews narration of events and is primarily interested in the social and institutional context of warfare Its attention is not focused on battles, tactics, and weapons systems, but on social structures, military attitudes, relationships between officers and the rank-and-file, and on the interrelations between military and civil society This essay adumbrates the background for this new historiography, reviews some recent volumes which seek to reinvestigate the military history of Europe and sketchily relates these books to the study of the modern world system.

The theology of Scythia Minor was an element of ethnogenesis of the Dacians from the territory of today's Romania and of the descendants who are Romanians. The Orthodox faith and theology contributed substantially to the spiritual continuity of the Dacians and then of the Romanians, as attested by numerous archaeological discoveries from Scythia Minor and other territories of our country. Our exposition highlights the role that these Church Fathers and Christian writers had through their practical and theological works of wide ecumenical profoundness, to shaping a unitary consciousness at European level in the context of the time.

"Using a new approach to ethnicity that underscores its relative territoriality, Zeynep Bulutgil brings together previously separate arguments that focus on domestic and international factors to offer a coherent theory of what causes ethnic cleansing. The author argues that domestic obstacles based on non-ethnic cleavages usually prevent ethnic cleansing whereas territorial conflict triggers this policy by undermining such obstacles. The empirical analysis combines statistical evaluation based on original data with comprehensive studies of historical cases in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Bosnia in the 1990s. The findings demonstrate how socio-economic cleavages curb radical factions within dominant groups whereas territorial wars strengthen these factions and pave the way for ethnic cleansing. The author further explores the theoretical and empirical extensions in the context of Africa. Its theoretical novelty and broad empirical scope make this book highly valuable to scholars of comparative and international politics alike"--

"This book looks at the evolution of the role of Europe in US grand strategy, and unpacks how US administrations have instrumentalized this relationship in pursuit of extra-European objectives. The work considers geopolitical pressures in conjunction with leaders' strategic ideas to provide an account of the evolution of the role of Europe in the context of US grand strategy. Observers generally agree on the vague notion that Europe has been de-prioritized in Washington's external affairs. Against this background, the book makes the case that such de-prioritization of Europe in the context of US grand strategy also entails a reconceptualization of the transatlantic relationship, namely as a region featuring long-standing relationships that can at times be leveraged in pursuit of non-European goals. The United States has a long history of seeking European support or acquiescence for its role as the leader of the international system, but whereas during the Cold War Washington enlisted its European allies in a grand strategic struggle against a European power, more recently, it has sought to enlist European allies in extra-European struggles of different types. Thinking about the role of Europe in US grand strategy now requires new theoretical and empirical tools that allow for the recognition of this very fact. Accordingly, this book proposes that strategic ideas on the viability of international cooperation held within the White House crucially shape what - if any -- type of support the United States seeks from Europe on the global stage. In doing so, the book adds important nuance to other accounts proclaiming either the proverbial death of the transatlantic relationship or the eternal and unchanging nature thereof. This book will be of much interest to students of European security, US foreign policy, and International Relations"--

Alexander Hamilton was the first U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1789 to 1795. When he started, the Federal Government was in default. During his tenure, U.S. Treasuries became the ultimate safe asset. He successfully managed expectations, achieved debt service reduction, and stabilized financial panics. He delivered sound public finances and financial stability. In the end, the U.S. possessed a modern financial system able to finance innovation and growth. At a time when Europe is working its way out of the sovereign debt crisis and implementing Banking Union and Financial Union, it is worthwhile to search for lessons from early U.S. history.

In each vol. the appendix, consisting of state papers, etc., has separate pagination. ; Individual numbers have caption title: American review of history and politics. ; Microfilm. ; Mode of access: Internet.

European Digital Treasures Exhibitions : Exhibition 1 Coordination : National Archives of Norway and the International Centre for Archival Research: ICARUS ; in collaboration with Spanish State Archives, National Archives of Malta, Torre do Tombo (National Archives of Portugal), National Archives of Hungary and Munster Technology University, Cork (MTU) ; Historian: György Majtényi ; Catalogue of an exhibition showing 47 different digital documents from 22 archives from 9 countries to tell micro-stories that shaped Europe. The exhibition covers work-related migration, war-related migration and political uprising, turmoil and persecution. This exhibition tells the story of Europe along with its construction as a concept, that has changed over time. Created and shaped by the people who lived there, it also provides a collective identity for its inhabitants. This exhibition, built on documents grouped into 4 'pillars', examines the common history of Europe under the following headings. 1: The Spirit of Europe. Europe represents an intellectual heritage: steps, writings, life-works and trends in science, education and the arts, and their intellectual effects that go beyond the historical eras. 2: The Diversity of Europe. Europe has always been characterised by cultural, religious, ethnic and national diversity. A failure to recognise this has been the cause of many tragedies, crimes committed by Europeans against Europeans. 3: The Multiple Faces of Christianity. The history of Christianity in Europe, as it interacted with other religions and cultures, illustrates the diversity of beliefs that helped shape Europeanism. This story in itself can symbolize the diversity of European history as well: intolerance and tolerance, power or total rejection of power. 4: The Heritage of Enlightenment. The intellectual heritage of the Enlightenment is a Europe that is open and democratic, putting diversity at the heart of Europeanism. Europe is history, tradition, a collective memory. It is not indifferent to how we remember ...