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The Cold War

Studies the main aspects of the Cold War that surveys the globalization of the war which climaxed with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the d?tente period that followed until the end of the Cold War in the 1980s.

Opposition and resistance in Nazi Germany

2001
Examines the activities of the small number of individuals and groups within Germany that attempted to oppose and resist the Nazi regime in the years from 1933 to 1945, and includes a chronology.
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Democracies and dictatorships

Europe and the world, 1919-1989
2001
Chronicles the major world events which occurred from 1919 to 1989, focusing on the problems caused by the First World War and the resulting peace treaties, as well as on the factors leading to the Second World War.

Fascism

1999
Offers a detailed overview of fascism, discussing the origins of the controversial political concept, the impact fascist regimes have had on the world throughout history, and the different forms fascism has taken since the end of World War II.

Hitler and Nazi Germany

1999
Examines some of the major themes and issues related to the study of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, providing an overview of the early life, ideology, and rise to power of Hitler, and discussing the Nazi state and economy, social and cultural developments, foreign policy, the Holocaust, and other topics.
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