Time period: 1989-

Picking at the scabs of national and international politics, Bremner, Bird and Fortune try to sort out the fog of confusion that spin has created by providing a 'roadmap' of how we got into this state in the first place.

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first w...

In 1989, 40 years of Communist rule in Poland came to an end. Since then, great changes have taken place. This title introduces the people of Poland and explores the diversity of their lives, from a bicycle activist in Cracow to a singer in a rock band.

Gerald Scarfe is Britain's most controversial satirical artist. This book brings together 50 years of his political drawings in a journey through the history of our nation's leaders, from Churchill's last visit to the House of Commons in 1965 to the Thatcher years to Tony Blair's legacy and Gordo...

This account aims to explain not only the bloody course of recent events in Romania, from Timisoara to the miners, but also to analyze older and deeper trends which dominate Romanian politics, such as native fascism, inter-ethnic rivalry and a history of authoritarian rule.

Covering conflicts such as the two Gulf Wars, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Rwanda, Kosovo, Afhanistan, and the War on Terror, this book investigates the new character of modern warfare, and why media presentation of conflict is so central to both Western military operations and terrorists.

A history of the Bush family, seeking to understand how this dynastic family could flourish in a country which prides itself on its democratic credentials.

The basic economic resource - 'the means of production', to use the economist's term - is no longer 'capital', nor 'natural resources', nor 'labour'. Peter Drucker describes the changes that are affecting politics, business and society itself.

The Times Guide to the Peoples of Europe provides comprehensive coverage of all the major ethnic groups in Europe, and looks at how the events of the past have affected them.

Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American way. Only by making Europe a strong bloc - by adopting the Euro - will we have a levarage to influence the USA, in an attempt to make Europe a safer, more prosperous place.

Using case studies from member states, this collection of essays highlights the continuing weakness of the regions and demonstrates that the predicted rise of regional power has failed to materialise.

'The Taste of Ashes' spans from Berlin to Moscow, moving from Vienna in Europe's west through Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw and Bucharest to Vilnius and Kiev in the post-communist east. The result is a shimmering literary examination of the ghost of communism - no longer Marx's 'spectre to come' but...

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The authors use previously unseen posters to provide a comparative study of poster design in Western democratic and post-Communist contexts.

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first w...

Janine di Giovanni spent much of the 1990s observing the cycles of Balkan violence and vengeance from inside the cities, refugee camps, and homes of citizens under siege. This is a portrait of the war through the experiences of the people who suffered it.

An analysis of America's political actions before, during and after the Cold War, this work uses secret National Security Council planning documents and takes post-war Europe and Central America as paradigms to examine America's aggressive colonialist policy.

The story of how countries are shocked - by wars, terror attacks, coup d'etats, economic crisis and natural disasters. And of how countries are then shocked again - by those who exploit that shock to push through economic reforms that, rather than help a country rebuild itself, serve only to furt...

This series focuses on the countries that shape and influence our modern world. Each book examines physical features, daily life, industry, media, leisure, and much more.

John Simpson offers a lively look at the challenges & changes the world has gone through in his life & long career. He looks at the world's troubles & takes the perhaps surprising view that it's actually not nor will be the end of the world.