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Books Are Weapons shows how the independent press, rooted in the long Polish tradition of well-organized resistance to foreign occupation, reshaped this tradition to embrace non-violent civil resistance while creating a network which evolved from a small group of dissidents into a broad opposition movement with cross-national ties and millions of sympathizers. It was the galvanizing force in the resistance to communism and the rebuilding of Poland's democratic society in the 1980s.--

Winner of the 2008 First Place Book Prize from the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies.

Stephen Brain profiles the Soviet-era efforts to formulate forest policy despite powerful ideological differences.

Presents a study of the transformation of Bolshevik Party ideology, language, and power relations during the crucial period leading up to Stalin's seizure power. This work argues that Bolshevism - which claimed sole access to truth and morality - demonized its enemies and became in effect a theology that facilitated a monumental power shift.

Compares how three prewar German cities shared decades of post-war development under three competing post-Nazi regimes.

During the 1960s, a novel and film telling the story of the massacre sparked the first public open debate about the Hungarian Holocaust. This book examines public contentions over the Novi Sad massacre from its inception in 1942 until the final trial in 2011.

Explores how to bring about social change within an oppressive political system without resorting to violence.

Other Animals examines the interaction of animals and humans in Russian literature, art, and life from the eighteenth century until the present.

The Unsuccessful 1905 Revolution and the Case of Russian-Ruled Poland

A Penetrating Exploration of the Soviet Secret Police Apparatus

An Innovative Study on Historical Multiculturalism in Central and Eastern Europe