National Liberation & Independence, Post-colonialism

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulnesstells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous ...

First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal fo...

During the Irish Civil War, events of late 1922 and early 1923 together with waves of dishonourable killings created poisoned relations between Rep...

A sensational affair.. carried out with great audacity - New York Times. An astonishing act of piracy, the capture of the British war ship, the Upn...

Global imperial designs, which have been in place since conquest by western powers, did not suddenly evaporate after decolonization. Global colo...

This essential book explores the early years of military rule following the Free Officers' coup of 1952. Enriched by interviews with actors in and ...

For eight months following the Easter Rising over 1,800 Irish rebels were imprisoned in Frongoch, a former whiskey distillery in North Wales. It so...

Oxford University Press is pleased to be the new publisher of the bestselling anthology The World Transformed, 1945 to the Present: A Documentary R...

Charts the incredible rise of South Korea, from colonisation and civil war to todays thriving nation. South Korea has a remarkable history. Born f...

Great movements are like great riversthey start as small streams, but if the cause is great, they draw to themselves many streams, joining together...