Library Guides/ Modern and Contemporary History 1800 AD - Present

New Books (December 2024)

Ruud Lubbers

Merriënboer, Johan van, and Lennart Steenbergen. Ruud Lubbers: Een slag anders: Biografie. Amsterdam: Boom, 2024.

Boschwitz on Wellhausen

Kurtz, Paul Michael. Boschwitz on Wellhausen: The Life, Work, and Letters of a Jewish Scholar in Nazi Germany. Translated by Armin Siedlecki. University Park, Pennsylvania: EIsenbrauns, 2024.

Nederlands kolonialisme van archief tot geschiedschrijving

Schrikker, Alicia, Sanne Ravensbergen, Lennart Bes, Pouwel van Schooten, and A. M. C. van Dissel, eds. Nederlands kolonialisme van archief tot geschiedschrijving: Een gids voor onderzoekers. Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2023.

The End of Empires and a World Remade

Thomas, Martin. The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2024.

America Last

Heilbrunn, Jacob. America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators. New York, NY: Liveright, 2024.

New Books (November 2024)

Unleashed

Johnson, Boris. Unleashed. London: William Collins, 2024.

More and More and More

Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy. London: Allen Lane, 2024.

Italy Reborn

Gilbert, Mark. Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy. London: Allen Lane, 2024.

10/7

Yaron, Lee. 10/7: 100 Human Stories. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2024.

Droomland

Boer, Remco de. Droomland: Het Nederlandse energie- en klimaatbeleid en wat ervan terechtkwam. Amsterdam: Studio Energie, 2024.

Saluut Batavia

Wallast, Jorien. Saluut Batavia: Het verhaal van de vrouwelijke KNIL-soldaten. Amsterdam: Alfabet Uitgevers, 2024.

Patriot

Navalʹnyĭ, Alekseĭ. Patriot: Mijn verhaal. Translated by Frans Reusink. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2024.

Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Pappe, Ilan. Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic. London: Oneworld Publications, 2024.

Hitler’s British Nazis

Ridley, Norman. Hitler’s British Nazis: The Hidden Story of the Fascist Movement in the UK. Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2024.

A Kidnapped West

Kundera, Milan. A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe. Translated by Linda Asher and Edmund White. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.

Het Haagse ravijn

Korevaar, Gijs, and Ruud Slotboom. Het Haagse ravijn: De vrije val van twee volkspartijen. Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2024.

New Books (October 2024)

Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century

Bello-Dambatta, Aisha, Kemi Adeyeye, Ilan Adler, and Berill Takacs, eds. Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2024.

The War Came to Us

Miller, Christopher. The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine. London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2023.

The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-89

Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-89. London: Bloomsbury, 2024.

The Soviet Sixties

Hornsby, Robert. The Soviet Sixties. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

The No-State Solution

Boyarin, Daniel. The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

Murder in the Gulag

Sweeney, John. Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny. London: Headline Press, 2024.

Patriot

Navalʹnyĭ, Alekseĭ. Patriot. Translated by A. L. Tait and Stephen Dalziel. London: The Bodley Head, 2024.

New Books (September 2024)

A Cultural History of Democracy in the Modern Age

Biagini, Eugenio F., and Gary Gerstle, eds. A Cultural History of Democracy in the Modern Age. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Chip War (Ebook)

Miller, Chris. Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.

Beyond Ukraine

Sweijs, Tim, and Jeffrey H. Michaels, eds. Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War. London: Hurst & Company, 2024.

Wilhelmina in de Tram

Bruin, Kees. Wilhelmina in de Tram. Hilversum: Verloren, 2024.

New Books (July-August 2024)

History: Why It Matters

Hunt, Lynn. History Why It Matters. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2018.

Silences and Divided Memories

Hrobat Virloget, Katja. Silences and Divided Memories: The Exodus and Its Legacy in Post-War Istrian Society. Translated by Marko Petrovič. New York: Berghahn, 2023.

The January 6th Report

The January 6th Report: Findings from the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. New York: Random House, 2023.

Hamas

Caridi, P. Hamas: From Resistance to Regime. Translated by Andrea Teti. Revised and updated edition. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2023.

The Cruel Radiance (ebook)

Linfield, Susie. The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Violence and Visibility in Modern History

Martschukat, Jürgen, and Silvan Niedermeier, eds. Violence and Visibility in Modern History. New York City, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Warring Visions

Phu, Thy. Warring Visions: Photography and Vietnam. Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.

Judith Butler and Politics

Zaharijević, Adriana. Judith Butler and Politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Rick Turner’s Politics as the Art of the Impossible

Eze, Michael Onyebuchi, Lawrence Hamilton, Laurence Piper, Gideon van Riet, Paula Ensor, Daryl Glaser, Christine Hobden, Billy Keniston, Ayesha Omar, and John Sodiq Sanni. Rick Turner’s Politics as the Art of the Impossible. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2024.

New Books (June 2024)

¿Por qué ganó Milei?

Balsa, Javier. ¿Por qué ganó Milei? Disputas por la Hegemonía y la ideología en Argentina. Montevideo: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2024.

Absolution?

Marwecki, Daniel. Absolution? Israel und die eeutsche Staatsräson. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2024.

Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws

Moorcraft, Paul L. Putin’s Wars and NATO’s Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Military, 2023.

The Effects of Economic Sanctions Within the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Bali, Morad, ed. The Effects of Economic Sanctions within the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2024.

Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience

Narriman Guemar, Latefa. Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience: From the Black Decade to the Hirak. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2023.

Stepping into the Past

Rubin, Eli, and Annemarie Sammartino. Stepping into the Past: Activities for the Western Civilization Classroom, 1450-Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024.

How the West Lost the Peace

Ther, Philipp. How the West Lost the Peace: The Great Transformation since the Cold War. . Translated by Jessica Spengler. Cambridge: Polity, 2023.

The Struggle for Taiwan

Khan, Sulmaan Wasif. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History. London: Allen Lane, 2024.

The War in Ukraine

Musiał-Karg, Magdalena, and Natasza Lubik-Reczek. The War in Ukraine: (Dis)information - Perception - Attitudes. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2023.

New Books (May 2024)

Terraforming Mars

Beech, Martin, Joseph Seckbach, and Richard Gordon. Terraforming Mars. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021.

Loot

Phillips, Barnaby. Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes. New York: Oneworld Publications, 2022.

The Planning Moment

Blacker, Sarah, Emily Brownell, Anindita Nag, Martina Schlunder, Sarah Van Beurden, and Helen Verran, eds. The Planning Moment: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. New York: Fordham University Press, 2024.

Sporen van joods leven

Duijvendak, Maarten. Sporen van joods leven: Ontrechting en rechtsherstel in Kampen en IJsselmuiden tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Zwolle: WBOOKS i.s.m. Stadsarchief Kampen, 2024.