The compelling and provocative history of world government, from acclaimed author Mark Mazower Shortlisted for the RUSI 2013 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military Literature In 1815 the shocked and exhausted victors of the decades of fighting that had engulfed Europe for a generation agreed to a new system for keeping the peace. Instead of independent states changing sides, doing deals and betraying one another, a new, collegial 'Concert of Europe' would ensure that the brutal chaos of the Napoleonic Wars never happened again. Mark Mazower's remarkable new book recreates two centuries of international government - the struggle to spread values and build institutions to bring order to an anarchic and dangerous state system.

From award-winning historian Mark Mazower, Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. The end of the First World War saw old empires swept away and the opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. Yet the result was division and bloodshed on an unprecedented scale, as liberal democracy, communism and fascism struggled against one another for mastery of the world. Dark Continent radically overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of the twentieth century. 'Original, thought-provoking, iconoclastic' Frank McLynn, Irish Times 'Fascinating and forceful' Martin Gilbert, Literary Review 'Mazower leaves us, in this wonderful book, with an account of our century that anyone who takes an interest in Europe's present and future will enlarge their mind by reading' John Keegan, Daily Telegraph 'There are few who can walk with A.J.P. Taylor. One is Mark Mazower ...a tour de force' Alex Danchev, TLS 'Combines narrative verve with wise and humane analysis.For anyone who wants to know how Europe came to be the way it is in the years since 1900, this is the work to provide the answers' David Cannadine, Observer Books of the Year Mark Mazower is the author of Inside Hitler's Greece, The Balkans, which won the Wolfson Prize for History, Salonika: City of Ghosts, which won both the Runciman Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize and Hitler's Empire.

Mark Mazover's acclaimed book recreates two centuries of international government - the struggle to bring order to an anarchic and dangerous world.

SHORLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 NEW STATESMAN AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'Brilliant ... a staggering story' Robert Fox, Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Fascinating, vast and rich ... a dramatic family memoir' GuardianUncovering his family's remarkable and moving stories, Mark Mazower recounts the sacrifices and silences that marked a generation and their descendants. It was a family that fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad, the Vilna ghetto, occupied Paris, and even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht. His British father was the lucky one, the son of Russian Jewish emigrants who settled in London after escaping the civil war and revolution. Max, the grandfather, had started out as a socialist and manned the barricades against tsarist troops, but never spoke of it. His wife, Frouma, came from a family ravaged by the Great Terror yet somehow making their way in Soviet society. In the centenary of the Russian Revolution, What You Did Not Tell recounts a brand of socialism erased from memory - humanistic, impassioned, and broad-ranging in its sympathies. But it also explores the unexpected happiness that may await history's losers, the power of friendship, and the love of place that allowed Max and Frouma's son to call England home.

"A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard [European unity] has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br><br><b>Dark Continent</b> provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.<br><br>Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next. Unflinching, intelligent, <b>Dark Continent</b> provides a provocative vision of Europ's past, present, and future-and confirms Mark Mazower as a historian of valuable gifts. <br> <br> "This splendid book makes a convincing case for a different version of 20th century European history." -<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <br>

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<b>A majestic narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the world's governing institutions</b> <p>The story of global cooperation is a tale of dreamers goading us to find common cause in remedying humanity's worst problems. But international institutions are also tools for the powers that be to advance their own interests. Mark Mazower's <i>Governing the World</i> tells the epic, two-hundred-year story of that inevitable tension--the unstable and often surprising alchemy between ideas and power. From the rubble of the Napoleonic empire in the nineteenth century through the birth of the League of Nations and the United Nations in the twentieth century to the dominance of global finance at the turn of the millennium, Mazower masterfully explores the current era of international life as Western dominance wanes and a new global balance of powers emerges.

Drawing on an unprecedented variety of sources, Mark Mazower reveals how the Nazis designed, maintained and ultimately lost their European empire and offers a chilling vision of the world Hitler would have made had he won the war.

The Atlantic and its Enemies is Norman Stone's personal, uncompromising and provocative history of how the West 'won' the Cold War. For decades after the end of the Second World War, most of the globe either laboured under Communist rule or else was lost in a violent stagnancy that seemed doomed to permanence. For every Atlantic success there seemed to be a dozen Communist or Third World successes, as the USSR and its proxies, whether in Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam or China, crushed dissent and humiliated the United States on both military and cultural grounds. Then, suddenly, the Atlantic won - economically, ideologically, militarily - with astonishing speed and comprehensiveness. With wit and brio, Norman Stone's The Atlantic and its Enemies offers a unique perspective on events, from Vietnam to glasnost, and draws on his own experiences - such as his time in a Slovak prison - to show both the tragedy and the absurdity of the struggle that divided the world for over forty years. 'Opinionated, mischievous, enthralling ... an exhilarating read' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Lively, idiosyncratic, rollicking' Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Observer 'Masterly ... the one book that anyone who wants to understand the Cold War must read' John Gray, New Statesman 'A swashbuckling survey of the cold war' Mark Mazower, Financial Times '[Stone] has a terrific eye for detail, bringing to life everything from the ruins of Germany to Ronald Reagan's White House with a wonderfully waspish turn of phrase' Economist Norman Stone is one of Britain's most celebrated historians. He is the author of The Eastern Front, 1914-1917, Hitler: An Introduction, Europe Transformed and World War One: A Short History.

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En forfriskende og underholdende ørefik for en hel generasjon! OVER ETT ÅR PÅ TOPPEN AV AMAZONS MOST READ-LISTE 33 UKER PÅ DEN NORSKE BESTSELGERLISTEN I flere tiår har vi blitt fortalt at positive tanker er nøkkelen til et lykkelig og godt liv. «F**n ta positiviteten» sier Mark Manson. «La oss være ærlige, dette går til helvete, og det må vi bare leve med». I denne enormt populære selvhjelpsboken skjærer den amerikanske superbloggeren Mark Manson gjennom alt kosepratet og «nå skal vi hygge oss» -tankegangen, som har smittet det moderne samfunnet og skjemt bort en hel generasjon ved å belønne dem med gullmedaljer bare for å møte opp. Mansons råd er å bli kjent med egne begrensninger og deretter akseptere dem. Straks vi omfavner våre redsler, feil og usikkerheter, kan vi finne motet, utholdenheten og nysgjerrigheten som vi søker.

Det er neppe noe som er så lett å snakke om og så vanskelig å få til i praksis, som ledelse. «hva er LEDELSE» er en intelligent og velformulert bok om et allestedsnærværende fenomen. Forfatteren kommer med noen provokasjoner og inviterer til ettertanke. Leseren får både økt forståelse for fenomenet ledelse og også større forutsetninger for å lykkes med ledelse i praksis. Her finnes ikke ledelsesaforismer slik lederguruene presenterer, men ledelse sett fra et praktisk, nøkternt og kritisk perspektiv. 2. utgave er faglig oppdatert med blant annet nye kritiske perspektiver på ledelsesforskning. Sagt om «hva er LEDELSE»: «Det hender jeg leser bøker som gir meg en spontan trang til å misjonere. Pakke kofferten full av akkurat denne boka og reise rundt. Smugle boka inn i miljøer hvor den ses på som brennbart materiale og etablere små grupper av troende. Nylig fikk jeg denne lysten til å spre et klokt budskap. I boken hva er LEDELSE settes det ene skapet etter det andre på plass av forfatteren Jan Ketil Arnulf. [...] Den bør ligge på ethvert nattbord. Eller kanskje ikke? Det ville ha større effekt om den i tillegg dannet studiesirkler hvor temaene i boken ble drøftet i virksomheter over det ganske land. [...] «Med hva er LEDELSE» i bunnen står du bedre rustet i alle debattene om ledelse fremover - og med et forskningsbasert utgangspunkt. Fri for floskler, ingen oppskrift, og i tillegg er den tankevekkende.» Beate Karlsen (AFF/ NHH) i Dagens Næringsliv «Arnulfs analysar av leiarrolla er høgst relevante for forståinga av det norske samfunnet. Han går mykje djupare inn i gode og dårlege trekk ved leiing enn kva dagspressa gjer i analysane av leiarstilen til ein Mark Zuckerberg eller Petter Stordalen. Eg tilrår boka varmt til alle som følgjer utviklinga av politikk og samfunnsliv.» Professor Lars Nyre i Forskerforum «Balsam för en trött skolledares själ» Eva-Stina Sundén i Skolledaren

This is not simply a book about 'internet studies'. <br><br>It is a book that considers many wider forms of digital culture, including mobile technologies, surveillance, algorithms, ambient intelligence, gaming, big data and technological bodies (to name a few) in order to explore how digital technology - in a broad sense - is used within the wider contexts of our everyday lives.<br><br>"The first edition of Understanding Digital Culture set a new benchmark as the most comprehensive, scholarly and accessible introduction to the area. This latest edition, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded, is even better - a perfectly balanced book that combines theory and empirical analysis to illuminate the cutting-edge of cultural and social change." <br><strong>- Professor Majid Yar, Lancaster University</strong>

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<p>In this 13th edition of <i>Sales Force Management</i>, Mark Johnston and Greg Marshall continue to build on the book’s reputation as a contemporary classic, fully updated for modern sales management teaching, research, and practice. The authors have strengthened the focus on the use of technology in sales management, offered new discussions on innovative sales practices, and further highlighted sales and marketing integration. </p> <p>By identifying recent trends and applications, <i>Sales Force Management </i>combines real-world sales management best practices with cutting-edge theory and empirical research in a single, authoritative source. Pedagogical features include:</p> <ul><li><p> </p></li><li>Engaging breakout questions designed to spark lively discussion</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Leadership Challenge assignments and Minicases at the end of every chapter are to help students understand and apply the principles they have learned in the classroom</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Leadership, Innovation, and Technology boxes that simulate real-world challenges faced by salespeople and their managers</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Ethical Moment boxes in each chapter put students on the firing line of making ethical choices in sales</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Role-Play exercises at the end of each chapter, designed to enable students to learn by doing</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>A comprehensive selection of updated and revised longer sales management case studies, in the book and on the companion website.</li><li><p></li></ul> <p>This fully updated new edition offers a thorough and integrated overview of accumulated theory and research relevant to sales management, translated clearly into practical applications – a hallmark of <i>Sales Force Management </i>over the years. It is an invaluable resource for students of sales management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.</p> <p>The companion website features an instructor’s manual, PowerPoints, case studies, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.</p>

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