The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague. Each person responds in their own way to the disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few resist the terror. This title is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery against the precariousness of human existence.

Europe in 1945 was prostrate and was devastated by war, bombing and chaos. This book tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation, of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU, of the end of Europe's empires, and of Europe's relationships with the memory of the war and with the two great powers, Russian and America.

Argues that we have entered an 'age of forgetting.' This book resurrects key aspects of the world we have lost and reminds us how important they still are to us: now and to our hopes for the future. It draws provocative connections between a range of subjects including the history of the neglect and recovery of the Holocaust.

Conventional depictions of occupation and collaboration in World War II, of wartime resistance and post-war renewal, provided a backdrop against which the chronicle of post-war Europe has been told. This book sheds light on the amnesia that overtook European governments and peoples regarding their responsibility for war crimes against humanity.

Draws connections between a range of subjects, from the history of the neglect and recovery of the Holocaust to the challenge of 'evil' in understanding the European past. This book shows how much of our history has been sacrificed in the triumph of myth-making over understanding and denial over memory.

A collection of essays detailing Western and non-Western perceptions of the US since WWII.

Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. This work tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation and of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU.

Drawing on an international collection of contributors, this book explores issues of monolingualism and plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as the former Soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.