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A Foreign Affairs 'Book of the Year' and an Independent 'Book of the Month' An astonishing history of the priests and missionaries whose 'special ops' serve the Holy See and 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide.

Denoël Y: Vatican Spies

Vatican Spies

From the Second World War to Pope Leo XIV

Heraldic Studies

Still today, coats of arms adorn city walls and shape the appearance of towns in Italy, where the Medieval and Renaissance monumental heritage often remains strikingly intact. Yet this phenomenon of urban heraldry is far from unique to the Italian peninsula; it constitutes a shared feature of cities across Europe. Recent research has revitalized the study of this symbolic marking of urban space, contributing new insights and methodologies. Still, many questions remain regarding the chronology of this process, the actors involved, its spatial dynamics, and its broader cultural and political stakes. This volume brings together analytical contributions and focused case studies to explore these dimensions, offering a contemporary perspective on urban heraldry and engaging with renewed approaches in the history of visual culture.

Sprachen: Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch

Still today, coats of arms adorn city walls and shape the appearance of towns in Italy, where the Medieval and Renaissance monumental heritage often remains strikingly intact. Yet this phenomenon of urban heraldry is far from unique to the Italian peninsula; it constitutes a shared feature of cities across Europe. Recent research has revitalized the study of this symbolic marking of urban space, contributing new insights and methodologies. Still, many questions remain regarding the chronology of this process, the actors involved, its spatial dynamics, and its broader cultural and political stakes. This volume brings together analytical contributions and focused case studies to explore these dimensions, offering a contemporary perspective on urban heraldry and engaging with renewed approaches in the history of visual culture.

Heraldry in the City

Mit Putins allumfassendem Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine stehen drei Jahrzehnte deutscher Außenpolitik auf dem Prüfstand. Wie konnte es so weit kommen? In einer akribischen Recherche haben Katja Gloger und Georg Mascolo eine Fülle vertraulicher wie brisanter Regierungsdokumente eingesehen und mit zahlreichen Zeitzeugen gesprochen. Eine besondere Rolle spielten die Dossiers deutscher Geheimdienste, die früh vor Putins imperialen Gelüsten warnten. Spannend wie in einem Thriller rekonstruieren Gloger und Mascolo die Bruchpunkte einer Epoche: den NATO-Gipfel von Bukarest, die Abkommen von Minsk, den Fall Nawalny, den frühen hybriden Krieg Putins gegen Deutschland und den Bau von Nord Stream 2. Nicht einmal die alarmierendsten Erkenntnisse änderten den sehr pragmatischen Umgang der deutschen Politik mit Putin. Und zu oft versteckten sich hinter den propagierten politischen Zielen harte ökonomische Interessen. Das Buch trägt zu jener unverzichtbaren Aufklärung bei, die bis heute verweigert wird. 
'Pflichtlektüre ... Unglaublich präzise, packend geschrieben.' Markus Lanz

Mit Putins allumfassendem Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine stehen drei Jahrzehnte deutscher Außenpolitik auf dem Prüfstand. Wie konnte es so weit kommen? In einer akribischen Recherche haben Katja Gloger und Georg Mascolo eine Fülle vertraulicher wie brisanter Regierungsdokumente eingesehen und mit zahlreichen Zeitzeugen gesprochen. Eine besondere Rolle spielten die Dossiers deutscher Geheimdienste, die früh vor Putins imperialen Gelüsten warnten. Spannend wie in einem Thriller rekonstruieren Gloger und Mascolo die Bruchpunkte einer Epoche: den NATO-Gipfel von Bukarest, die Abkommen von Minsk, den Fall Nawalny, den frühen hybriden Krieg Putins gegen Deutschland und den Bau von Nord Stream 2. Nicht einmal die alarmierendsten Erkenntnisse änderten den sehr pragmatischen Umgang der deutschen Politik mit Putin. Und zu oft versteckten sich hinter den propagierten politischen Zielen harte ökonomische Interessen. Das Buch trägt zu jener unverzichtbaren Aufklärung bei, die bis heute verweigert wird. »Pflichtlektüre ... Unglaublich präzise, packend geschrieben.« Markus Lanz

Eine investigative Geschichte der deutschen Russlandpolitik

Das Versagen

Ink and Iron

THE UNMISSABLE ADVENTURE FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, CONN IGGULDEN Can a slave . . . become a master? AD 37. The Roman Republic has become a true empire, stretching from Egypt to the seacoast of Gaul. Sixty million people live under its rule. A scribe in a noble household on the outskirts of the empire's greatest city, a young man who has no memory of his past or his family. Where freedom exists for the privileged few, he has only ever known a life of slavery. His name is Cormac. When Cormac's master dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, he finds himself furnished with documents freeing him from bondage. Surviving somewhere between slave and citizen, he quickly discovers the dangers that come with freedom. The city is a pitiless place for those without allies. But the winds of fate are shifting. Cormac's talents - his treasured ability to read and write - will soon take him from city slums to the mines of Gaul, to the island of Britannia and back to the hills of Rome. Slave, scribe, soldier - Cormac will have to play Rome's most dangerous game if he's to secure wealth and power. For in this city, with skill, ambition and luck, perhaps such things can be won . . .

Forged in Rome

How to fix the tech we depend on to empower, rather than endanger, the people who use it. From an award-winning pioneer in data infrastructure and leader in tech policy, lauded by the Library of Congress, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Newsweek. Technology powers our world. But we often give it the upper hand, treating tech solutions as right by default and accepting online risk as the price we have to pay. Rampant security breaches, unwanted surveillance, predators, and misinformation are just a normal part of cyberspace. But what if tech was designed and managed to empower and protect the people who use it? In Better Tech, Francine Berman explores this question and argues that for society to advance and humanity to thrive, technology must put people first. Berman focuses on the riskiest and most essential technologies—social media, AI chatbots, search engines—all of which serve as digital critical infrastructure. She argues that the risk-mitigation strategies for critical infrastructure like roads, bridges, food systems, and the electrical grid can also be used for cyberspace because we should be able to expect that our technology is similarly safe, dependable, and trustworthy. Better Tech goes beyond identifying the problems of technology and provides an actionable playbook of responsible design, development, use, and regulatory strategies that can be used by everyone from policymakers to students and general readers to reduce technology’s risks and advance the public good.

How to fix the tech we depend on to empower, rather than endanger, the people who use it. From an award-winning pioneer in data infrastructure and leader in tech policy, lauded by the Library of Congress, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Newsweek. Technology powers our world. But we often give it the upper hand, treating tech solutions as right by default and accepting online risk as the price we have to pay. Rampant security breaches, unwanted surveillance, predators, and misinformation are just a normal part of cyberspace. But what if tech was designed and managed to empower and protect the people who use it? In Better Tech, Francine Berman explores this question and argues that for society to advance and humanity to thrive, technology must put people first. Berman focuses on the riskiest and most essential technologies—social media, AI chatbots, search engines—all of which serve as digital critical infrastructure. She argues that the risk-mitigation strategies for critical infrastructure like roads, bridges, food systems, and the electrical grid can also be used for cyberspace because we should be able to expect that our technology is similarly safe, dependable, and trustworthy. Better Tech goes beyond identifying the problems of technology and provides an actionable playbook of responsible design, development, use, and regulatory strategies that can be used by everyone from policymakers to students and general readers to reduce technology’s risks and advance the public good.

Putting People First in Cyberspace

Better Tech

'Brilliant and intriguing' - Colm Tóibín

The Visit

A major reassessment of the British government's communication of the goals of the Second World War and how its propaganda undermined the people's faith in the reliability of war news and the credibility of political leaders.

While waging war against enemies overseas, governments also need to win the hearts and minds of their own citizens. The media is critical to delivering the official message, raising public support for war, maintaining morale, spelling out what is to be achieved, downplaying setbacks, and presenting a bright vision of the postwar future. ln public memory, the British people were united in their support for the Second World War. Yet this popular image of the People's War neglects the fact that the war had to be sold.
 
In this work stretching from appeasement in 1938 through victory, award-winning historian Steven Casey examines how media, government, and armed forces worked to convince the British public to support the war, as well as the ways the British home front often questioned and challenged the official line. Using a vast array of primary sources, some of them previously untapped, he looks at the broad range of problems and policies that needed to be defended and explained, censored and concealed. The venues range widely from the battlefield to the football field, from the rubble-strewn cities of blitzed Britain to the faraway outposts of Empire. ln his chronological narrative of the war, Casey shines light on numerous high-profile episodes, including Munich and Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, evacuation and rationing, and the campaigns in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Throughout, Casey stresses how the British military forged a relationship with reporters, how this relationship shaped news coverage of the fighting, and how this coverage in turn exerted a profound impact on every other dimension of the government's private and public actions. No one before has examined how all the branches of the armed services kept the home front informed about progress and especially setbacks. Officials, Casey argues, failed to communicate effectively with the British people, which undermined public trust and called the credibility of the political leadership into question. Remarkably, the BBC and Fleet Street sometimes relayed German communiqués to the public because the British government failed to release timely reports of its own. 
 
The Sceptic Isle provides a bold reassessment of how the British government sold the Second World War to the British public. It powerfully showcases how the attempt to mould and manipulate coverage of battles created a major credibility gap that cast a long shadow over the British government's efforts to sell the different dimensions of the Second World War to the home front.

How the British Government Sold the Second World War

The Sceptic Isle

Contemporary Catholic environmentalism is at a crossroads, both theologically and politically. While the first half of the 20th century saw only fleeting references to environmental concerns in papal encyclicals, Pope John Paul II's 1990 New Year's Day address, later titled The Ecological Crisis, marked a pivotal shift. His stark warnings about the planet's mounting ecological challenges galvanized the Catholic theological community, prompting numerous regional bishops' statements that highlighted pressing local environmental issues. By the mid-1990s, Catholic environmentalism had evolved into a distinct theological discourse and a burgeoning political movement, attracting support from both church hierarchy and lay Catholics worldwide.


Despite Pope John Paul II's efforts to root Catholic environmental thought in the stewardship paradigm, his success in securing theological consensus was limited. While Pope Benedict XVI endorsed this model, many Catholic theologians and scholars voiced significant reservations. Some critiqued its vague theological underpinnings, others lamented its inherent anthropocentrism, and still others sought a broader scriptural foundation for environmental ethics. These critiques signaled a growing desire for an alternative framework.


With the publication of Laudato Si in 2015, Pope Francis ushered in a new era of Catholic environmentalism. His encyclical reaffirmed the theological and moral urgency of ecological issues while challenging humanity's unchecked technological optimism and deep-seated anthropocentrism. At the heart of his vision is the idea that all creation manifests divine love, calling Catholics to embrace a theocentric environmental ethic. This book builds upon Laudato Si, offering a fresh theological framework that moves beyond stewardship toward a more expansive, love-centered approach to creation care.

From Stewardship to Love in Laudato Si’

Catholic Environmentalism

A concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country’s turbulent history. Cuba: A Brief History covers the pre-Hispanic period, through Cuba’s struggle to maintain the revolution in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the period after Fidel Castro’s decision to step down from office,&nbsp;to the 2014 opening to Cuba by the Obama Administration, the retirement of Raul Castro and his replacement as president in 2018 by Miguel Diaz Canal, and finally to the reversal of Washington’s engagement with Cuba under President Trump. This slim volume provides the reader with an overview of the history and politics of the tiny Caribbean island that continues to appear at the center of world events. Featuring a presentation and analysis of US intervention on the island, Cuba: A Brief History also includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. This is an essential introduction to Cuba for students, visitors, and others looking for a bird’s eye view of the turbulent history of the island that has captivated and enthralled its northern neighbors for decades.

A concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country’s turbulent history. Cuba: A Brief History covers the pre-Hispanic period, through Cuba’s struggle to maintain the revolution in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the period after Fidel Castro’s decision to step down from office,&nbsp;to the 2014 opening to Cuba by the Obama Administration, the retirement of Raul Castro and his replacement as president in 2018 by Miguel Diaz Canal, and finally to the reversal of Washington’s engagement with Cuba under President Trump. This slim volume provides the reader with an overview of the history and politics of the tiny Caribbean island that continues to appear at the center of world events. Featuring a presentation and analysis of US intervention on the island, Cuba: A Brief History also includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. This is an essential introduction to Cuba for students, visitors, and others looking for a bird’s eye view of the turbulent history of the island that has captivated and enthralled its northern neighbors for decades.

A Brief History

Cuba

Archive des Kommunismus - Pfade des XX. Jahrhunderts

Mit der Pariser Wochenzeitung 
 Die Zukunft
 (1938-1940) gründete Willi Münzenberg, der einflussreichste antifaschistische Medienmacher der Zwischenkriegszeit, ein visionäres Sprachrohr aller Hitler-Gegner. Unterstützt wurde er dabei von Arthur Koestler und Manès Sperber sowie progressiven Christen und Sozialisten. Noch kurz vor dem Einbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs entstand ein deutsch-französisches und europäisches Netzwerk, eine neue demokratische Alternative zum Kampf gegen das Hitlerregime und seinen Helfer Stalin: eine neue christlich-sozialistische Symbiose für ein neues Deutschlands in einem vereinten Europa. 
 
 
 Anhand neuer Archivfunde erzählt das Buch eine beinahe untergegangene Geschichte: Die der letzten Kohorte von Dissidenten, Revolutionären und Christen; Literaten, Wissenschaftlern und Kulturschaffenden, die noch bis in den Zweiten Weltkrieg hinein den Traum von Hitlers Sturz verwirklichen wollten. Ans Licht kommt die bisher verborgene Saga europäischer Freiheitskämpfer, Mittler und Expats zugleich, die nicht am Scheitern der politischen Parteien vor Hitler verzweifelten. 
 
 Begleitet werden Dutzende Akteure aus Kultur und Politik wie Alfred Döblin, Fritz von Unruh, Günter Thormann, Otto Klepper, Babette Gross und Anna Siemsen, René Schickele, Josef Roth, Hermann Rauschning, Emmanuel Mounier, Pierre Viénot, Manès Sperber und Arthur Koestler. Sie schufen transnationale Netzwerke und Passagen zur Bekämpfung des Nationalsozialismus und gründeten die Deutsch-Französische Union "um Frankreich zu retten und Deutschland mit ihm". 
 
 Das "Münzenberg-Imperium" erweist sich als Paradigma für die fruchtbare Vernetzung aller Teile der Gesellschaft, gegen ihre Zerstörung durch totalitäre Herrschaft und für eine gelebte Demokratie.

Mit der Pariser Wochenzeitung 
 Die Zukunft
 (1938–1940) gründete Willi Münzenberg, der einflussreichste antifaschistische Medienmacher der Zwischenkriegszeit, ein visionäres Sprachrohr aller Hitler-Gegner. Unterstützt wurde er dabei von Arthur Koestler und Manès Sperber sowie progressiven Christen und Sozialisten. Noch kurz vor dem Einbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs entstand ein deutsch-französisches und europäisches Netzwerk, eine neue demokratische Alternative zum Kampf gegen das Hitlerregime und seinen Helfer Stalin: eine neue christlich-sozialistische Symbiose für ein neues Deutschlands in einem vereinten Europa. 
 Anhand neuer Archivfunde erzählt das Buch eine beinahe untergegangene Geschichte: Die der letzten Kohorte von Dissidenten, Revolutionären und Christen; Literaten, Wissenschaftlern und Kulturschaffenden, die noch bis in den Zweiten Weltkrieg hinein den Traum von Hitlers Sturz verwirklichen wollten. Ans Licht kommt die bisher verborgene Saga europäischer Freiheitskämpfer, Mittler und Expats zugleich, die nicht am Scheitern der politischen Parteien vor Hitler verzweifelten. Begleitet werden Dutzende Akteure aus Kultur und Politik wie Alfred Döblin, Fritz von Unruh, Günter Thormann, Otto Klepper, Babette Gross und Anna Siemsen, René Schickele, Josef Roth, Hermann Rauschning, Emmanuel Mounier, Pierre Viénot, Manès Sperber und Arthur Koestler. Sie schufen transnationale Netzwerke und Passagen zur Bekämpfung des Nationalsozialismus und gründeten die Deutsch-Französische Union „um Frankreich zu retten und Deutschland mit ihm“. Das „Münzenberg-Imperium“ erweist sich als Paradigma für die fruchtbare Vernetzung aller Teile der Gesellschaft, gegen ihre Zerstörung durch totalitäre Herrschaft und für eine gelebte Demokratie.

Die Pariser Wochenzeitung ›Die Zukunft‹, Willi Münzenberg und der Traum vom neuen Europa

Netzwerke gegen Hitler und Stalin

'Durgapur was once a symbol of pride-of industry, growth, and human ambition.

Now, it stands as a graveyard of abandoned factories and shattered public sector dreams.



When a management consultant is sent to revive a failing plant in the town - he expects broken processes and bad management.

Instead, he finds perfection.

Metrics are green. Processes are optimized. Teams are performing.

And yet-the factory is falling apart.

As he struggles to explain the contradiction, another story begins to unfold beyond the factory gates.

In the crumbling townships and deserted quarters of Durgapur lie the secrets of a collapse-of a once-mighty industrial ecosystem that disintegrated, leaving behind lost identities, fractured communities, and unanswered questions.

A past shaped not just by bad decisions, but by forces far beyond it-Cold War alliances, geopolitical trade-offs, and betrayals at the highest levels that were never acknowledged.

As the consultant digs deeper, he uncovers layers of uncomfortable truth-and something far more unsettling lurking in the rusted industrial ruins.

The Residue of Progress is a gripping geopolitical-management mystery set in the shadow of India's industrial decline - where global power games, corporate systems, and human survival collide... and the past refuses to stay buried.

The Residue of Progress | The Fall of a Factory, the Hidden Game Behind It, and the Town It Left Behind

Cold War History

This book is an&nbsp;historical investigation into the role of the European Community in the overcoming of the East-West divide during the Cold War.

This book is an&nbsp;historical investigation into the role of the European Community in the overcoming of the East-West divide during the Cold War.

Challenging the Cold War Order in Europe

The European Community and Eastern Europe in the Long 1970s

*A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Telegraph, Financial Times, i Paper* 'Making Francisco Franco's long life and 36 years of dictatorship enjoyable reading is a daunting challenge ... Giles Tremlett nonetheless succeeds magnificently' PAUL PRESTON 'An excellent biography - compelling, authoritative, even entertaining - of this highly dislikable creature' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, DAILY TELEGRAPH From a scrawny military graduate to Europe's youngest general, Francisco Franco was known for his ambition and calculated risk-taking. But his reputation remains a topic of fierce debate. Did he cripple Spain's democracy or save the nation from left-wing tumult? In this definitive new biography, Giles Tremlett lays bare the story of a tyrant who deliberately wielded terror to maintain an iron grip on power. He traces Franco's ruthless Civil War leadership through to his alignment with Hitler and Mussolini and the Cold War years that followed. Packed with fresh insight and chilling details, El Generalisimo unravels the life and legacy of the enigmatic dictator who shaped twentieth-century Spanish history. 'A magisterial, groundbreaking new portrait ... Sets a gold standard in Spanish Civil War history' ELIZABETH DRAYSON

Franco: Power, Violence and the Quest for Greatness

El Generalísimo

Vatican Spies

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