Laura Hein. Post-Fascist Japan: Political Culture in Kamakura after the Second World War.

Psychotherapy in The Netherlands after the Second World War

The early history of psychotherapy in the Netherlands hardly differs from that of the surrounding countries. Somewhat later than in France and Germany, psychotherapy appeared during the last decades of the nineteenth century, with general practitioners who started to treat their patients (mainly for all kinds of somatic complaints) by psychological means. In the early decades of the twentieth c...

Political Aspects of European Monetary Integration After World War II

I. After World War II, an all-encompassing effort was undertaken to eliminate for the future the risk of war between European countries which twice in this century had spread to the whole world. From the beginning, also economic cooperation arid monetary integration were politically motivated--by tying the European countries together in a common institutional framework and by rebuilding their e...

Political Developments in Iraq, from the Second Persian Gulf War to the fall of Saddam

Typhus Fever in the Second World War.

Nuclear Weapons and the Second World War

Since the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have captured the attention of social scientists and the public alike. Some argue that the world benefits from nuclear weapons, claiming that they prevent war. Skeptics do not share this view and worry that nuclear weapons will only intensify conflict. Unfortunately, most theories about the benefits of nuclear weapons await judge...