Product Description: [Translated by Charlotte Barslund and Emma Ryder]In 1848, a crew of Danish sailors sets sail to fight the Germans. Not all of them return -- and those who do will never be the same. Among them is the daredevil Laurids Madsen, who promptly escapes again into the anonymity of the high seas...read more

Product Description: This volume examines the role of the security sector in the Arab Spring and its role in the subsequent process of democratization. It argues that in the new Millennium, some Arab militaries have begun to adopt a new role as ‘democracy managers’ rather than as protectors of authoritarian regimes, and that the existence of informal webs necessitates an approach that focuses on the security sector rather than the regular armies, and that the region is subjected to a strong external pressure for socialization...read more

Product Description: The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments. These parties have been assumed to be nothing but the welfare-sceptical flip-side of the Left, but the book presents a new theory arguing that the conventional wisdom is wrong...read more

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Product Description: In 1920s, a long-lasting controversy on the interpretation of nuclear beta spectrum arose between Lise Meitner and Charles Drummond Ellis. This controversy, and the reactions from the contending parties when it was settled, reflect clearly the difference between the scientific communities in Berlin and Cambridge at that time...read more

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A Danish literary critic and columnist describes his journey to the Far East, blending social commentary, personal insights, global history, and lively observations of people and places in his original portraits of the richly diverse cultures of China, Cambodia, and Vietnam. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: When Carsten Jensen set out by train from Denmark on a journey to the East, he expected to find lands of rich history and culture, and people undergoing radical change at the end of the twentieth century. In this illuminating narrative of his travels, there is this and much, much more...read more