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The Journal of Contemporary History (JCH) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal publishing articles and book reviews on twentieth-century history (post-1930), covering a broad range of historical approaches including social, economic, political, diplomatic, intellectual and cultural. View full journal description

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Untangling the New Deal Slogan's Origin Stories

  • James J. Kimble
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‘A Purely Cultural Mission’: The British Council and Turkey 1940–7

  • Eve Lacey
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Echoes of a Revolution: Türkiye's Modernization Experiment in the 1930s Chinese Press

  • Serdar Yurtcicek
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Refugee Workers' Agency: Displaced Persons Shaping Relief and Rehabilitation Work in Postwar Austria and Germany

  • Franziska M. Lamp-Miechowiecki
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Manipulating Friends: Mossad's Covert Operations and Disinformation in Europe

  • Aviva Guttmann
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Hugh Trevor-Roper and the English Editions of Hitler's Table Talk and Testament

  • Mikael Nilsson
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Cultural Intervention in the Spanish Civil War: A Comparative Analysis of Nazi and Fascist Propaganda

  • Mercedes Peñalba-Sotorrío
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‘Plausible Enough’: The IRO and the Negotiation of Refugee Status After the Second World War

  • Sebastian Huhn
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Beyond Rome: Brescia and the Difficult Heritage of Italian Fascism

  • Nick Carter
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Narrowing Finland's Cold War Neutrality Narrative

  • Marjo Uutela
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