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Vernon Press is pleased to announce that Yunus Emre Ozigci , author of 'NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity' , was recently featured on the New Books Network podcast. In the interview, hosted by Piotr Pietrzak , Ozigci discusses the central ideas behind his newly published book, offering listeners an accessible introduction to his original study of NATO , international relations theory , phenomenology , and interstate intersubjectivity . A New Philosophical Approach to NATO and International Relations Published by Vernon Press in May 2026, 'NATO’s Meaning and Existence' offers a distinctive and ambitious contribution to the study of NATO’s identity , alliance politics , and the philosophical foundations of international relations . Rather than approaching NATO only as a military or institutional structure, Ozigci examines it as an intersubjective phenomenon : a political community whose meaning is shaped through the perceptions, recognitions, interactions, and historical experiences of states. The book argues that entities in the sphere of international relations — including states, alliances, events, and political environments — are not merely objective facts. They are also constituted through shared meanings, temporal transformations, and acts of recognition among international actors. NATO Beyond Military Power In the New Books...

We are pleased to announce that 'NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity' by Yunus Emre Ozigci, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye (Turkey) has been reviewed by Piotr Pietrzak in ‘Journal of Liberty and International Affairs’ 12 (1):200-203:[…] His “NATO’s Meaning and Existence” (2026), like his previous publications, does not follow the standard script of recycled, uninspiring solutions drawn from outdated textbooks to address contemporary problems. Instead, it offers genuine insight into modern foreign policy, informed by decades of diplomatic experience: he currently serves in Turkey’s diplomatic corps in one of the most geostrategically significant regions of Africa. This book provides a contemplative critique of NATO’s nature, in contrast to conventional political textbooks that often repeat flattering slogans without critical reflection. […][Extract from book review on the ‘Journal of Liberty and International Affairs’ 12 (1):200-203. Reviewer: Piotr Pietrzak. https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2126]Find out more about the book and order your copy here: 'NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity'Entities, events, phenomena and states of affairs of the sphere of international relations/ interstate interactions are purely intersubjective recognisances. Their “subjects”, in particular the States, are themselves pre-theoretically, intersubjectively co-constituted and temporalised, ascribed with subject qualities especially in their...

We are pleased to announce that 'Archaeology as a Weapon: Long-lasting legacies of colonialism and nationalism in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Greece' by Marie-Louise Winbladh has been reviewed in ‘Antiquity’, Published online April, 2026.Find out more about the book and order your copy here: Archaeology as a Weapon: Long-lasting legacies of colonialism and nationalism in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and GreeceIn Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Greece, the reconstruction of the past through archaeology has been used to strengthen national identity. Narratives about the past and origin myths have been constructed for political purposes. Cyprus and Palestine have both suffered from British colonialism since the early twentieth century, which has had a profound influence on their cultural heritage. Through nationalism, archaeology has been exploited by far-right movements and political parties to claim ownership of heritage and has become an efficient political tool.In Israel, archaeology and religion have been exploited to construct the Israeli state and still play a crucial role. The country claims to be the conqueror of Palestine under the protection of God, who they believe gave them possession of the land. Western religious groups are convinced that it is the religious duty of Christians to support the modern nation-state of...

We are pleased to announce that 'Simply to be Americans?: literary radicals confront monopoly capitalism, 1885–1938' by Joel Wendland-Liu (Grand Valley State University) has been recommended by CHOICE, June 2026 Vol. 63 No. 10.This recognition highlights the book’s importance within the fields of American literature, radical literary studies, Marxist criticism, labor history, and African American studies. Combining literary analysis, political history, and cultural criticism, the book explores how radical U.S. writers challenged the forces of monopoly capitalism, imperialism, racism, and patriarchy between 1885 and 1938.Readers can learn more about the book here: Simply to Be Americans? Literary Radicals Confront Monopoly Capitalism, 1885-1938.Exploring Radical American Literature in the Age of Monopoly CapitalismIn Simply to Be Americans?, Wendland-Liu examines how writers and activists used literature to redefine what it meant to be “American” during a period marked by industrial expansion, labor unrest, racial violence, and global imperialism.The study brings together both canonical and lesser-known writers whose works exposed the contradictions of American capitalism and challenged dominant nationalist narratives. Through detailed close readings, the book reveals how fiction, satire, poetry, speculative writing, and political commentary became tools of resistance against exploitation and oppression.Early literary radicals such as Lucy Parsons, Albert Parsons, and Sutton...

We are pleased to announce that 'Archaeology as a Weapon: Long-lasting legacies of colonialism and nationalism in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and Greece' by Marie-Louise Winbladh has been reviewed in ‘European Journal of Archaeology’, Published online 2026:1-4: Contemporary academic research, particularly in archaeology, often revolves around narrowly defined topics. The rise of increasingly sophisticated archaeornetric methods has encouraged increasingly fine-grained analysis of excavated material. While this approach has the capacity to yield precise insights into a site’s formation, it often neglects a broader contextual analysis— especially the political, social, and economic forces that shape both the past and our interpretations of it.Marie—Louise Winbladh’s “Archaelogy as a Weapon” stands in stark contrast to this trend. The book offers a comparative analysis of how archaeology has been politically instrumentalized in Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, and Greece. Its most significant contribution is its examination of this phenomenon not as an isolated national issue, but as part of a cross-regional pattern rooted in colonial and nationalist ideologies.While the political use of archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean has been studied before, Winbladh’s book breaks new ground by demonstrating that the weaponization of archaeology in all these regions is part of a shared struggle to contend with the...

We are pleased to announce that 'Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919): Cartas, cuentos cortos y artículos periodísticos' by Ana Isabel Simón Alegre has been reviewed by Eulalia Ramírez Nueda and published in the ‘Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea’, 2025. vol. 48, vol. 48, n.º 1, 2026, pp. 257-8:El presente volumen, un inmenso y erudito esfuerzo documental cuidadosamente editado –casi al tiempo en inglés y en castellano–, es una aproximación más de la doctora Ana Isabel Simón Alegre a la vida y obra de Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (Alcañiz, España, 1850 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919). La autora, madrileña en los Estados Unidos, es Associate Professor en el Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies de la Universidad Adelphi, de Nueva York. Y, aunque anteriormente Ana Simón Alegre ya se había acercado a la biografía de una de las escritoras es-pañolas –tal vez podríamos decir iberoamericanas– del siglo XIX más poliédricas, y aunque no es la primera en hacerlo, en este libro traza la mejor y más documentada biografía de Gimeno de Flaquer, fruto de una ardua y muy cuidadosa investigación basada en una numerosa y variada serie de fuentes documentales. [...][Extracto de reseña en 'Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea', vol. 48, vol....

We are pleased to announce that 'Navigating Boundaries: A Comprehensive Study of Postcolonial Theory and Literature' by Shuchi Agrawal has been reviewed by Swaraj Raj and published in the ‘Literary Voice: A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Studies’, Number 26, Volume 1, March 2026, https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2026.26.1.45:Shuchi Agrawal’s book, “Navigating Boundaries: A Comprehensive Study of Postcolonial Theory and Literature” is an invaluable compendium of useful information about postcolonial theory, postcolonial reading and postcolonial literature for students, researchers and teachers alike who wish to explore this subject in a comprehensive manner. […][Extract from book review on ‘Literary Voice: A Peer Reviewed Journal of English Studies’, Number 26, Volume 1, March 2026. Reviewer: Swaraj Raj. https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2026.26.1.45]Find out more about the book and order your copy here: Navigating Boundaries: A Comprehensive Study of Postcolonial Theory and Literature'Navigating Boundaries: A Comprehensive Study of Postcolonial Theory and Literature' delves into the intricate area of postcolonial discourse, amplifying the voices emerging from the margins, challenging dominant narratives while exploring the themes of identity, mimicry, hybridity, power and resistance. Drawing from key theorists such as Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, Frantz Fanon, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Philip G. Altbach, Deepesh Chakravarthy, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Gauri Viswanathan etc., this book offers...

We are pleased to announce that 'Nostalgia, Anxiety, Politics: Media and Performing Arts in Egypt, Central-Eastern Europe, and Russia' edited by Tetyana Dzyadevych has been reviewed by Aijan Sharshenova (Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia) and published in the ‘Europe-Asia Studies’, 78:1, pp. 133-135. Published online: 30 Jan 2026:[…] This fascinating collection of diverse works at the intersections of memory, nostalgia, cultural production, propaganda and political mythmaking offers an invaluable contribution to the ongoing global scholarly and public debates on how the past informs and shapes the present and the interplays of reality and imagination in matters of remembrance. Exploring collective political memory and mythmaking, entertainment and propaganda, the authors offer kaleidoscopic accounts of unique and under-researched cases. […]This book is recommended for students and researchers of political sociology, anthropology, culture studies and political studies, as well as for any lay reader. It will be of particular interest to those who come from or study the postsocialist world, as the book’s cultural references largely originate from there. Each contribution provides a unique glimpse of collective emotions and imaginations in specific times and places.[Extract from book review on the journal ‘Europe-Asia Studies’, 78:1, pp. 133-135. Published online: 30 Jan 2026. Reviewer: Aijan Sharshenova...

We are pleased to announce that "Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature" edited by Edited by Heiko Wiggers and Tina Boyer has been reviewed by Classen Albrecht and published in the Mediaevistik,' Volume 37, Number 1, 2024, pp. 149-151(3):[...] The present volume, competently edited by Tina Boyer and Heiko Wiggers, grew out of sessions at the MLA annual conferences and combines a range of philological topics some of which pertain to the Middle Ages, others fall beyond that chronological divide and can only be touched upon here.[Exract from book review on 'Mediaevistik,' Volume 37, Number 1, 2024, pp. 149-151(3). Reviewer: Classen Albrecht. https://doi.org/10.3726/med.2024.01.26]Find out more about the book and order your copy here: Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German.'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives...

We are pleased to announce that Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature by Henryk Hoffmann has been reviewed by Roman Kopytko and published in the ''Film Journal' (Online) 11 | 2025:[…] Clearly, both the scope of the project and the amount of the collected and examined data is impressive. Hoffmann offers a convincing contextual interpretation and explanation of the reasons for the uses of the movie references in modern literature. At the same time, he proposes a specific method of investigating the interrelations between film and literature based on the study of film-and-actor references in the works of modern writers. Three Hollywood Stalwarts in Literature is addressed to a wide range of readers, such as average filmgoers, movie buffs, film students, film historians and literary scholars. […] A good read with indisputable educational values, the book should also encourage readers to reach for some of the films and literary works discussed in it. […][Extract from book review on the 'Film Journal' (Online) 11 | 2025. Reviewer: Roman Kopytko. https://doi.org/10.4000/15gwj]Find out more about the book and order your copy here: Three Hollywood Stalwarts in LiteratureThis book focuses on the perception of the names, personae, performances and films of three Hollywood megastars, Gregory...