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  • Inside Lenin's Government

    Ideology, Power and Practice in the Early Soviet State

    by Dr Lara Douds ...
    Lara Douds examines the practical functioning and internal political culture of the early Soviet government cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), under Lenin. This study elucidates the process by which Sovnarkom's governmental decision-making authority was transferred to Communist Party bodies in the early years of Soviet power and traces the day-to-day operation of the supreme ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution

    Illiberal Liberation, 1917-41

    Edited by Dr Lara Douds, James Harris, Peter Whitewood ...
    Series series Library of Modern Russia
    How did a regime that promised utopian-style freedom end up delivering terror and tyranny? For some, the Bolsheviks were totalitarian and the descent was inevitable; for others, Stalin was responsible; for others still, this period in Russian history was a microcosm of the Cold War.The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution reasons that these arguments are too simplistic. Rather, the journey from ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    The Rise of the Oligarchs—A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder

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    The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.”Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician ... Read more

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  • Kosovo

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Tim Judah ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central-geographically, historically, and politically-to the future of the Western Balkans and, in turn, its potential future within the European Union. But the fate of both ... Read more

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  • Moscow 1941

    A City & Its People at War

    by Sir Rodric Braithwaite ...
    The story of the invasion of Moscow, told through its people.Fought over a territory the size of France, the Battle of Moscow in 1941 cost the Russians as many casualties as the British lost in WW1. It marked the first strategic defeat of the Wehrmacht and halted their seemingly unstoppable advance across Europe. This is the story of that battle - and the ordinary men and women who fought it.Based ... Read more

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  • Khrushchev's Cold War

    The Inside Story of an American Adversary

    by Aleksandr Fursenko, Timothy Naftali ...
    “Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”—The EconomistThis acclaimed study from the authors of “One Hell of a Gamble” brings to life head-to-head confrontations between the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing on their unrivaled access to Politburo and KGB materials, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy ... Read more

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  • The Chaplin Machine

    Slapstick, Fordism and the Communist Avant-Garde

    by Owen Hatherley ...
    Could Buster Keaton have starred in Battleship Potemkin?Did Trotsky plan to write the great Soviet comedy?And why did Lenin love circus clowns?The Chaplin Machine reveals the lighter side of the Communist avant-garde and its unlikely passion for American slapstick. Set against the backdrop of the great Russian revolutionary experiment, Owen Hatherley tells the tragic-comedic story of the cinema, ... Read more

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  • The History of the Russo-Japanese War

    Enriched edition. Complete History of the Conflict: From Causes of the War and Korean Campaign to the Peace Treaty

    by Sydney Tyler, Colby Warren ...
    Sydney Tyler's 'The History of the Russo-Japanese War' is a meticulously researched account of one of the most significant conflicts of the early 20th century. Tyler presents a detailed narrative of the events leading up to the war, the major battles, and the eventual outcome, shedding light on the political and military strategies employed by both sides. Written in a clear and engaging style, the ... Read more

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  • The Agony of the Russian Idea

    by Tim McDaniel ...
    Boris Yeltsin's attempts at democratic reform have plunged a long troubled Russia even further into turmoil. This dramatic break with the Soviet past has left Russia politically fragmented and riddled with corruption, its people with little hope for the future. In a fascinating account for anyone interested in Russia's current political struggles, Tim McDaniel explores the inability of all its ... Read more

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  • The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917

    by Alex Marshall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
    This new book examines the role of the Tsarist General Staff in studying and administering Russia’s Asian borderlands. It considers the nature of the Imperial Russian state, the institutional characteristics of the General Staff, and Russia’s relationship with Asia.During the nineteenth century, Russia was an important player in the so-called ‘Great Game’ in central Asia. Between 1800 and 1917 ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Peopling the Russian Periphery

    Borderland Colonization in Eurasian History

    Edited by Nicholas Breyfogle, Abby Schrader, Willard Sunderland ...
    Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
    Though usually forgotten in general surveys of European colonization, the Russians were among the greatest colonizers of the Old World, eventually settling across most of the immense expanse of Northern Europe and Asia, from the Baltic and the Pacific, and from the Arctic Ocean to Central Asia. This book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the Eurasian past by examining the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Soviet Union under Brezhnev

    by William J. Tompson ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev provides an accessible post-Soviet perspective on the history of the USSR from the mid-1960’s to the mid-1980’s. It challenges both the ‘evil empire’ image of the USSR that was widespread in the early 1980’s and the ‘stagnation’ label attached to the period by Soviet reformers under Gorbachev.The book makes use of a range of memoirs, interviews, archival documents ... Read more

    $58.99 USD