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  • The rise of devils

    Fear and the origins of modern terrorism

    by James Crossland ...
    'Punctuated by the stories of a host of interesting and extraordinary characters, Crossland has produced a fascinating exploration of the long nineteenth century’s development of terrorism and counterterrorism, highlighting the role of fear and the paranoia, repression, and overreaction it engendered.'Michael Stohl, Professor at the University of CaliforniaAuthor of Crime and Terrorism'By applying ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Rogue Agent

    From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare: The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart

    by James Crossland ...
    Taking the reader on a colorful journey from the Russian Revolution through both world wars, this is the story of "the riveting life of maverick spy” Robert Bruce Lockhart.Diplomat, conspirator, intelligence gatherer, propagandist, and charmer, Rogue Agent tells the colorful story of London’s key agent in Moscow during the first half of the twentieth century, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.Sir Robert ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • War, Law and Humanity

    The Campaign to Control Warfare, 1853-1914

    by Dr James Crossland ...
    War, Law and Humanity tells the story of the transatlantic campaign to either mitigate the destructive forces of the battlefield, or prevent wars from being waged altogether, in the decades prior to the disastrous summer of 1914. Starting with the Crimean War of the 1850s, James Crossland traces this campaign to control warfare from the scandalous barracks of Scutari to the shambolic hospitals of ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Red Cross Movement

    Myths, practices and turning points

    Edited by Neville Wylie, Melanie Oppenheimer, James Crossland ...
    Series series Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
    For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. The world’s oldest and most preeminent humanitarian movement, the relevance and status of the Red Cross Movement today is as high as it has ever been.Reimagining and re-evaluating the Red Cross as ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

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    Rogue Agent

    From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare: The Untold Story of Robert Bruce Lockhart

    by James Crossland ...
    Narrated by Michael Langan ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 7 min

    The startling adventures of a secret agent in Moscow during World War I and the Russian Revolution, this is the story of "the riveting life of maverick spy” Robert Bruce Lockhart.Diplomat, conspirator, intelligence gatherer, propagandist, and charmer, Rogue Agent tells the colorful story of London’s key agent in Moscow during the first half of the twentieth century, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.Sir ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Test Of Courage: Michel Thomas: A Biography Of The Holocaust Survivor And Nazi-Hunter By Christopher Robbins

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