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The Ghosts of the Cold War: How Eastern Bloc Defectors Shaped the West They fled in the dead of night, crossed borders hidden in car trunks, or simply didn't return from international conferences. T……続きを見る

The Soviet Communist Party faced a large-scale problem of regulating membership after the Russian Revolution of 1917. While recruitments were conducted mainly according to the internal Party rules, ……続きを見る

George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is a classic satirical novel that serves as a powerful allegory critiquing the political landscape of its time. Orwell's simple and straightforward writing style create……続きを見る

The contributors to this collection explore the multidimensional transformation of independent Ukraine and deal with her politics, society, private sector, identity, arts, religions, media, and demo……続きを見る

"The Conquest of Canada" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by George Warburton that features the beginning of the European interest in the northern parts of the American continent. Startin……続きを見る

"A must read for anyone who cares about our nation's security in these cyber-serious, hair-trigger times." – Susan Eisenhower Every American president since the end of the Cold War has called for be……続きを見る

From its 1703 foundation by Peter the Great in a swampy war zone to its leading role in overthrowing Soviet power and bringing Russia into the twenty-first century, St Petersburg has undergone sever……続きを見る

In "The Meaning of the Russian Revolution," Leo Tolstoy delves into the profound social and political upheaval that transformed Russia in the early 20th century. Written in a conversational yet inci……続きを見る

The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed discusses the history of everyday life under state socialism and the ways in which post-1945 modernity reached the shores o……続きを見る

The book presents an informative and well-sourced look at Siam in the 1800s. It provides a historical background of the country, its tradition, religion, beliefs, and daily life. 続きを見る

Hi there! My friend Robert texted me one day in London: “Angelos, I’m flying to Moscow tomorrow. Can we catch up tonight at the pub to teach me a little bit of Russian?” Initially, I thought…”WTF? I……続きを見る

Two recent events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This is the first book to explain the link between these two occurrences. George Crile ……続きを見る

Este libro propone una revisión y una interpretación de lo ocurrido desde la disolución de la Unión de las Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas a fines de 1991, lo que marcó a su vez la emergencia de l……続きを見る

Die Bolschewiki wollten eine neue Gesellschaft erschaffen und träumten vom neuen Menschen. Doch reicht esaus, auf das bolschewistische Projekt der Modernisierung zu verweisen, um die stalinistischen……続きを見る

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the Parkman Prize From acclaimed diplomat and historian George Kennan, a landmark history of the crucial months in 1917……続きを見る

Gennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Sovi……続きを見る

Boris Bogachev's highly readable account of life as a young platoon commander during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 makes for a fascinating read. The son of a Soviet military commissar, Bogachev……続きを見る

This book, originally published in English in 1932, covers the Soviet occupation of Latvia during 1919. The attempt of Moscow to set up a foreign Soviet State, extending to every sphere of public an……続きを見る

Between 1914 and 1954, the Ukrainian-speaking territories in East Central Europe suffered almost 15 million “excess deaths” as well as numerous large-scale evacuations and forced population transfer……続きを見る

German scholar Jörg Baberowski is one of the world’s leading experts on the Stalin era, but his work has seldom been translated into English. This book, an unremitting indictment of the mad violence……続きを見る

Extrait : ー Mais non, personne ne le lit plus, et l’on parle de lui comme d’une chose établie, indiscutable, éternelle, comme on parle de la rotation de la terre ! Je vous dis que le génie et la gl……続きを見る

This book explores how the communist cult of the individual was not just a Soviet phenomenon but an international one. When Stalin died in 1953, the communists of all countries united in mourning th……続きを見る

All’indomani dell’invasione russa dell’Ucraina, le prime pagine dei giornali titolano: “Un disastro nucleare dietro l’angolo”. L’attacco a Zaporizhzhia porta i giornalisti a rivangare l’incubo atomi……続きを見る

Until the publication of this book in 1974, the leaders of the October Revolution remained very badly known. This book exhumes the autobiographies written by the men whose actions and ideas have mou……続きを見る

Part diary, part journalistic dispatches this volume, originally published in 1918 is a short history of the Caucasus campaign and connects the events that were taking place in the Middle East with ……続きを見る

George Kennan (1845-1924) was a pioneering explorer, writer, and lecturer on Russia in the nineteenth century, the author of classic works such as Tent Life in Siberia and Siberia and the Exile Syst……続きを見る

Yegor Gaidar, the first post-Soviet prime minister of Russia and one of the principal architects of its historic transformation to a market economy, here presents his lively account of governing in ……続きを見る

This volume, originally published in 1930, discusses the economics of Russian agriculture during the early 20th century. It analyzes those economic influences which were at work and were bringing ab……続きを見る

Die Geschichte der Deutschen im russischen Zarenreich reicht bis tief ins Mittelalter zurück. Einen bemerkenswerten Aufschwung erlebte sie 1763 mit dem Einladungsmanifest von Katharina II. Die aufge……続きを見る

The contributors in this interdisciplinary collection address the problem of interconnection between the study of the “Other,” either Russian or American, and the shaping of national identities in t……続きを見る