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A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 37.00This book provides a survey of the history of the South Slav peoples who came together at the end of the First World War to form the first Yugoslav kingdom. more...
Battle for Budapest
I.B.Tauris 2003; US$ 34.50The battle of Budapest (December 1944 to February 1945) was one of the longest and bloodiest city sieges of World War II. From the appearance of the first Soviet tanks on the outskirts of the capital to the capture of Buda castle 102 days elapsed. In terms of human trauma, it comes second only to Stalingrad, comparisons to which were even being made... more...
Microcosm
Random House 2011; US$ 26.69The story of Central Europe is anything but simple. As the region located between East and West, it has always been endowed with a rich variety of migrants, and has repeatedly been the scene of nomadic invasions, mixed settlements and military conquests. In order to present a portrait of Central Europe, Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse have made... more...
Enemies of the People
Simon & Schuster 2009; Not Available"You are opening a Pandora's box," Marton was warned when she filed for her family's secret police fi les in Budapest. But her family history -- during both the Nazi and the Communist periods -- was too full of shadows. The files revealed terrifying truths: secret love aff airs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside... more...
A Concise History of Russia
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 22.00This book provides students and general readers with a broad overview of Russian history from the ninth century to the present. more...
Enemies of the People
Simon & Schuster 2009; Not Available"You are opening a Pandora's box," Marton was warned when she filed for her family's secret police fi les in Budapest. But her family history -- during both the Nazi and the Communist periods -- was too full of shadows. The files revealed terrifying truths: secret love aff airs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside... more...
Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 14.95Osprey's examination of Soviet women who fought in World War II (1939-1945). When the Great Patriotic War began, many women volunteered for the armed forces, but most of them were rejected. They were steered towards nursing or other supportive roles. Many determined women managed to enter combat by first volunteering as field medics and nurses,... more...
Armies in the Balkans 1914-18
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95Recent history should remind us that it was events in the Balkans which sparked off World War I (1914-1918), with the assassination of the Austrian heir Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and the consequent invasion of Serbia by Austro-Hungarian armies on 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, the subsequent four-year war in that theatre is always overshadowed... more...
The Perversion Of Knowledge
Basic Books 2009; US$ 22.00A powerful account of the tragic and brutal consequences of the Communist Party/KBG control over Soviet scientists and intelligentsia more...
Poland: A history
HarperCollins Publishers 2009; Not AvailableAdam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation. more...









