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  • The Long Walkby Slavomir Rawicz

    Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 11.12

    Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the Gulags. After a 3-month journey to Siberia in the depths of winter he escaped with 6 companions, realising that to stay in the camp meant almost certain death. In June 1941 they crossed the trans-Siberian railway and headed south, climbing into Tibet and freedom 9 months later in March 1942 after travelling on foot through some of the harshest regions in the world, including the Gobi Desert. First published in 1956, this is one of the world?s greatest true stories of adventure, survival and escape. more...

  • Russiaby Gregory L. Freeze

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.00

    From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this new history offers a fresh and systematic account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. This book - containing many little-known illustrations - represents an important attempt to rethink Russian history and to provide a new understanding of Russia's complex but ever-fascinating historical development. more...

  • Beyond Totalitarianismby Michael Geyer; Sheila Fitzpatrick

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00

    These essays rethink the nature of Stalinism and Nazism and establish a new methodology for viewing their histories. more...

  • The Great Gambleby Gregory Feifer

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 9.99

    The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty-first century. In The Great Gamble , Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion of a volatile country that no power has ever successfully conquered. A riveting account as seen through the eyes of the men who fought in the war, The Great Gamble tells an unforgettable story full of drama, action, and political intrigue whose relevance in our own time is greater than ever. more...

  • First Russia, Then Tibetby Robert Byron

    I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 18.00

    Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin's dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror was yet to begin. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took a week, Byron was thrown into the tumultuous last years of the British Raj. Gandhi was imprisoned while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Finally Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. Exploring the Land of Snows, he saw Tibet as it was when the then Dalai Lama was still ensconced in the Potala Palace, twenty years before China's invasion. Blending classic travel... more...

  • Afgantsyby Rodric Braithwaite

    Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.95

    The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle, the Soviets hastily retreated. It's a great story, writes Rodric Braithwaite. But it never happened. The Russian conscripts suffered badly from mismanagement and strategic errors, but they were never defeated on the battlefield, and withdrew in good order. In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Braithwaite--the former British ambassador to Moscow--challenges much of what we know about the... more...

  • Access to History: Stalin's Russia 1924-53by Michale Lynch

    Hodder Education 2008; US$ 19.19

    Revised and updated for the 2008 AQA and Edexcel AS specifications. more...

  • Who's Who in Russia since 1900by Martin McCauley

    Routledge 1997; US$ 34.95

    A unique reference guide which examines the leading personalities from 1900 up to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. This book is invaluable for students, teachers, researchers and the general reader alike. more...

  • Communism and Its Collapseby Stephen White

    Routledge 2000; US$ 28.95

    A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and Eastern Europe this book examines the development of communist rule in historical and analytical terms. more...

  • Superpowersby Paul Dukes

    Routledge 2000; US$ 35.95

    The Superpowers traces the development of the USA and Russia from 1898 to 2000, placing the cold war, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context. more...