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The Long Walkby Slavomir Rawicz
Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 11.65Slavomir 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...
A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the Endby Peter Kenez
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 25.00An examination of political, social and cultural developments in the Soviet Union. Kenez traces the development of the Soviet Union from the Revolution to the complacency and corruption of the Gorbachev years. In this new edition, he also examines the post-Soviet period, tracing Russia's development up to the present day. more...
Women in the Khrushchev Eraby Melanie Ilic; Susan E. Reid; Lynne Attwood
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 115.00Exploring diverse subjects - housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption - this volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era. more...
Young Stalinby Simon Sebag Montefiore
Knopf Publishing Group 2009; US$ 13.99Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
The Cold Warby John Lewis Gaddis
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 13.99The ?dean of Cold War historians? ( The New York Times ) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why ?from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own. more...
Stalinby Edvard Radzinsky
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.99From the author of The Last Tsar , the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has entirely gotten hold of: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin was a man for whom power was all, terror a useful weapon, and deceit a constant companion. As Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin's epic quest for domination-first within the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world-he uncovers the startling truth about this most enigmatic of historical figures. Only now, in the post-Soviet era, can what was suppressed be told: Stalin's... more...
Russiaby Gregory L. Freeze
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 22.00From 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...
Who's Who in Russia since 1900by Martin McCauley
Routledge 1997; US$ 34.95A 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$ 29.95A 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$ 35.95The 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...









