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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. An unprecedented insight into the grim brutality of the Russian revolution and the terror of the Cold War Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596608
- ISBN
- 9780747596608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.49
€ 23.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. This volume examines Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe in the period 1940 to 1956. It covers instances of elite purges from the party and state hierarchy, including the infamous show trials staged against leading communists and the impact such practices had on wartime and post-war societies in the region. Editor(s): McDermott, Kevin; Stibbe, Matthew. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089022
- ISBN
- 9780719089022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Hardback. Presents history of the Romanian Communist Party. This title traces the origins of the once-tiny, clandestine revolutionary organization in the 1920s through the years of national power from 1944 to 1989 to the post-1989 metamorphoses of its members. Series: Society and Culture in East-Central Europe S. Num Pages: 395 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 395
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237476
- ISBN
- 9780520237476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 64.81
€ 84.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844159345
- ISBN
- 9781844159345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219784
- ISBN
- 9780300219784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415519502
- ISBN
- 9780415519502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 49.83
€ 51.99
€ 49.83
Paperback. The highly acclaimed biography of the terrifying and fascinating Russian leader, Stalin, written by one of our greatest contemporary historians of Russia and author of the bestselling Trotsky, Lenin and Comrades. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 48. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330518376
- ISBN
- 9780330518376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. The ebb and flow of debate about Stalin's Russia is brilliantly captured in Chris Ward's account, which not only conceptualises the field in a clear and helpful way, offering a synthesis of the vast secondary literature in the area, but also provides the author's own evaluation of the key issues at stake. Series: Reading History. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340731512
- ISBN
- 9780340731512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.93
€ 88.93
Hagenloh's vivid and monumental account is the first to show how Stalin's peculiar brand of policing-in which criminals, juvenile delinquents, and other marginalized population groups were seen increasingly as threats to the political and social order-supplied the core mechanism of the Great Terror. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891823
- ISBN
- 9780801891823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.47
€ 51.99
€ 43.47
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801440298
- ISBN
- 9780801440298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.73
€ 85.73
Paperback. Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions. This book demonstrates that Stalin was determined to show how scientific truth and Party doctrine reinforced one another. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138251
- ISBN
- 9780691138251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. War-torn, virtually bankrupt, Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. Stalin believed that science should serve the state. The human cost of this peculiar marriage between the state and its scientists was horrendous. This book makes clear what Soviet science has done for us. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571290086
- ISBN
- 9780571290086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released archival material, Donald Rayfield gives us a fuller and more colourful picture of Stalin's inner circle than ever before. Stalin was not the sole author of Stalinism. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141003757
- ISBN
- 9780141003757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Stalin was once described - by Hitler - as "half beast, half giant". How did a man once regarded by his rivals as intellectually inferior come to achieve near-divine status as dictator of the largest country in the world? This biography argues that the key to understanding the enigma of Stalin lies in his unadulterated political ambition. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784796
- ISBN
- 9780582784796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Paperback. Perhaps the most easily recognizable military helmet of the 20th century is the German Stahlhelm. In this revised and expanded edition of the text, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert W. Clawson identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history, designs, features and uses. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JWM; JWTU; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- Rev Exp Su
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386777
- ISBN
- 9780873386777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480528
- ISBN
- 9781611480528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.98
€ 125.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703140
- ISBN
- 9781501703140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; AN; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166386
- ISBN
- 9780231166386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.22
€ 65.70
€ 51.22
Paperback. In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. This title investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Num Pages: 432 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339700
- ISBN
- 9780822339700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.61
€ 42.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718891657
- ISBN
- 9780718891657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.78
€ 32.78
Hardback. New essays shed light on the mysterious St Samson of Dol and his Vita. Editor(s): Olson, Lynette. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272181
- ISBN
- 9781783272181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.75
€ 132.75
Hardback. Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St Petersburg is one of the world's most alluring cities - a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. This book shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St Petersburg's residents. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300169188
- ISBN
- 9780300169188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.21
€ 65.70
€ 51.21
Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311597
- ISBN
- 9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.94
€ 104.94