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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. For almost a decade, the tyrannical Ngo Dinh Diem governed South Vietnam as a one-party police state while the US financed his tyranny. This book traces the tragic history of the so-called Diem experiment from his first appearance in Washington as a penniless expatriate in 1950 to his murder by South Vietnamese soldiers in 1963. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742544482
ISBN
9780742544482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.87

Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DS; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088412
ISBN
9780674088412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. A definitive account of the American experience in Afghanistan from the rise of the Taliban to the depths of the insurgency. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 maps and charts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338515
ISBN
9780393338515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Hardback. There are over three dozen violent insurgencies around the globe today, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. Waging Insurgent Warfare weaves together an impressive analysis of how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBWS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190600860
ISBN
9780190600860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 48.05

Paperback. A comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRA; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615223
ISBN
9780748615223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. A comprehensive and approachable introduction to social scientific theories of religion as they have developed in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRA; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615216
ISBN
9780748615216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 136.27

Paperback. Students, scholars, and policy practitioners will find this a useful resource for understanding NATO, transatlantic relations, and security in Europe and North America, as well as theories about change in international institutions. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFN; 3JJP; JPA; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421988
ISBN
9781421421988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Paperback. A world-renowned historian presents a profoundly original, page-turning account of the Soviet Union's collapse Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780746463
ISBN
9781780746463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.08

Hardback. "Sergo Mikoyan, who died in 2010, was a historian specializing in Latin America and in Soviet-Latin American relations. Svetlana Savranskaya is a research fellow at the National Security Archive at George Washington University." Editor(s): Savranskaya, Svetlana. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 616 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762014
ISBN
9780804762014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

Paperback. Explores the changing forms of colonial domination and peasant politics in the Andean highlands from the 1740s (the starting point of large political and economic transformations) through the early 1780s, when a massive insurrection of the highland communities shook the foundations of Spanish rule. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331469
ISBN
9780822331469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardcover. Offers a study of how Italian films re-envisage male identity in response to sexual liberation. This book examines how this preoccupation with male identity becomes especially acute in the 1970s when a set of more diverse and inclusive images of men emerge in response to the rise of feminism and gay liberation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748654543
ISBN
9780748654543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Hardcover. This is the illustrated history of the Waffen-SS 24. Waffen SS-Gebirgs (Karstjager) division, covering their engagements against partisans in Slovenia and Northern Italy. Detailing the guerilla warfare between the Germans and the partisans, the Karstjager mountain division was composed mainly of Austrian, Italian and Spanish soldiers. Num Pages: 300 pages, 340 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 307 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heimdal
Condition
New
SKU
V9782840482567
ISBN
9782840482567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.78
€ 100.72

Hardback. Editor(s): Ramirez, Sergio. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 556 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1171.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
556
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637471
ISBN
9780691637471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 280.65

Hardback. This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509507986
ISBN
9781509507986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.16

Hardback. "Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoi Afrike, 1956-1964: neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoi voiny (Moscow: Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJC; 3JJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760591
ISBN
9780804760591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRC; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 174 x 40. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999063
ISBN
9781906999063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.13

Hardcover. The authors use major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, to tell for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Editor(s): Goncharov, Sergei; Lewis, John Wilson; Litai, Xue. Series: Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control. Num Pages: 412 pages, 42 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721158
ISBN
9780804721158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.83

Paperback. Combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years. Num Pages: 696 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC8; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993867
ISBN
9780295993867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardback. Radical Protestant Christianity became widespread in rural parts of southern Russia and Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book studies the origins and evolutions of the theory and practices of these radicals and their contribution to an alternative culture in the region. Num Pages: 480 pages, 47, 47 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879159
ISBN
9780801879159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.20
€ 55.84

Paperback. Translator(s): Benson, Shirley. Num Pages: black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271021706
ISBN
9780271021706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.23
€ 45.02

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