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The School of the Americas: Military Training and Political Violence in the Americas by Lesley Gill
RRP: $48.28$42.02Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.S. Army center that has trained more than sixty thousand soldiers and police, mostly from Latin America, in counterinsurgency and combat-related skills since it was... -
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance 9781250280053
RRP: $52.48$34.40In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was... -
The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment by John Bellamy Foster 9781583670194
RRP: $27.28$23.21With historical and economic detail, this book explores the reasons why a global economic system, geared toward private profit, has spelled vulnerability for the earth's fragile natural environment. It sets out to take the case for saving the planet... -
When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence by Stephen D. King
RRP: $25.18$21.32An eminent economist warns that Western nations' economic expectations for the future are way out of sync with the realities of economic stagnation and stringent steps will be required to avoid massive political and economic upheaval. "It is alarmingly... -
Gladio, NATO's Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis by Richard Cottrell
RRP: $62.98$32.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615776887Author Richard CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 758g -
Catching Thunder: The True Story of the World's Longest Sea Chase Eskil Engdal 9781786990877
RRP: $31.48$29.09December, 2014: In the forbidding waters off Antarctica, Captain Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker embarks on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammerstedt's crew will relentlessly pursue the Thunder - an infamous... -
Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past by Kevin M Kruse
$57.52The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperilling our... -
The Constitution of the United States of America and Other Writings of the Founding Fathers: Volume 7 Editors of Rock Point 9781631067860
RRP: $41.98$31.40This elegant book collects the essential historical documents that laid the foundation for the United States and charted the course of the nation's growth and development. Featuring an introduction by Andrew S. Trees, this collection gives you a window... -
British Fascism, 1918-1939: Parties, Ideology and Culture by Thomas Linehan
RRP: $41.98$35.28A major new and balanced study of British Facism which surveys the development of British fascism between 1918 and 1939. Provides an accessible guide to the essential features of British fascism in the interwar period. Considers a previously... -
Eavesdropping on the Emperor: Interrogators and Codebreakers in Britain's War With Japan by Peter Kornicki
RRP: $52.50$46.26When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans were captured on the battlefield, who deciphered them for... -
Deja Vu and the End of History by Paolo Virno
$31.71This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of deja vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Kojeve and Nietzsche,... -
Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White by Patricia Sullivan
RRP: $71.30$58.51"A profound and uplifting account of Robert F. Kennedy's brave crusade for racial equality. This is narrative history at its absolute finest, with RFK squarely at the center of the 1960s civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr., James... -
Unsustainable: The Urgent Need to Transform Society and Reverse Climate Change Richard Joy (Director and sustainability consultant at The Low Carbon Strategy Network Ltd.) 9781529218022
RRP: $41.98$33.10Examines the political and economic factors that determine how climate change is portrayed and perceived, and frames environmental problems in a social and behavioural context.About the AuthorRichard Joy is an expert in organizational transformation and... -
Engels before Marx by Terrell Carver 9783030423704
RRP: $115.48$115.08This book examines the life and works of Friedrich Engels during the decade before he entered a political partnership with Karl Marx. It takes a thematic approach in three substantial chapters: Imagination, Observation, and Vocation. Throughout, the... -
Pawned States: State Building in the Era of International Finance by Didac Queralt
RRP: $63.00$48.91How foreign lending weakens emerging nationsIn the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external... -
Idleness by Katy Jones
RRP: $35.68$33.85UK workers are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality, insecure jobs, with little training or chance of getting on. Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar question the mantra that "work is the best way out of... -
Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier David Hayton 9780719086038
RRP: $63.00$45.59Acclaimed after the Second World War as England's greatest historian, Sir Lewis Namier was an eastern European immigrant who came to idealise the English gentleman and enjoyed close friendship with leading figures of his day, including Winston Churchill... -
Antisemitism: An Ancient Hatred in the Age of Identity Politics by Philip Slayton
RRP: $31.48$20.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823107Author Philip SlaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Continuity and Rupture - Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain J. Moufawad-paul 9781785354762
RRP: $37.78$32.32A philosophical examination of the theoretical terrain of contemporary Maoism premised on the counter-intuitive assumption that Maoism did not emerge as a coherent theory until the end of the 1980s.About the AuthorJ. Moufawad-Paul lives in Toronto and... -
Understanding the Intelligence Cycle by Mark Phythian 9781138856325
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book critically analyses the concept of the intelligence cycle, highlighting the nature and extent of its limitations and proposing alternative ways of conceptualising the intelligence process. The concept of the intelligence cycle has been central... -
Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity Keith Kahn-Harris 9781912248438
RRP: $23.08$15.54How did antisemitism get so strange?Life-long anti-racists accused of antisemitism, life-long Jew haters absolving themselves by declaring their love of Israel. Today, antisemitism and philosemitism seem selective, as if Jews offered themselves up as a... -
The Authorised History of British Defence Economic Intelligence: A Cold War in Whitehall, 1929-90 by Peter Davies
RRP: $88.18$77.18This book is the first history of UK economic intelligence and offers a new perspective on the evolution of Britain's national intelligence machinery and how it worked during the Cold War.British economic intelligence has a longer pedigree than the Joint... -
Duce: The Contradictions of Power: The Political Leadership of Benito Mussolini by Peter J. Williamson
RRP: $63.00$56.60Eighty years after the fall of Benito Mussolini, controversy remains about what his dictatorship represented. This reflects the different sides to the Duce's leadership: while adept at nurturing and enforcing his personal political power, Mussolini's... -
Gender and International Criminal Law by Indira Rosenthal 9780198871583
RRP: $231.00$209.60The last few decades have seen remarkable developments in international criminal justice, especially in relation to the pursuit of individuals responsible for sexual violence and other gender-based crimes. Historically ignored, justified, or minimised,... -
Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters by David Mountain
RRP: $35.68$24.32'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' Eleanor Janega, author of The Middle AgesFrom the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.The stories we tell about our past... -
John Wheatley by John Hannan 9780851244976
$23.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851244976Author John HannanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books -
A Gallery of Recuperation: On the Merits of Slandering Charlatans, Swindlers, and Frauds by Jaime Semprun 9780262546171
RRP: $35.68$26.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546171Author Jaime SemprunFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Histories of Racial Capitalism by Justin Leroy
RRP: $52.50$41.14The relationship between race and capitalism is one of the most enduring and controversial historical debates. The concept of racial capitalism offers a way out of this impasse. Racial capitalism is not simply a permutation, phase, or stage in the larger... -
The French Resistance and its Legacy Emeritus Professor Rod Kedward 9781350260429
RRP: $39.88$33.12With personal and colourful reflections on tracking down resisters to the Nazi occupation of France, The French Resistance and its Legacy offers a captivating set of insights into the very substance of resistance, and the challenges it poses. The book... -
Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet John W. Reid 9781324006039
RRP: $50.38$42.23Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic shore; the Amazon, covering... -
The Help-Yourself City: Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism by Gordon C.C. Douglas
RRP: $74.53$70.43When cash-strapped local governments fail to provide adequate services, and planning policies prioritize economic development over community needs, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people... -
Just Transformations: Grassroots Struggles for Alternative Futures by Iokiñe Rodríguez 9780745344775
RRP: $52.48$40.72The climate crisis is the greatest existential threat humanity faces today. The need for a radical societal transformation in the interests of social justice and ecological sustainability has never been greater. But where can we turn to find systemic... -
History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past by Jason Steinhauer 9783030851163
RRP: $48.28$34.88The Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History... -
Human Rights in Times of Conflict and Terrorism by Louise Doswald-Beck 9780199578948
$120.31This book is a guide to international human rights law as it applies to situations of armed conflict, to counter-terrorism measures and to any other situation of actual or potential violence requiring security measures. These situations can lead to some... -
The Emerging Republican Majority: Updated Edition by Kevin P. Phillips 9780691163246
RRP: $63.00$48.91One of the most important and controversial books in modern American politics, The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) explained how Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968--and why the Republicans would go on to dominate presidential politics for the... -
Hope Lies in the Proles: George Orwell and the Left by John Newsinger
RRP: $39.88$26.78George Orwell was one of the most significant literary figures on the left in the twentieth century. While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. ... -
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk by Adam Plowright
RRP: $27.28$17.98'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening StandardTHE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISHFrom total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in just a few years, at 39, France's youngest leader... -
The Jews of China: v. 1: Historical and Comparative Perspectives by Jonathan Goldstein 9780765601049
RRP: $92.38$80.72This interdisciplinary study examines patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately AD 1100 to 1949.About the AuthorJonathan Goldstein, Benjamin I. SchwartzBook... -
From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia by Dan Slater
RRP: $63.00$48.91Why some of Asia's authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer-and why others haven'tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization-a spectacular record of development... -
Hungry Britain: The rise of food charity by Hannah Lambie-Mumford 9781447328292
RRP: $58.78$45.30Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest charitable food organisations, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity. As the welfare state withdraws,...