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The Making Of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781471111235
RRP: $21.92$15.58WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few... -
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein
RRP: $21.92$15.84A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade - from a former member of the African National CongressRevealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zuma's South AfricaAndrew Feinstein... -
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg 9781408889282
RRP: $19.34$14.13From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider expose of the dangers of America's hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy. When former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the Pentagon Papers, he... -
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth
RRP: $14.18$9.69WINNER OF THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 The instant New York Times bestseller A Financial Times and The Times Book of the Year 'A terrifying expose' The Times 'Part John le Carre . . . Spellbinding' New Yorker We plug... -
Modern War: A Very Short Introduction by Richard English 9780199607891
RRP: $11.60$8.32Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and society of the modern period. But what do we mean by modern war? What causes modern wars to begin? Why do... -
Grand Strategy and the Rise of China: Made in America by Dr Zeno Leoni
RRP: $25.79$24.25During four decades of fast-paced economic growth, China's ascent has reverberated across the full social spectrum, from international relations to technology, from trade to global health, from academia to climate change. Despite disrupting the... -
My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy
RRP: $38.70$27.54Twenty years, a thousand pages, and now a single beautiful edition of Arundhati Roy's complete non-fiction.'Arundhati Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time' Naomi Klein 'The world has never had to face such global confusion... -
Westwind: The classic lost thriller by Ian Rankin
RRP: $11.60$7.44THE CLASSIC LOST THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Shockingly good' The Sun'A prescient, high-octane thriller' Daily Express'Totally on the money - and ripe for this republication' i Newspaper * * * * *It always starts with a small lie... -
The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs by Andrei Martyanov 9781949762075
RRP: $32.25$28.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762075Author Andrei MartyanovFormat PaperbackPage Count 225Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm... -
The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race by David E. Hoffman
RRP: $15.47$10.87WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The Dead Hand is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative history of Reagan, Gorbachev and the final decade of the Cold War. Washington Post journalist David E. Hoffman draws on exclusive interviews in both Russia and the... -
What to Do About the U.N. by Claudia Rosett 9781594039720
$7.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039720Author Claudia RosettFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline, Israel's Nightmare by Mohannad Sabry 9789774167287
RRP: $32.24$26.69The Sinai Peninsula holds a unique strategic and political significance for Egypt and its neighbours. Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering Gaza and Israel, Egypt's rugged eastern province has been the cornerstone of the Egyptian-Israeli peace... -
Japan's Aggressive Legalism: Law and Foreign Trade Politics Beyond the WTO by Saadia M. Pekkanen
RRP: $36.11$32.92The ways in which law has interacted with concrete interests to reshape Japan's foreign trade politics at the start of the twenty-first century can best be characterized as aggressive legalism. Central to this transformation have been the beneficiaries... -
What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's century of division by Kevin Meagher 9781785906664
RRP: $25.80$18.27'For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!' HOME SECRETARY REGINALD MAUDLING, RETURNING FROM HIS FIRST VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1970 In the early years of the twentieth century, simmering discontent began to boil over... -
Negotiating with the Devil: Inside the World of Armed Conflict Mediation by Pierre Hazan 9781911723110
RRP: $24.50$21.44After many years in the little-known world of back-channel mediation, helping sworn adversaries to prevent, manage or resolve conflict, Pierre Hazan felt compelled to re-examine the acute practical and ethical dilemmas that affected his work in Bosnia,... -
International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice by Thomas J. Biersteker 9780415459594
RRP: $56.75$49.59This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second World War... -
What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's century of division by Kevin Meagher
RRP: $14.18$9.95"For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!" Home Secretary Reginald Maudling, returning from his first visit to Northern Ireland in 1970 As a long and bloody guerrilla war staggered to a close on the island of Ireland,... -
America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity, Second Edition by Campbell Craig
RRP: $27.03$21.31"A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union."-Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy"Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic... -
British Nuclear Weapons and the Test Ban: Squaring the Circle of Defence and Arms Control, 1974-82 by John Walker 9781032451633
RRP: $161.25$139.14This book provides an overview of how the UK tried to maintain and modernize its strategic and tactical nuclear weapons during 1974-82, whilst also pursuing a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. The core question addressed in the book is how a test... -
Deception: Pakistan, The United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy by Adrian Levy 9781843545354
RRP: $38.70$29.09Deception reveals how Pakistan built a nuclear arsenal with US aid money and sold the technology to countries hostile to the West, while giving shelter to the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda. It also reveals the much larger deception: how every American... -
Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons by Drew Christiansen, SJ
RRP: $46.44$41.15Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weapons At a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban... -
Defcon-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis by John D. Gresham 9780471670223
RRP: $33.53$31.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471670223Author John D. GreshamFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War by Nicholas Thompson 9780312658861
RRP: $36.12$25.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312658861Author Nicholas ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm *... -
Cabinets and the Bomb by Peter Hennessy 9780197264225
$78.20The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb... -
International Relations of the Middle East by Louise Fawcett 9780192893680
RRP: $49.01$46.72As the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars... -
Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River by Ioan Grillo
RRP: $19.34$15.23From the author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms, essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade. Guns from America reach more than 130 countries, and inundate Mexico, with over... -
No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade by Nicholas Gilby 9781906523176
RRP: $10.31$7.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906523176Author Nicholas GilbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint New Internationalist Publications LtdPublisher New Internationalist Publications... -
Crackup: The Republican Implosion and the Future of Presidential Politics by Samuel Popkin 9780190913823
RRP: $30.95$22.37In Crackup, the eminent American politics scholar Samuel Popkin tells the story of how the Republican Party fractured into uncompromising groups with irreconcilable demands. Changes in campaign finance laws and the proliferation of mass media opened the... -
How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare by Narges Bajoghli 9781503637801
RRP: $27.08$23.19Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted state, and in the everyday lives of... -
The Devil's Ransom by Brad Taylor 9781837933259
RRP: $12.89$9.17Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America's most treasured secrets. THE WORLD'S SECRETS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE WRONG HANDS . . . Afghanistan has fallen. Taskforce operative Pike Logan's mission is to... -
Russia's Road to War with Ukraine: Invasion amidst the ashes of empires by Samir Puri 9781785907708
RRP: $25.80$18.27When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many in the West were left stunned at his act of brutal imperialism. To those who had been paying attention, however, the warning signs of the bloodshed and slaughter to come had been there for... -
The Politics of Euromissiles: Europe’s Role in America’s World by Diana Johnstone 9780860917878
RRP: $21.92$18.71NATO'S decision to 'modernize' its medium-range nuclear weaponry unleashed massive popular protests throughout Europe and produced strains within the Atlantic Alliance itself. The effects on relations between the continental European states, and on their... -
The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order by Sean McFate
RRP: $19.34$17.93It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only... -
Mao's China and the Cold War by Jian Chen 9780807849323
RRP: $55.41$53.81This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The success of China's Communist... -
Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America by Donald J. Trump 9781501138003
RRP: $24.50$15.36In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we're going to look at the state of the world right now. It's a terrible mess, and that's putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in... -
Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump by Scott Ritter
RRP: $30.96$27.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762181Author Scott RitterFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 150mm *... -
Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb by Togzhan Kassenova 9781503632431
RRP: $36.11$30.52Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the marginalized Central Asian republic suddenly found itself with the world's... -
Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State by David Patrikarakos
$62.72The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated world politics since the beginning of the century, with the country now facing increasing diplomatic isolation, talk of military strikes against its nuclear facilities and a disastrous Middle East war. What is... -
The Labour Party in Post-war Britain by Patrick Diamond
RRP: $33.53$29.19This book provides a novel account of the Labour Party's years in opposition and power since 1979, examining how New Labour fought to reinvent post-war social democracy, reshaping its core political ideas. It charts Labour's sporadic recovery from... -
The Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind by Mahdi Obeidi 9780471679653
$25.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471679653Author Mahdi ObeidiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 454g