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Condemned to Repetition?: The Rise, Fall, and Reprise of Soviet-Russian Military Interventionism, 1973-1996 by Andrew Bennett 9780262522571
RRP: £35.00£24.21Why did the Soviet Union use less force to preserve the Soviet empire from 1989 to 1991 than it had used in distant and impoverished Angola in 1975? This book fills a key gap in international relations theories by examining how actors' preferences and... -
Responses to 7 October: Antisemitic Discourse by Rosa Freedman 9781032805290
RRP: £18.99£16.87One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Antisemitic Discourse focuses on the ideology that motivated it and the antisemitism that shaped many responses to it.It examines the provenance of the Jew-hatred, from English history to... -
Labour Takes Power: The Denis MacShane Diaries 1997-2001 by Denis MacShane 9781785908392
RRP: £25.00£17.84With the strong possibility of Labour forming our next government, it is fascinating to consider the last time the party stood on the verge of power, back in 1997. At that time, future Europe Minister Denis MacShane had a ringside seat that he would... -
Under the Wire Paul Conroy 9781787478275
RRP: £12.99£8.60NOW A MAJOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARYDetermined to cover the Syrian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and the devastating impact of the war on Syria's civilians, veteran photographer Paul Conroy and Marie Colvin,one of the foremost war correspondents of her... -
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich 9780399588822
RRP: £20.00£10.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588822Author Svetlana AlexievichFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State by Anna M. Grzymala-Busse
RRP: £25.00£19.59How the medieval church drove state formation in EuropeSacred Foundations argues that the medieval church was a fundamental force in European state formation. Existing accounts focus on early modern warfare or contracts between the rulers and the ruled... -
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
RRP: £12.99£8.48A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe,... -
This is Europe: The Way We Live Now by Ben Judah
RRP: £22.00£15.10A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion_____What does it now mean to call yourself... -
Politics in the Republic of Ireland John Coakley (University College Dublin, Ireland) 9781032357652
RRP: £37.99£33.38Building on the success of previous editions, Politics in the Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of government and politics in this seventh edition.Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish... -
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds 9780008439910
RRP: £25.00£16.43‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical... -
UK Government and Politics for AS/A-level (Fifth Edition) Peter Fairclough 9781471889233
£35.67Inspire political thinking with our bestselling politics textbook, fully updated for the 2017 specifications; combining up-to date commentary and analysis with case studies and features, all to help students get their best grade. Covering key topics for... -
Profound Patterns: Islamic Art at Home: 2022 by Adam Williamson 9781906069285
RRP: £19.95£16.80This beautiful book showcases artwork produced by people across the globe from their bedrooms and kitchens as part of online art classes during lockdown in 2020, during 65 unique classes, with over 20,000 registrations. Humans have an innate attraction... -
The European Union: A Very Short Introduction by John Pinder 9780198808855
RRP: £8.99£6.45The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the... -
In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn
RRP: £12.99£7.11'Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review 'Starts with an erupting volcano - and then... -
Metternich: Strategist and Visionary by Wolfram Siemann 9780674743922
RRP: £33.95£29.82A compelling new biography that recasts the most important European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century, famous for his alleged archconservatism, as a friend of realpolitik and reform, pursuing international peace.Metternich has a... -
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty by Ray Takeyh
RRP: £14.99£13.03The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries"An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they belong: at center stage."-Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"An... -
My Hair is Pink Under this Veil by Rabina Khan
RRP: £9.99£7.27"In 2015, when I ran to be mayor in Tower Hamlets, a smartly dressed middle-class man saw me wearing a headscarf and asked me what colour my hair was underneath it. I gave him a big smile. 'Pink,' I replied. Did I win his vote? I rather doubt it." ... -
Orban: Europe's New Strongman by Paul Lendvai 9781787382206
RRP: £15.99£14.47A no-holds-barred biography of Viktor Orban, the most successful--and arguably most dangerous--politician in Hungarian history. Through a masterly and cynical manipulation of ethnic nationalism, and deep-rooted corruption, Prime Minister Orban has... -
Unity through Division: Political Islam, Representation and Democracy in Indonesia by Diego Fossati 9781009203036
RRP: £75.00£67.74Indonesia, like many other countries around the world, is currently experiencing the process of democratic backsliding, marked by a toxic mix of religious sectarianism, polarization, and executive overreach. Despite this trend, Indonesians have become... -
National Geographic Ultimate Visual History of the World: The Story of Humankind from Prehistory to Modern Times Jean-Pierre Isbouts 9781426221897
RRP: £41.99£32.14Follow the fascinating threads of human history in this monumental volume, amply illustrated with maps, archival imagery, and revealing photographs. History comes to life in this comprehensive overview of humankind, from earliest times to the present day... -
Inside the Deal: How the EU Got Brexit Done by Dr Stefaan De Rynck
RRP: £25.00£23.67As a close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a front row seat in the Brexit negotiations. In this frank and uncompromising account, De Rynck tells the EU's side of the story and seeks to dispel some of the myths and spin that have become... -
An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
RRP: £7.99£5.79Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also... -
A Day Like Today: Memoirs by John Humphrys
RRP: £20.00£18.02'The bombshell book everyone is talking about' DAILY MAIL 'A radio genius ... the maestro of the show' EVENING STANDARD As presenter of Radio 4's Today, the nation's most popular... -
To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: £9.99£7.11One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy. 'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday Times Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary... -
The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990 Tony Benn 9780099634119
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Benn Diaries, embracing the years 1940-1990, are already established as a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and readable record of political life. The selected highlights that form this single-volume edition include the most notable events,... -
The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State by Elizabeth C. Economy
RRP: £18.49£13.28In this updated paperback edition of The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and... -
Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order by Robert Paxton
RRP: £30.00£23.69Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new... -
The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World by Rupert Smith 9780141991603
RRP: £12.99£9.09UPDATED WITH TWO NEW CHAPTERS'One of the most provocative and startling books ever written by a British commander ... an update of the two great thinkers on war and peace, Clausewitz and Sun Tsu, for our time ... it is for anyone interested in the... -
The World Was Going Our Way by Christopher Andrew 9780465003136
£18.31In 1992, Vasili Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist, snuck out of Russia carrying with him a vast cache of transcriptions of top-secret KGB intelligence files. The FBI later described his trove of documents as "the most complete and extensive intelligence... -
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil 9781787334014
RRP: £18.99£13.61A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*****A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***WINNER OF THE... -
The New Snobbery: Taking on modern elitism and empowering the working class David Skelton 9781785906572
RRP: £16.99£12.28An insidious snobbery has taken root in parts of progressive Britain. Working-class voters have flexed their political muscles and helped to change the direction of the country, but in doing so they have been met with disdain and even abuse from elites... -
After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine by Antony Loewenstein 9780863569418
RRP: £12.99£8.60After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the Middle East question. In thought-provoking essays, the contributors dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians, and explore possible forms of a... -
The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance by Iyad El-Baghdadi
RRP: £14.99£13.64Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play? Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of... -
Desert Queen Janet Wallach 9780753802472
RRP: £12.99£8.60The life of Gertrude Bell is now the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Damian LewisTurning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored, mapped and excavated the world of... -
Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by John Campbell 9780190657987
RRP: £10.99£7.77As the "Giant of Africa," Nigeria is home to about twenty percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, serves as Africa's largest producer of oil and natural gas, comprises Africa's largest economy, and represents the cultural center of African... -
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Draws startling parallels with Meghan ... Both were 34 when they met their princes, both are adored children of strong, single mothers, both have a pared-down style and an electric presence and both are evidently worshipped by their Royal partners.' S... -
A History of Argentina: From the Spanish Conquest to the Present by Ezequiel Adamovsky 9781478025436
RRP: £23.99£20.84In A History of Argentina, originally published in Spanish in 2020, Ezequiel Adamovsky presents over five hundred years of Argentine economic, political, social, and cultural history. Adamovsky highlights the experiences of women, Indigenous communities,... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson
RRP: £8.99£6.45In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America by Rebekah Koffler 9781684510030
RRP: £28.99£18.30Putin's Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia's ruler is following a carefully devised plan to... -
Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions by Zongyuan Zoe Liu
RRP: £37.95£30.51The first in-depth account of the sudden growth of China's sovereign wealth funds and their transformative impact on global markets, domestic and multinational businesses, and international politics.One of the keys to China's global rise has been its...