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States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China by Theda Skocpol
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.99State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous... -
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.67**HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2020A TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Quietly frightening.' Guardian'Essential reading.' Irish Times'Consistently... -
The Final Act: The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation of the Cold War by Michael Cotey Morgan 9780691176062
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £30.00The first in-depth account of the historic diplomatic agreement that served as a blueprint for ending the Cold War The Helsinki Final Act was a watershed of the Cold War. Signed by thirty-five European and North American leaders at a summit in Finland... -
The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West by Christopher Andrew
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' The TimesFor years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he... -
Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for Putin's Agents by Gordon Corera
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.99The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present - including their interference in the 2016 presidential election. Like a scene from a le Carre novel or the TV drama The Americans, in... -
American Kompromat: how the KGB cultivated Donald Trump and related tales of sex, greed, power, and treachery by Craig Unger
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.62THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. American Kompromat unravels the Russian-influenced operations that amassed the dirty little secrets of the richest and most powerful men on earth. American Kompromat is based on extended and exclusive interviews... -
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.91Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the... -
The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.76The epic tale of Vladimir Putin's path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most important and dangerous leaders.Former New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent... -
To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Sergey Radchenko 9781108477352
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.99What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the... -
The New Cold War: Putin's Threat to Russia and the West by Edward Lucas
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.54Revised and updated with a new preface on the Crimean crisis ______________________________________ 'An impressive polemic arguing that the West still underestimates the danger that Putin's Russia poses ... A useful appeal for vigilance' - Sunday... -
The Sanctions Paradox: Economic Statecraft and International Relations by Daniel W. Drezner 9780521644150
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £37.46Despite their increasing importance, there is little theoretical understanding of why nation-states initiate economic sanctions, or what determines their success. This 1999 book argues that both imposers and targets of economic coercion incorporate... -
Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History by Ben Mezrich
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.80A gripping and shocking insight into Russia's most influential oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky, from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires.To understand the state of Russia today, one must understand... -
The Kremlin School of Negotiation Igor Ryzov 9781838852917
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.25Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won't give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say 'no' without compromising a deal?Legend has it that the... -
Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution Paul Le Blanc 9780745348346
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.49'Brings out the practical activism, principled politics, and revolutionary patience crucial to organizing the oppressed on a rapidly over-heating planet' - Jodi Dean 'Crackling with intellectual life' - Lars T. Lih Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in... -
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.46'Remarkable' The Times'Inspiring' Caroline Lucas 'Compelling' Observer'A masterpiece' Paul MasonPresident Volodymyr Zelensky's message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracyThe words of a man. The... -
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the ""New Cold War by Gordon M. Hahn 9781476669014
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.26The Ukrainian drama, which burst onto the headlines in autumn 2013, was one long and complex in its making. In contrast to other studies of the Ukrainian conflict, the present study examines in detail its historical background and complex causality-from... -
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.71Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of... -
Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West by John J Sullivan 9780316571098
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £19.47A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir-and a playbook for our unfolding... -
The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion, and War by Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky 9781503637825
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.22From a globally renowned expert on Russian military strategy and national security, The Russian Way of Deterrence investigates Russia's approach to coercion (both deterrence and compellence), comparing and contrasting it with the Western... -
The New Cold War: The US, Russia and China - From Kosovo to Ukraine by Gilbert Achcar
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.49With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, warnings about a 'new Cold War' proliferated. In fact, argues Gilbert Achcar in this timely new study, the Cold War has been ongoing since the turn of the century. Racing to solidify its position in the... -
Blowing up Russia: The Book that Got Litvinenko Assassinated by Alexander Litvinenko
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.39Updated edition of the book that got former FSB Colonel Alexander Litvinenko killed according to MI6. It unveils the first-ever fake news campaign that the FSB created to have former FSB head Vladimir Putin elected as President of Russia.About the... -
History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.04'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. JamesRegarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, The History of the Russian Revolution offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in... -
Return from the Archipelago: Narratives of Gulag Survivors by Leona Toker
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £26.50"This is a ground-breaking book on a subject of capital importance, and I think [it] should start a debate about modern literature with a rich potential for further development." -Michael ScammellReturn from the Archipelago is the first comprehensive... -
A Russian Diary: With a Foreword by Jon Snow by Anna Politkovskaya 9780099523451
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £9.74A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school... -
Readings in Russian Civilization REV Ed Vol 2 by Thomas Riha
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226718552Author Thomas RihaFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)... -
Putin's Counterrevolution by Sergey Aleksashenko
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815732761Author Sergey AleksashenkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Fear No Evil by Natan Sharansky
Booksplease Price: £13.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891620027Author Natan SharanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 586gDimensions(mm) 217mm... -
Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry Laurence Broers 9781474450539
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £22.95Laurence Broers shows how more than 20 years of dynamic territorial politics, shifting power relations, international diffusion and unsuccessful mediation efforts have contributed to the resilience of the Armenian Azerbaijani conflict for control of the... -
Russia's Overlooked Invasion: The Causes of the 2014 Outbreak of War in Ukraines Donbas by Jakob Hauter 9783838218038
RRP: £27.00Booksplease Price: £22.90The war in Ukraine did not start on 24 February 2022. It began eight years earlier in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. In his new book, Jakob Hauter investigates the escalation of violence in the spring and summer of 2014. He demonstrates that, contrary... -
Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Garry Kasparov 9781782397892
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.54For readers of Putin's People by Catherine Belton comes the stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship led by Vladimir Putin - and how the world is now paying the price. 'Brave, trenchant and convincing' Sunday Times'Ferocious and... -
Russian Politics: A Very Short Introduction Brian D. Taylor 9780197516027
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.65Russia is rarely out of the news. This has been particularly true since it launched the largest war in Europe since World War II when it invaded Ukraine in 2022. Yet Russian politics can be difficult to understand. It is powerfully shaped by large,... -
Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan by Joanna Lillis
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £11.00Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast... -
The Legend of the Linden: A History of Slovakia by Zuzana Palovic 9781951943264
Booksplease Price: £27.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951943264Author Zuzana PalovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Global SlovakiaPublisher Global SlovakiaWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West Calder Walton 9781408714959
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.80The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5'The book we... -
Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed 9781940849331
Booksplease Price: £16.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940849331Author John ReedFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Ancient Wisdom PublicationsPublisher Ancient Wisdom PublicationsWeight(grams) 603g -
Gorbachev: The Man and His Era by Prof. William Taubman 9781471147951
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £10.21SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZEFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Khrushchev: The Man and his Era, the most comprehensive portrait of the former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on 30 August 2022.'A phenomenally researched... -
The Years of Great Silence: The Deportation, Special Settlement, and Mobilization Into the Labor Army of Ethnic Germans in the Ussr, 1941-1955 by 9783838216300
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838216300Format PaperbackImprint Ibidem PressPublisher Ibidem Press -
The Caucasus: An Introduction by Thomas De Waal
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.28In this new updated version of The Caucasus, Thomas de Waal introduces readers to this complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the breakaway territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging... -
Judgment in Moscow: Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity by Vladimir Bukovsky 9780998041612
Booksplease Price: £17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998041612Author Vladimir BukovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 728Imprint Ninth of NovemberPublisher Ninth of NovemberWeight(grams) 957g -
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich 9780399588822
RRP: £23.00Booksplease Price: £13.57Apologies 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)...