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The Russian Revolution by Victor Sebestyen
RRP: £27.99£19.61An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the early years of the twentieth century, Imperial Russia was an ethnically diverse empire, stretching from Ukraine and Belarus in the west... -
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia by Jade McGlynn
RRP: £20.00£15.32Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the... -
The Sanctions Paradox: Economic Statecraft and International Relations by Daniel W. Drezner 9780521644150
RRP: £43.99£33.66Despite 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... -
Russia Under the Old Regime by Richard Pipes
RRP: £12.99£9.09This study analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s, and its unique role in managing Russian society. The development of Russia was different from that of the rest of Europe. The natural poverty of geographical... -
The New Cold War: Putin's Threat to Russia and the West by Edward Lucas
RRP: £12.99£9.09Revised 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 Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West by Christopher Andrew
RRP: £20.00£14.69'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... -
Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan by Joanna Lillis
RRP: £13.99£11.04Dark 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 New Politics of Russia: Interpreting Change, Revised and Updated Edition by Andrew Monaghan 9781526155610
RRP: £14.99£11.12This illuminating book explains how and why Russia's relations with the west have deteriorated to the point of initiating a new era of 'great power competition'. An updated version of the bestselling 2016 edition, it explores the decline in relations... -
Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Garry Kasparov 9781782397892
RRP: £12.99£8.56For 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... -
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the ""New Cold War by Gordon M. Hahn 9781476669014
RRP: £28.99£24.38The 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: £12.99£9.26Meticulously 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... -
Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival Luke Harding 9781783352821
RRP: £20.00£13.46A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGThe first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful, moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Guardian journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling... -
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance by Mikhail Zygar 9781399609012
RRP: £22.00£16.02'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous career investigating the frontiers of the Russian empire,... -
The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War by Arkady Ostrovsky 9780857891600
RRP: £10.99£7.32The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin's rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist's Russia editor.'Fast-paced and excellently written' New York Times'A real insiders' story of Russia's post-Soviet... -
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow
RRP: £12.99£9.09**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A ground-breaking investigation into the oil and gas industry, international corruption and world politics. Oil. Corrupt? Yes. Unimaginably lucrative? Of course. But, the enemy of democracy? Blowout is the oil and gas... -
The New Cold War: The US, Russia and China - From Kosovo to Ukraine by Gilbert Achcar
RRP: £16.99£11.54With 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: £10.99£8.94Updated 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... -
World War III?: The Battle for Ukraine by Yuri Felshtinsky 9781783341917
RRP: £20.00£16.43The Ukrainian bestseller that predicted the invasion, revised and updated, now available in the English languageBook InformationISBN 9781783341917Author Yuri FelshtinskyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Gibson Square Books LtdPublisher Gibson Square... -
History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
RRP: £20.00£15.29'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... -
The War Came To Us: Life and Death in Ukraine by Christopher Miller
RRP: £20.00£15.87A WATERSTONES AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A breathtaking exploration of Ukraine's past, present, and future, and a heartbreaking account of the war against Russia, written by a leading journalist who has lived and worked in Ukraine for over a... -
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Well-being for all is not a dream.'In this brilliantly enjoyable, challenging rallying-cry of a book, Kropotkin lays out the heart of his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have... -
Putin's Counterrevolution by Sergey Aleksashenko
RRP: £12.99£11.78Apologies 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)... -
Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World by Ilya Yablokov 9781509522668
RRP: £17.99£16.04Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War - allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent in a... -
Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: £18.99£14.01A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of... -
The Ruble: A Political History by Ekaterina Pravilova
RRP: £30.99£26.77A groundbreaking history of Russia, from empire to the Soviet era, viewed through the lens of its money. Money seems passive, a silent witness to the deeds and misdeeds of its holders, but through its history intimate dramas and grand historical... -
The Oligarchs: Wealth And Power In The New Russia by David E. Hoffman
RRP: £16.99£13.49In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless... -
We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Galeotti sketches a bleak, but convincing picture of the man in the Kremlin and the political system that he dominates' - The TimesMeet the world's most dangerous man. Who is the real Vladimir Putin? What does he want? And what will he do next? Despite... -
Our Enemies will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov 9780241655443
RRP: £25.00£18.02A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.'Reads like a great novel' SEBASTIAN... -
Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival by Luke Harding 9781783352777
RRP: £10.99£7.12A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGThe first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful, moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Guardian journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling... -
Fear No Evil by Natan Sharansky
RRP: £13.99£12.21Apologies 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... -
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia by Joshua Yaffa
RRP: £10.99£7.32SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING In this penetrating exploration of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa meets a variety of Russians - from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians - who have built their careers and... -
The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution by Tariq Ali
RRP: £9.99£8.17Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political... -
A People's History of Football Mickael Correia 9780745346861
RRP: £16.99£11.54'A fascinating journey through the game's history [as] a vehicle of change' Shaka Hislop 'Correia takes us around the world to examine how football has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments' Dave Zirin... -
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Mieville
RRP: £10.99£8.94In February of 1917 Russia was a backward, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world's first workers' state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this... -
The Caucasus: An Introduction by Thomas De Waal
RRP: £15.99£13.33In 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... -
The New Russia Mikhail Gorbachev 9781509523610
RRP: £14.99£9.80After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail... -
Putin by Philip Short
RRP: £30.00£20.77**A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Anyone wanting to learn more about Putin's personality, ideas, power...should read this outstanding biography' Ian Kershaw, author of Personality and PowerThis book is essential reading for anyone who wants to... -
Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist Youth by Ian Garner
RRP: £25.00£22.03How did Vladimir Putin win Russians' support for his genocidal war in Ukraine and why are so many of them willing to embrace fascism? This vivid, bottom-up narrative reveals the dark realities of youth fascism in Russia-and the darker future awaiting the... -
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... -
Russia's Military Revival Bettina Renz 9781509516155
RRP: £15.99£14.41Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Moscow's armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant...