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Oxford Revise: GCSE Edexcel History: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 by Aaron Wilkes 9781382040433
RRP: $11.68$10.98Oxford Revise Edexcel GCSE History: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 is a complete revision and practice book covering the full topic specification. Revise everything you need to know for this choice of period topic in the GCSE Edexcel... -
Dead Man's Hand by Brad Taylor 9781837933303
RRP: $19.48$15.11The gripping new thriller by New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor. Pike Logan investigates a threat to a key European ally... and discovers a secret that could lead to world annihilation. To finally end the war between their nations, a band... -
Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War by Julie McDowall
RRP: $42.90$30.46*A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo'So entertaining' The Times 'Cracking' Sunday TelegraphThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed war forever... -
A Very Simple Secret: My parents, their mission to change the world, and me by Judi Conner 9781805141624
RRP: $25.33$17.73Judi's parents were on a mission to remake the world. These were the Cold War years of the 1950s and '60s, following a catastrophic world war and the breaking up of colonial empires. The couple had joined many others in giving up conventional careers and... -
The Picnic: An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain by Matthew Longo 9781847927798
RRP: $42.90$30.46A gripping reconstruction of the world-changing day when hundreds of East Germans broke across the border to the West, leading to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. 'Engrossing and dramatic . . . captivating' William Boyd, New Statesman'Intensely moving'... -
How Finland Survived Stalin: From Winter War to Cold War, 1939-1950 by Kimmo Rentola 9780300273618
RRP: $48.75$40.79A dramatic and timely account of Stalin's failed invasion of Finland in 1939, and the decade of wars and fraught relations that followed In November 1939, Stalin directed his military leaders to launch an invasion of Finland. In what became known as... -
Chobham Armour: Cold War British Armoured Vehicle Development by William Suttie
RRP: $68.25$51.13A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which provided armoured vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its close in 2004. Through much of World War II British tanks... -
SR-71 Blackbird by Paul F. Crickmore
RRP: $19.48$13.86Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic and famous jets ever built. Assembled in secret at Lockheed's Skunkworks, the Blackbird's vital statistics remain phenomenal decades later. It holds the airspeed record for a manned jet aircraft,... -
The F-100 Units of USAFE by Doug Gordon 9781781559109
RRP: $70.20$50.82The North American F-100 Super Sabre served with the United States Air Forces in Europe for a total of sixteen years at the height of the Cold War. The primary mission of the USAFE units that flew the 'hun' was the delivery of tactical nuclear weapons on... -
Berlin: The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner 9781471181566
RRP: $21.43$15.02'My only complaint is that it was so fascinating I wish it had been longer. What a story!' Philip Mansel BERLIN is Europe's most fascinating and exciting city. The great movements that have shaken Europe, from the Reformation to Marxism, have their... -
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together by Michael Smith
RRP: $48.75$35.14'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed, highly professional account' Sir John Scarlett, former MI6... -
Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49 by Daniel Cowling 9781800243507
RRP: $54.58$39.02Germany, spring 1945. Hitler is dead and his armies crushed. Across the conquered Reich, cities lie devastated by Allied saturation bombing; their traumatised populations, exhausted and embittered by defeat, face a future of acute privation and hardship... -
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together by Michael Smith 9781471186813
RRP: $25.33$15.95'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed, highly professional account' Sir John Scarlett, former MI6... -
Hawker's Secret Projects: Cold War Aircraft That Never Flew by Christopher Budgen 9781399047906
RRP: $48.75$34.36Hawker Aircraft Ltd at Kingston was arguably the most successful and long-lasting manufacturer of military aircraft in Great Britain and Europe. In its various evolved manifestations – Hawker Aircraft, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, British Aerospace – its... -
Berlin: The Story of a City by Barney White-Spunner
RRP: $48.75$30.89'My only complaint is that it was so fascinating I wish it had been longer. What a story!' Philip Mansel BERLIN is Europe's most fascinating and exciting city. The great movements that have shaken Europe, from the Reformation to Marxism, have their... -
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 by Marina Frolova-Walker 9780197566336
RRP: $25.33$22.37The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perplexed... -
Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescus' Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption by Ion Mihai Pacepa 9780895267467
RRP: $38.98$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895267467Author Ion Mihai PacepaFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Publisher Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Flashpoints: Air Warfare in the Cold War by Michael Napier
RRP: $68.25$50.49From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War. The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, yet they also saw a number of localised... -
Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000 by David Blackbourn
RRP: $78.00$61.00With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification-and revealing a... -
In Cold War Skies: NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89 by Michael Napier
RRP: $68.25$49.84Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the Arctic Ocean in North... -
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank by James Kinnear
RRP: $58.50$41.63A highly illustrated study of the T-54 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War. The menacing silhouette of the T-54 tank prowling down streets of Eastern European capitals or... -
Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle by Matthew H. Hersch 9780262546720
RRP: $83.85$58.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546720Author Matthew H. HerschFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank by James Kinnear
RRP: $58.50$42.80A highly illustrated study of the T-62 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War. The T-62 is one of the most widespread tanks used by the Soviets during the Cold War. Developed from... -
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank by James Kinnear
RRP: $58.50$42.80A highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War. The T-55 is one of the most iconic weapons created by the Soviets during the Cold War and also one... -
Ripe for Revolution: Building Socialism in the Third World by Jeremy Friedman 9780674244313
RRP: $60.35$47.44A historical account of ideology in the Global South as the postwar laboratory of socialism, its legacy following the Cold War, and the continuing influence of socialist ideas worldwide.In the first decades after World War II, many newly independent... -
NATO and Warsaw Pact Tanks of the Cold War by Green, Michael 9781399004312
RRP: $48.75$34.36Led by the USA with Western European partners, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat. In response the Soviet Union assembled and dominated the Warsaw Pact in 1954. The mainstay of both alliances'... -
A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective on the Cold War by Sandrine Kott 9780231210157
RRP: $58.50$44.50The post-World War II period is typically seen as a time of stark division, an epochal global conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But beneath the surface, the postwar era witnessed a striking degree of international cooperation. The... -
To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Sergey Radchenko 9781108477352
RRP: $58.50$48.22What 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 Weak and the Powerful: Omar Torrijos, Washington, and the Non-Aligned Movement by Jonathan C. Brown 9780822948070
RRP: $86.78$70.90Panama is a country whose geopolitical importance outweighs its size because of the volume of trade that passes the Central American isthmus through the canal. For nearly a century, the United States occupied and controlled the Panama Canal Zone and its... -
Spooks in the Woods: A Picture Memoir of Cold War Berlin by Jon M (Mike) Storie
RRP: $154.05$91.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648040528Author Jon M (Mike) StorieFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 1184g -
The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent by David H. Price
RRP: $29.23$19.11When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post 9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our... -
The Nonconformists: American and Czech Writers across the Iron Curtain by Brian K. Goodman
RRP: $74.00$58.38How risky encounters between American and Czech writers behind the Iron Curtain shaped the art and politics of the Cold War and helped define an era of dissent."In some indescribable way, we are each other's continuation," Arthur Miller wrote of the... -
The Kremlin's Confidant: How a British Naval Officer Suspended the Cold War by David S. Tonge 9781399059381
RRP: $48.75$34.36_Martin Packard is an extraordinary man who has led an extraordinary life. An idealist and a man of liberal instincts, his enthusiasms resulted in him having an inside track in several major events of recent decades, including the coup and bloody... -
The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Cold War's Most Notorious Killer by Ulrik Skotte 9780753560174
RRP: $33.13$25.88London, September 1978: exiled Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is murdered in broad daylight on Waterloo Bridge with what appears to be a poison-tipped umbrella. It would become the most infamous unsolved killing of the Cold War.Many years later, young... -
Cold War: The Cold War's Most Remarkable Operation (Adventures From the Coldest Part of the Cold War) by Trent Thompson 9781774855676
RRP: $36.95$24.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774855676Author Trent ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Andrew ZenPublisher Andrew ZenWeight(grams) 195g -
The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent by David H. Price 9780745346021
RRP: $165.75$127.45When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post 9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government agencies and corporations use computers to monitor our... -
Cold War: America vs. Soviet Union by A J Kingston 9781839382550
RRP: $38.90$35.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839382550Author A J KingstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Pastor Publishing LtdPublisher Pastor Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 404g -
The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford 9781399816847
RRP: $48.75$31.94Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford 9781541645912
RRP: $68.25$39.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541645912Author Hugh WilfordFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 590g -
Across the Wing: Stories of Navy Carrier Combat Squadrons in the Vietnam Theatre by Dan Heller 9798988338307
$50.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798988338307Author Dan HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Dan HellerPublisher Dan HellerWeight(grams) 803g