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Ruling Russia: Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin by William Zimmerman 9780691169323
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $30.56When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing... -
Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations by Richard Ned Lebow 9780691132907
RRP: $51.60Booksplease Price: $44.31Could World War I have been averted if Franz Ferdinand and his wife hadn't been murdered by Serbian nationalists in 1914? What if Ronald Reagan had been killed by Hinckley's bullet? Would the Cold... -
Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military by Zoltan Barany 9780691247731
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $30.56A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Russian military politicsWhy have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the... -
1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe - Updated Edition by Mary Elise Sarotte 9780691163710
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $23.471989 explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effects they have had on our world ever since. Based on documents, interviews, and television broadcasts from... -
America's Mission: The United States and the Worldwide Struggle for Democracy - Expanded Edition by Tony Smith 9780691154923
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $30.95America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of... -
Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe by Angela E. Stent 9780691050409
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $50.22The relationship between Russia and Germany has been pivotal in some of the most fateful events of the twentieth century: the two World Wars, the Cold War, and the emergence of a new Europe from the... -
Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan by Henry R. Nau 9780691168494
RRP: $38.70Booksplease Price: $32.52Debates about U.S. foreign policy have revolved around three main traditions--liberal internationalism, realism, and nationalism. In this book, distinguished political scientist Henry Nau delves... -
Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military by Zoltan Barany
RRP: $49.02Booksplease Price: $42.34Why have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the effectiveness of their forces has deteriorated? Why have there been no... -
The Khrushchev Era: De-Stalinization and the Limits of Reform in the USSR 1953-64 by Donald A. Filtzer 9780333585269
Booksplease Price: $43.65The Khrushchev Era examines the major political, social, and economic reforms of Nikita Khrushchev, from the 'Secret Speech' and Khrushchev's limited, but at the time earth-shattering critique of... -
The Russian People and Foreign Policy: Russian Elite and Mass Perspectives, 1993-2000 by William Zimmerman 9780691091686
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $50.22Since the fall of communism, public opinion in Russia, including that of a now more diverse elite, has become a substantial factor in that country's policymaking process. What this opinion might be... -
The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire by John B. Dunlop 9780691001739
RRP: $79.98Booksplease Price: $64.36This is the first work to set one of the great bloodless revolutions of the twentieth century in its proper historical context. John Dunlop pays particular attention to Yeltsin's role in opposing the... -
The Geography of Nationalism in Russia and the USSR by Robert J. Kaiser 9780691601533
RRP: $96.75Booksplease Price: $82.03The Geography of Nationalism in Russia and the USSR is an important addition to the small library of essential works on the collapse of the Soviet empire. The first attempt to construct and test... -
Knowing the Adversary: Leaders, Intelligence, and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations by Keren Yarhi-Milo
RRP: $45.15Booksplease Price: $37.44States are more likely to engage in risky and destabilizing actions such as military buildups and preemptive strikes if they believe their adversaries pose a tangible threat. Yet despite the crucial... -
The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century - Updated Edition by Angela E. Stent
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $26.72The Limits of Partnership is a riveting narrative about U.S.-Russian relations from the Soviet collapse through the Ukraine crisis and the difficult challenges ahead. It reflects the unique... -
Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era by Joseph S. Nye 9780691158365
RRP: $28.38Booksplease Price: $23.96This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the... -
Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era by Joseph S. Nye 9780691163604
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $21.99This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the... -
Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany by Charles S. Maier
RRP: $77.40Booksplease Price: $67.30Against the backdrop of one of the great transformations of our century, the sudden and unexpected fall of communism as a ruling system, Charles Maier recounts the history and demise of East Germany... -
Knowing the Adversary: Leaders, Intelligence, and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations by Keren Yarhi-Milo 9780691159157
RRP: $129.00Booksplease Price: $106.58States are more likely to engage in risky and destabilizing actions such as military buildups and preemptive strikes if they believe their adversaries pose a tangible threat. Yet despite the crucial... -
Politics, Diplomacy, and the Media: Gorbachev's Legacy in the West by Anthony R. DeLuca 9780275959685
Booksplease Price: $78.75Mikhail Gorbachev was a major force at the center of political change in the latter half of the 20th century. His emphasis on the spoken word and the visual image was so pronounced that the character... -
The Withering away of the Totalitarian State... and Other Surprises by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick 9780844737287
Booksplease Price: $13.56These essays track the dramatic developments set in motion by the "perestroika revolution" of Mikhail Gorbachev, whose goal is the transformation of Soviet style communism from within. This... -
Territorial Conflicts, Religions and the Collapse of Communism in the Post-Soviet Area: 2025 by Daniela Köhler 9791256971343
RRP: $19.22Booksplease Price: $18.43The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be regarded as a final attempt to avert the disintegration of the Soviet Union. During the CIAorchestrated privatisation of the Soviet Union, as well as the agency’s... -
The Sons of Sergei: Khrushchev and Gorbachev as Reformers by Shannon Davis 9780275940119
Booksplease Price: $99.08This edited collection brings together noted scholars in a comparison of the reform efforts of Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev. Contributors examine the Communist Party in Khrushchev's and... -
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator by Heather Schwartz 9781425850760
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.04Dive deep into your study of US presidents with this biography of Ronald Reagan that piques students' curiosity about history through dynamic primary sources. Primary sources give students unique... -
The History of Russia, 2nd Edition by Charles E. Ziegler 9780313363078
Booksplease Price: $73.10An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade. When first published, Charles Ziegler's The History of Russia was... -
Geopolitics: An Introductory Reader by Jason Dittmer 9780415666633
RRP: $70.94Booksplease Price: $64.25It has been increasingly impossible to think about our changing world without coming across the term 'geopolitics'. In the wake of the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the United States, United... -
The Menshevik Leaders in the Russian Revolution: Social Realities and Political Strategies by Ziva Galili 9780691655697
RRP: $100.62Booksplease Price: $83.99At the end of Febraury 1917 the tsarist government of Russia collapsed in a whirlwind of demonstrations by the workers and soldier of Petrograd. Ziva Galili tells how the moderate socialists, or... -
The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism by Daniel C. Thomas 9780691048598
RRP: $54.18Booksplease Price: $47.25Human rights norms do matter. Those established by the Helsinki Final Act contributed directly to the demise of communism in the former East bloc, contends Daniel Thomas. This book counters those... -
The Fate of the Soviet Bloc's Military Alliance: Reform, Adaptation, and Collapse of the Warsaw Pact, 1985–1991 by Mark Kramer 9781009557153
RRP: $23.22Booksplease Price: $21.31When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the Warsaw Pact was a robust military alliance. It was capable of waging a large-scale war in Europe and was an instrument of... -
Seven Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective by Archie Brown 9780199282159
RRP: $122.55Booksplease Price: $84.38A rigorously argued and lively interpretation of the transformation of the Soviet system, the disintegration of the Soviet state, the end of the Cold War, and the role of Mikhail Gorbachev. Written... -
As Moscow Sees Us: American Politics and Society in the Soviet Mindset by Richard M. Mills 9780195062601
Booksplease Price: $11.55As perestroika has dramatically altered the political climate in the Soviet Union, so too has Mikhail Gorbachev's agenda of reform modified America's disposition towards its superpower rival. Yet how... -
Public Diplomacy and International Politics: The Symbolic Constructs of Summits and International Radio News by Robert S. Fortner 9780275935948
Booksplease Price: $98.70This book examines international radio news coverage of the four superpower summit meetings between Soviets and Americans from 1987 to 1990. It concentrates on the symbolic constructs used by radio... -
The Fate of the Soviet Bloc's Military Alliance: Reform, Adaptation, and Collapse of the Warsaw Pact, 1985–1991 Mark Kramer 9781009557207
Booksplease Price: $72.41When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the Warsaw Pact was a robust military alliance. It was capable of waging a large-scale war in Europe and was an instrument of... -
Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet Labour Process and Gorbachev's Reforms, 1985-1991 by Donald A. Filtzer 9780521056533
Booksplease Price: $41.43Soviet Workers and and the Collapse of Perestroika is a comprehensive analysis of the role of labour policy in the development and ultimate collapse of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms. Drawing on a wide... -
Russo-ukrainian War: Implications For The Asia Pacific by Steven Rosefielde 9789811274879
RRP: $141.90Booksplease Price: $124.77Russo-Ukrainian War: Implications for the Asia Pacific explores the implications of the Russo-Ukrainian war for American and Chinese engagement in the Asia Pacific. It interprets Russia's invasion of... -
Russian Antisemitism Pamyat/De by William Korey
RRP: $52.88Booksplease Price: $50.09First Published in 1995. The emergence in Russia of the antisemitic chauvinist movement, Pamyat, has started Western society even as it has stirred deep fears and anxiety among Jews and democratic... -
Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?: Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History by Arnold Blumberg 9780313287510
Booksplease Price: $85.49Can a political leader be effective without being tyrannical? Most biographies tend to treat the tyrannical aspect of a great leader's career as a contradiction to be minimized. This book examines... -
Rock n Roll Nanny: 2022 by Sally Arnold 9781800421493
Booksplease Price: $18.05In 1971, Sally Arnold takes a nannying job in Paris that will transform her life. Her charge is Mick Jagger's daughter Jade and she is soon running more than bath-time... She is working for the... -
Great Speeches of Our Time: Speeches that Shaped the Modern World Hywel Williams 9781780877464
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.95'Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves.' These powerful words, spoken by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address as the new president of... -
A History of Russia: Medieval, Modern, Contemporary, c. 882-1996 by Paul Dukes 9780822320968
Booksplease Price: $40.29Is today's Russia capable of democracy, the free market, and a pluralist ideology? In this new edition of A History of Russia, Paul Dukes investigates these questions, taking into full account the... -
The Soviet High Command, 1967-1989: Personalities and Politics by Dale R. Herspring 9780691604268
RRP: $67.08Booksplease Price: $57.47The recent transformations in the USSR are nowhere more evident than in the Soviet military. Top-level military officers have been relieved of their positions, Gorbachev has warned of lean times for...