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Spetsnaz by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €14.14Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. When the shadowy, notorious Spetsnaz were first formed, they drew... -
A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.35'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia?Russia is a country... -
Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €13.69Explaining and illustrating the immediate background to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this book investigates the Ukrainian and Russian regular and irregular forces which have been fighting... -
The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €14.39Booksplease Price: €13.09The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in... -
Tanks in Ukraine 2022 Mark Galeotti 9781472866189
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.74Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Combat Vehicles of Russia's Special Forces by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €14.39Booksplease Price: €10.92An illustrated study of both the combat vehicles of Russia's legendary Spetsnaz special forces and the whole range of unique and modified vehicles that Russia's elite units use, from combat... -
The Moscow Kremlin: Russia's Fortified Heart by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €14.14An illustrated study of the history of the Moscow Kremlin, a metaphor for Russia, a symbol for its government and an enduring icon of the country. A fortified complex covering 70 acres at the... -
Kulikovo 1380: The battle that made Russia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.79The 14th-century Mongol conquest of the Rus' - the principalities of Russia - was devastating and decisive. Cities were lain waste, new dynasties rose and for a hundred years the Russians were under... -
The Modern Russian Army 1992-2016 by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €13.69A full and authoritative illustrated history of Russia's army since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, including Air Assault and Navy ground forces. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,... -
Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991 by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €15.59A detailed illustrated study of Putin's shadowy security and paramilitary armed forces. While the size of Russia's regular forces has shrunk recently, its security and paramilitary elements have... -
Homo Criminalis: A criminal history of humanity by Mark Galeotti 9781529148237
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €17.27'Glittering... the author's obvious enthusiasm for the subject is matched by impressive erudition' The Spectator'The readable, scary, fun beach read of new crime literature' Financial TimesWhen does... -
Afghanistan 1979–88: Soviet air power against the mujahideen by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.19The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan was fought as much in the air as on the ground... -
Russia's Five-Day War: The invasion of Georgia, August 2008 by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €14.14A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms. After Georgia's... -
The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War by Mark Galeotti 9780300270419
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €12.06An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged-and how to adapt to this new reality "This brisk everyman's guide-straight-talking and free of jargon-is a useful tasting menu to a... -
Teutonic Knight vs Lithuanian Warrior: The Lithuanian Crusade 1283–1435 by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.39Featuring full-colour artwork, maps and carefully chosen illustrations, this exciting book investigates the Teutonic Knights and their Lithuanian foes during the epic Lithuanian Crusade. The... -
Forged in War: A military history of Russia from its beginnings to today Mark Galeotti 9781472862501
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €12.65A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine.Putin retains his stranglehold on his... -
Putin's Mercenaries, 2014-2024: The Wagner Group and Other Russian Pmcs Mark Galeotti 9781472866240
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €15.35This illustrated study tells the story of the Russian mercenary force led by business tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the mutiny it launched against Putin's government in 2023. Conceived by the Kremlin... -
Putin Takes Crimea 2014: Grey-zone warfare opens the Russia-Ukraine conflict by Mark Galeotti 9781472853844
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €14.39An authoritative analysis of how Putin's Russia conquered the Crimea in 2014 using 'grey zone' warfare techniques, blending operations by anonymous special forces with cyber, sabotage, and propaganda... -
We Need to Talk About Putin: Why the West gets him wrong, and how to get him right by Mark Galeotti
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €9.28'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... -
What's Cooking in the Kremlin: A Modern History of Russia Through the Kitchen Door by Witold Szablowski 9781837730193
RRP: €24.00Booksplease Price: €17.62'A spicy and original romp through Russian history' ROBERT SERVICE'Poignant, comical, and in the best sense disturbing' PAUL FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF TEN RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA'This wickedly... -
The Panjshir Valley 1980-86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan Mark Galeotti (New York University, New York, USA) 9781472844736
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €15.79An in-depth look at the struggle between the charismatic rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panjshir', and the Soviet forces who fought to control the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. ... -
What's Cooking in the Kremlin: A Modern History of Russia Through the Kitchen Door Witold Szablowski 9781837730209
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.54'A spicy and original romp through Russian history' ROBERT SERVICE'Poignant, comical, and in the best sense disturbing' PAUL FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF TEN RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA'This wickedly... -
Xi Jinping: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €7.45'Kerry Brown's Xi is the perfect primer for understanding Xi Jinping's status as China's greatest ruler since Mao and as this century's least assailable statesman' John Keay, author of China: A... -
The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin's Power Gambit - and How to Fix It by Mikhail Khodorkovsky
RRP: €24.00Booksplease Price: €23.44'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my... -
Catherine the Great and Potemkin: Power, Love and the Russian Empire Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474614832
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.60'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' EconomistIt was... -
The Russia Conundrum: One man’s fight to save his country’s soul by Mikhail Khodorkovsky 9780753559253
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €9.29'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my... -
Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad 9780552171540
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €13.69Miami, December 31, 1979. Lock your doors. Watch your backs. Raise your glasses. Miami is about to blow, in a fiery explosion of cocaine, blood, bullets, torched cars, cash, immigrants, hustlers,... -
Despots by Martin Sixsmith 9780753562437
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €17.53A razor-sharp analysis of the increasing - and terrifying - parallels between Trump's America and Putin's Russia, from the former BBC Moscow Correspondent and Sunday Times bestselling author Martin... -
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.96The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did... -
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474600873 [USED COPY]
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €3.04The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did... -
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781474614818
RRP: €17.99Booksplease Price: €12.96Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the YearLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson PrizeThis thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme... -
The Mad and the Brave: The Untold Story of Ukraine’s Foreign Legion by Colin Freeman 9780008722470
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €16.78A Telegraph Best Book 2025 'Elegant and terrifying, the story of those who gave up life in the West for Ukraine's frontlines - some to save democracy, some to... -
Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession by Ruben Andersson 9780008716387
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €16.42'This is not normal. It can be resisted. Find out how' ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN 'Brilliantly thought-provoking' MARK GALEOTTI ... -
Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War by Julie McDowall 9781529920017
RRP: €13.19Booksplease Price: €11.35The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and A GUARDIAN BEST PAPERBACK FOR APRIL 2024... -
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People Rick Gekoski 9781472133847
RRP: €11.99Booksplease Price: €8.88The Times Best Literary Non-fiction Books 2021 - 'a super yarn' 'Rick Gekoski's encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them' Ian... -
A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy Deborah McDonald 9781780747972
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €10.79Moura Budberg: spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century's greatest writers, the Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg was born in 1892 to indulgence, pleasure... -
Guarded by Dragons: Encounters with Rare Books and Rare People Rick Gekoski 9781472133854
RRP: €22.79Booksplease Price: €16.58The Times Best Literary Non-fiction Books 2021 - 'a super yarn''Rick Gekoski's encyclopaedic knowledge of rare books is matched only by the enthusiasm and brio with which he writes about them' Ian... -
Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You by Keir Giles 9781350452602
RRP: €16.79Booksplease Price: €14.50You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you. Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But... -
The Dogs of Mariupol by Thomas Mutch 9781785909733
RRP: €24.00Booksplease Price: €18.65When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Kateryna hung up her dresses, Oksana and Stanislav put down their lawyers' briefs and Oksen slammed shut his philosophy textbooks. Alongside thousands of their... -
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia Jade McGlynn 9781350522220
RRP: €19.19Booksplease Price: €16.25Why 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...