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  • The Crimean War

    1854–1856

    af John Sweetman ...
    Serier serie Guide to...
    This bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for the stuff of legends.Now in e-guide format, this book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade: in the words of Tennyson, 'Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred'. It relates the reports made by the first real war correspondent, William Russell of the London Times - reports which ... Læs mere

    104,94 kr.

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  • The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour

    af Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In 1917 the world changed forever. One of the most influential and contentious events in recent history, the Russian Revolution unleashed the greatest political experiment ever conducted, one which continues to influence both Eastern and Western politics today.The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour neatly covers all the major facts and ... Læs mere

    31,97 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

    Også tilgængelig som: Lydbog

    Også tilgængelig som: Lydbog

  • The Dead Hand (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

    af David Hoffman ...
    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe first full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close, this riveting narrative history sheds new light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.Drawing on memoirs, interviews in both Russia and the US, and classified ... Læs mere

    49,91 kr.

  • Lina & Serge

    The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

    af Simon Morrison ...
    This account of the renowned composer's neglected wife—including her years in a Soviet prison—is "a story both riveting and wrenching" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and his fans. Why did he leave the West and move to the Soviet Union despite Stalin's crimes? Why did his astonishing ... Læs mere

    125,99 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Red Web

    The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries

    af Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan ...
    A Library Journal Best Book of 2015A NPR Great Read of 2015The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both.On the eighth floor of an ordinary-looking building in an otherwise residential district of southwest Moscow, in a room occupied by the Federal Security Service (FSB), is a box the size of a VHS ... Læs mere

    78,60 kr.

  • Death in the Baltic

    The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

    af Cathryn J. Prince ...
    The history of the worst maritime disaster that ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians drowned. It went unreported.January 1945: The outcome of World War II has been determined. The Third Reich is in free fall as the Russians close in from the east. Berlin plans an eleventh-hour exodus for the German civilians trapped in the Red Army's way. More than 10,000 women, ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr.

  • The Long Hangover

    Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past

    af Shaun Walker ...
    In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker presents a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again. Walker not only explains Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuses ... Læs mere

    117,83 kr.

    Også tilgængelig som: Lydbog

    Også tilgængelig som: Lydbog

  • AQA A-level History: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964

    af Chris Corin, Terry Fiehn ...
    Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016AQA approvedEnhance and expand your students' knowledge and understanding of their AQA breadth study through expert narrative, progressive skills development and bespoke essays from leading historians on key debates.- Builds... ... Læs mere

    369,36 kr.

  • The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy

    Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR

    af Chris Miller ...
    Serier serie New Cold War History
    For half a century the Soviet economy was inefficient but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s economic reforms play in the country’s dissolution? In this groundbreaking study, Chris Miller shows that Gorbachev and his allies tried to learn from the great success story of ... Læs mere

    162,50 kr.

  • Ivan Pavlov

    A Russian Life in Science

    af Daniel P. Todes ...
    Winner of the Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society "Contrary to legend, Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) never trained a dog to salivate to the sound of a bell." So begins this definitive, deeply researched biography of Ivan Pavlov. Daniel P. Todes fundamentally reinterprets the Russian physiologist's famous research on conditional reflexes and weaves his life, values, and science into the ... Læs mere

    314,34 kr.

  • Fear and the Muse Kept Watch

    The Russian Mastersfrom Akhmatova and Pasternak to Shostakovich and EisensteinUnder Stalin

    af Andy McSmith ...
    In this dazzling exploration of one of the most contradictory periods of literary and artistic achievement in modern history, journalist Andy McSmith evokes the lives of more than a dozen of the most brilliant artists and writers of the twentieth century. Taking us deep into Stalin's Russia, Fear and the Muse Kept Watch asks the question: can great art be produced in a police state? For although ... Læs mere

    186,74 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Stalin's Holy War

    Religion, Nationalism, and Alliance Politics, 1941-1945

    af Steven Merritt Miner ...
    Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin’s restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well ... Læs mere

    235,73 kr.