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Russian dissident, former world chess champion and human rights activist Garry Kasparov argues that the invasion of Ukra......more
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice "Absorbing [and] astute . . . Cohen-Solal captures a facet of Picasso’s cha......more
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Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
The Armenian world was shattered by the 1915 genocide. Not only were thousands of lives lost but families were displaced......more
Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more
Beginning with the 1881 Itinerant Art Exhibition, this book examines the history of modern Russia through the paintings ......more
Charlotte Alston’s important new study explores the relationship between Russian anti-state activists and western public......more
Foreign Policy Best Book of 2023 Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2023 The "riveting" (The Economist), secret story of the h......more
Between 1970 and 1986, countries around the world expelled hundreds of Soviet officials and personnel for espionage or o......more
The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia. In July 2023, the Wagner Group assemble......more
In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to......more
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A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700-1918 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the space......more
This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It lo......more
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This accessible study examines the Holocaust’s "forgotten victims" - Jews and other victims who suicided from 1939 to 19......more
An intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story....more
’We have two cuisines in France, that of the north and that of the south’, boldly stated the first cookbook directly con......more
Witnessing Stalin’s Justice brings together contemporary American reactions to the Moscow show trials and analyses them ......more
Paris has long been the world’s most popular destination and, in the view of many, the world’s most beautiful city - the......more
The Civil War and early Soviet food policies left millions of children homeless and starving in Russia in the first half......more
During the first decade of the 20th century, France led the way in aircraft design and achievements. After the outbreak ......more
A poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR. In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unle......more
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Cold has long been a fixture of Russian identity both within and beyond the borders of Russia and the Soviet Union, even......more
With the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 - 160 years after the Crimean War - the peninsula has come to the ge......more
With the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 - 160 years after the Crimean War - the peninsula has come to the ge......more
Through 30 interpretative essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution sees an international team of leadin......more
A comprehensive history of masks in France from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Masks can conceal, disguise, ......more
A political history exploring the concept of demos in the French government during the period of 1800 to 1850. In his pr......more
A political history exploring the concept of demos in the French government during the period of 1800 to 1850. In his pr......more
Nobility Lost is a cultural history of the Seven Years’ War in French-claimed North America, focused on the meanings of ......more
Much has been written to try to understand the ideological characteristics of the current Russian government, as well as......more
Much has been written to try to understand the ideological characteristics of the current Russian government, as well as......more
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Between the end of WWII and the end of the Cold War, the international roles of France and Great Britain changed dramati......more
If America’s attempt to push back communism in Vietnam is undoubtedly the most well-known of Asian wars, it was preceded......more
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- A new English-language contribution to Moscow’s architectural history, newly researched and detailing the history of o......more
This book offers a reassessment of radical writing in the late Enlightenment by examining the construction of a provocat......more
L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix honours and celebrates the inestimable contributions that Professor Nicholas Cronk......more
Should all mothers breast-feed their children? This question remains controversial in the twenty-first century. In an in......more
Since the early 1980s, art photographers from metropolitan France have been training their lenses on ordinary landscapes......more
Putin’s war has meant the return of the Russian intelligentsia-a concept that was all but dead in the first decade of th......more
Putin’s war has meant the return of the Russian intelligentsia-a concept that was all but dead in the first decade of th......more
The paradoxes of nineteenth-century colonialism in the Middle East revealed through the accounts of three working class ......more
Illustrated throughout, this book explains the composition and qualities of the Soviet tank force that fought Germany’s ......more
Murder in a cathedral, horrific illnesses and deformities, narrow escapes from injury and death, a vengeful dragon, a wa......more
Matchmaking and the Marriage Market in Postrevolutionary France uncovers the unexplored history of matrimonial agents, t......more
Murder in a cathedral, horrific illnesses and deformities, narrow escapes from injury and death, a vengeful dragon, a wa......more
First performed the day after Marie-Antoinette’s beheading, Le Jugement dernier des rois stages the burlesque trial of t......more
First performed the day after Marie-Antoinette’s beheading, Le Jugement dernier des rois stages the burlesque trial of t......more
After the 1881 declaration of press freedom, France enjoyed a golden age of print, arguably up until the 1950s. This boo......more
This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladi......more
This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladi......more
A landmark analysis of how a marginalized subculture used modern media to transform public attitudes toward sexual desir......more
A landmark analysis of how a marginalized subculture used modern media to transform public attitudes toward sexual desir......more
When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she h......more
A sweeping history of intimacy and family life in France during the age of revolution The French Revolution and Napoleon......more
An accessible and expansive introduction to Ukraine that addresses the country’s relations with the West and Russia, as ......more
Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, by AI, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and ......more
When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of t......more
The compelling story of the significant relationship between communism and modern architecture in postwar France The mas......more
The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the N......more
Winner of the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies Co-winner of the Charles Taylor Book Award How do ......more
Stalin’s Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising ......more
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The French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people t......more
This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares repre......more
This unique exploration of Russian prose fiction about the Soviet labour camp system since the Stalin era compares repre......more
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Gates of Europe, "a singularly fascinating account of Russian national......more
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A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century’s biggest refugee crises When World W......more
Corruption on an immense scale and the unscrupulous use of law enforcement have left indelible marks on post-Soviet Russ......more
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"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe’s readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrat......more
A ground-breaking new study that transforms our understanding of one of the most famous battles of the Second World War,......more
The education and technological centre of Russia, Akademgorodok in Siberia is home to the state university, 35 research ......more
This book is dedicated to the study of the Russian cavalry, and cavalry attacks, on the Eastern Front during the First W......more
An exploration of the pivotal shift on the Eastern Front during World War II, highlighting how the Red Army’s mechanized......more
This monograph provides the first substantial analysis of the visual arts commissioned by Scots in France prior to Mary ......more
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This book tells the story of what happens when an essentially Parisian institution travels and establishes itself in its......more
How do the writings of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and Mallarmé speak to our time? Why should we continue to read these poets ......more