In 1991, the Cold War ended in a bloodless victory for NATO. After 70 years of a grueling, nuclear-tinged Cold War, comm......more

The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and tran......more

Sure to appeal to all students of medieval warfare, this book describes and illustrates the French armies fighting Engla......more

From the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists ......more

Desiring Whiteness uncovers the intertwined histories of commercial sex and racial politics in France and the French Emp......more

At the height of its popularity in the late nineteenth century, absinthe reigned in the bars, cafe s, and restaurants of......more

The extraordinary story of a group of forgotten radicals who found themselves drawn to communist Moscow’s hotbed of inte......more

A history of military-technological innovation in Russia. This book traces the dynamics of military-technological innova......more

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"In A Siberian History of Soviet Films, Caroline Damiens combines a detailed analysis of key Soviet film and TV works su......more

A timely and deeply moving memoir of a Ukrainian family and the country’s tumultuous history. In the Ukrainian city of P......more

An encyclopedic and richly detailed history of everyday life in the Soviet Union The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghost......more

Shredding the Map investigates Russian place consciousness in the decade between the start of World War I and the end of......more

"Examines the era’s popular movements in all of their complexity, providing an integrated synthesis of France’s most imp......more

Tropical Despotisms reveals the alarm that spread among France’s Caribbean possessions during the period between the Sev......more

In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by pe......more

In 2016 Crimea shaped the headlines much as it did some 160 years ago, when the Crimean War pitted Britain, France and T......more

Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fra......more

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This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s war in U......more

A delicious invitation into one of the largest Médoc vineyards owned by the Rothschild family Château Clarke, a vast est......more

In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a ’riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’: we......more

An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the earl......more

In this sequel to his landmark study, historian Peter Kolchin compares the transition to freedom after American emancipa......more

One of the greatest ever sieges is masterfully brought to life by a leading expert on the Eastern Front. At the height o......more

What distinguished the Soviet ’look’? How did Soviet thinkers and artists reimagine the relationship between observer an......more

Being a Woman and Being Tatar uses ethnographic research to explore the multifaceted and complex identities - such as ge......more

Rus’ is traditionally seen as part of Ukrainian or Russian history, and rarely part of medieval European history. This w......more

A fully illustrated account of the East Pomerania Offensive, covering multiple battles and includes previously unpublish......more

The legacy of the French Revolution critiqued by the most important thinkers of the day. Gateway to the French Revolutio......more

"Compelling.... [E]rudite, objective and immensely readable." --Ben Hall, Financial Times An authoritative history of Eu......more

This open access book brings together an eclectic cast of scholars in related disciplines to examine ageing in the Sovie......more

With implications for the war in Ukraine, a surprising history of the Crimean Tatars from the fifteenth century to the p......more

Atlantic slavery represents one of the blackest pages of human history. European powers not only colonised American land......more

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Winner of the George Louis Beer Prize Black France, White Europe illuminates the deeply entangled history of European in......more

Three decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, Russia has transformed from a fringe player to a resurgent great power ......more

For the first time, this collection makes available a selection of documents on the history of Jews in old Rus’ that pro......more

From the National Book Award-longlisted author of Finding Florida, a sparkling, sweeping chronicle of the author’s life ......more

A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR--and still provides a model of o......more

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The monograph realigns political culture and countermeasures against slave raids, which increased during the breakup of ......more

Ukrainian nationalism made worldwide news after the Euromaidan revolution and the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war in......more

This book addresses the unique and profound indeterminacy of "Creole," a label applied to white, black, and mixed-race p......more

How Robespierre’s career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) ......more

A moving, dramatic social history of the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the most inspiring and momentous events of ......more

This book provides a comprehensive account of the use of airpower in the first year of the Ukraine conflict. Owing to th......more

Herminie and Fanny Pereire were sisters-in-law, married to the eminent Jewish bankers and Saint-Simonian socialists Emil......more

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Domestic Space in France and Belgium offers a new addition to the growing body of work in Interior Studies. Focused on l......more

Exploring the multiple aesthetic and cultural links between French and Japanese cinema, The Cinematic Influence is packe......more

Gaston Crunelle (1898--1990) was a remarkable flutist and a beloved teacher, yet his name is hardly known today. Gaston ......more

Honoré Daumier (1808-79), who was imprisoned early on for a politically offensive cartoon, painted scenes from seventeen......more

Honoré Daumier (1808-79), who was imprisoned early on for a politically offensive cartoon, painted scenes from seventeen......more

"This early book by Turkle, released with a new preface, looks at how the late impact of Freud and psychoanalytic theory......more

This textbook offers an up-to-date and incisive overview of contemporary Russia. Systematically covering the country’s h......more

Monuments for Posterity challenges the common assumption that Stalinist monuments were constructed with an immediate, pr......more

It was the decade of Coco Chanel, Joséphine Baker, Art Deco, Surrealism, café culture and cabarets. American luminaries ......more

A fascinating retelling of the first banking and financial collapse in eighteenth-century France. The Scottish economist......more

The Spanish Second Republic, 1931-1939, has been written about widely and remains mired in antifascist, anti-communist, ......more

"In The Zone, Justinien Tribillon takes the reader on a tour of an eponymous Parisian hinterland"--...more

’Excellent’ - Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY ’The definitive story of how French foot......more

This edited volume offers an original exploration into the ways in which Soviet culture and experience of time were uniq......more

This book analyses the categories of thought underpinning Russia’s strategic decision-making and military operations, un......more

This text is a comprehensive collection of more than 100 carefully edited documents (speeches, treaties, statements, and......more

In 1918 a famed general of the Russian White Army battled through the Red Army to save Emperor Nicholas II--but he arriv......more

The primary aim of this book is to describe the operational role of the RAF’s B2 Vulcan bomber in terms of how it came i......more

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First published in 1977, France 1870-1914 combines an outline of events with an analytical treatment of the main politic......more

A stroll down the stately streets of Nantes. Tucking into a savoury snack at a local crêperie. Exploring the pink sandst......more

This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes u......more

This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes u......more

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