Paris - A Short History by Jeremy Black
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Category: History | Series: A\Short History Ser.
Once described as "that metropolis of dress and debauchery" by the Scottish poet David Mallet, Paris has always had a reputation for a peculiar joie de vivre, from art to architecture, cookery to couture, captivating minds and imaginations across the Continent and beyond. In Paris: A Short History, his ...Show more
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
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Category: History New Releases
A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, ...Show more
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War by Martin Sixsmith
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Category: History
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet communism, the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would henceforth be the dominant, ultimately unique, system of governance. An outburst of Western triumphalism proclaimed a US-led unipolar ...Show more
Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton
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Category: History New Releases
The riveting, secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin's means ...Show more
The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond by Sune Rasmus C. Elling Haugbolle
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: Radical Histories of the Middle East Ser.
The pivotal years that laid the foundations for our times in the Middle East and the world In the latter half of the twentieth century, a revolutionary idea promised to upend the global order. Anti-imperialist militancy, bolstered by international solidarity, would lead to not only the national liberati ...Show more