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  • Ukraine Over the Edge

    Russia, the West and the "New Cold War"

    by Gordon M. Hahn ...
    The Ukrainian crisis that dominated headlines in fall 2013 was decades in the making. Two great schisms shaped events: one within Ukraine, its western and southeastern parts divided along cultural and political lines; the other was driven by geopolitical factors. Competition between Russia and the West exacerbated Ukraine's divisions.This study focuses on the historical background and complex ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Russian Dilemma

    Security, Vigilance and Relations with the West from Ivan III to Putin

    by Gordon M. Hahn ...
    From the end of the Mongol Empire to today, Russian history is a tale of cultural, political, economic and military interaction with Western powers. The depth of this relationship has created a geopolitical dilemma: Russia has persistently been both attracted to and at odds with Western ideas and technological development, which have tended to threaten Russia's sense of identity and create ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin

    Global Jihadism in Russia's North Caucasus and Beyond

    by Gordon M. Hahn ...
    Russia's North Caucasus mujahedin of the self-declared Caucasus Emirate and the history thereof is part and parcel of the global jihadi revolutionary movement which includes but is no longer led by Al Qaeda. This book corrects the inadequate previous treatments of the violence in the Caucasus, almost all of which explain what ought to be called the rise of jihadism in the Caucasus solely in terms ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Russia's Revolution from Above, 1985-2000

    Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime

    by Gordon Hahn ...
    The fall of the Soviet communist regime in 1991 offers a challenging contrast to other instances of democratic transition and change in the last decades of the twentieth century. The 1991 revolution was neither a peaceful revolution from below as occurred in Czechoslovakia nor a negotiated transition to democracy like those in Poland, Hungary, or Latin America. It was not primarily the result of ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

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  • Collapse

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    by Vladislav M. Zubok ...
    A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demiseIn 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic ... Read more

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  • Frontline Ukraine

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    The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through ... Read more

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  • The Conflict in Ukraine

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  • Lonely Power

    Why Russia Has Failed to Become the West and the West is Weary of Russia

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  • The Code of Putinism

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    What is Vladimir Putin up to? This book shows how the mentality of Putin and his team - the code of Putinism - has shaped Russian politics over the past two decades. It explains not only the thoughts and ideas that motivate Putin's decisions, but also the set of emotions and habits that influence how Putin and his close allies view the world. The code of Putinism has powerfully shaped the nature ... Read more

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  • The Gates of Europe

    A History of Ukraine

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    A New York Times BestsellerThe definitive history of Ukraine from antiquity to today.**“An admirable new history.... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine’s past, Mr. Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future.” ―**EconomistAs Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independen... ... Read more

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