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  • Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918

    by Robert A. Kann, Zdenek David ...
    Series series A History of East Central Europe (HECE)
    The Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918 ... Read more

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  • Empires of the Silk Road

    A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present

    by Christopher I. Beckwith ...
    The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and ... Read more

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  • Vera Gran-The Accused

    by Agata Tuszynska ...
    The extraordinary, controversial story of Vera Gran, beautiful, exotic prewar Polish singing star; legendary, sensual contralto, Dietrich-like in tone, favorite of the 1930s Warsaw nightclubs, celebrated before, and during, her year in the Warsaw Ghetto (spring 1941–summer 1942) . . . and her piano accompanist: W³adys³aw Szpilman, made famous by Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film The Pianist, ... Read more

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  • Shtetl

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    In Shtetl (Yiddish for "small town"), critically-acclaimed author Eva Hoffman brings the lost world of Eastern European Jews back to vivid life, depicting its complex institutions and vibrant culture, its beliefs, social distinctions, and customs. Through the small town of Brafsk, she looks at the fascinating experiments in multicultural coexistence -- still relevant to us today -- attempted in ... Read more

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  • The Great Fear

    Stalin's Terror of the 1930s

    by James Harris ...
    Between the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three quarters of a million Soviet citizens were subject to summary execution. More than a million others were sentenced to lengthy terms in labour camps. Commonly known as 'Stalin's Great Terror', it is also among the most misunderstood moments in the history of the twentieth century. The Terror gutted the ranks of factory directors ... Read more

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  • The Reign of Sultan Abdul-Madjid

    by William Goodell ...
    This is an American View of the reign of the Ottoman Sulton during the declining years of Ottoman Rule in Constantinople. ... Read more

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  • Operation Valuable Fiend

    The CIA's First Paramilitary Strike Against the Iron Curtain

    by Albert Lulushi ...
    In 1949, a newly minted branch of the CIA (the precursor of today’s National Clandestine Service), flush with money and burning with determination to roll back the Iron Curtain, embarked on the first paramilitary operation in the history of the agency. They hatched an elaborate plan, coordinated with the British Secret Intelligence Service, to foment popular rebellion and detach Albania, the ... Read more

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  • The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War

    by Marko Attila Hoare ...
    The story of the Bosnian Muslims in World War II is an epic frequently alluded to in discussions of the 1990s Balkan conflicts, but almost as frequently misunderstood or falsified. This first comprehensive study of the topic in any language sets the record straight. Based on extensive research in the archives of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia, it traces the history of Bosnia and its ... Read more

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  • THE RUSSIAN PEASANT

    by Sergei Mikhailovich Kravchinskii Stepniak ...
    Anyone interested in or wishing to understand the roots of Putin’s ultra-nationalist Russia (and his territorial ambitions!) woild do well to read Ukranian nihilist Sergei Stepniak’s compelling study of The Russian Peasantry. Written over 120 years ago it helps explain not only the social plight of the peasant in 19th century Russia but, more importantly, the influence of revived orthodox and non ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Russia

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  • Blood Ties

    Religion, Violence and the Politics of Nationhood in Ottoman Macedonia, 1878–1908

    by İpek Yosmaoğlu ...
    The region that is today the Republic of Macedonia was long the heart of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. It was home to a complex mix of peoples and faiths who had for hundreds of years lived together in relative peace. To be sure, these people were no strangers to coercive violence and various forms of depredations visited upon them by bandits and state agents. In the final decades of the ... Read more

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