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Vietnam

An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975

by Max Hastings ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the YearVietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the YearVietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent
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A Nasty Little War

The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War

by Anna Reid ...

**The first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the WestNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Foreign Affairs**Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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**The first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the WestNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Foreign Affairs**Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century.
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Destiny Disrupted

A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary ...

“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the ... Read more

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“A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the
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The Great Successor

The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

by Anna Fifield ...

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly -- he could supposedly drive a car at the age of three -- to the grimly bloody ... Read more

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The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly -- he could supposedly drive a car at the age of three -- to the grimly bloody
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The Last Tsar

The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs

by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ...

The definitive history of the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.**“Filled with revelations and fresh insights and rich with observations.” —**The Wall Street JournalIn 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest, that culminated in Tsar Nicholas II’s dramatic fall from power. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, a trove of ... Read more

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The definitive history of the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.**“Filled with revelations and fresh insights and rich with observations.” —**The Wall Street JournalIn 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest, that culminated in Tsar Nicholas II’s dramatic fall from power. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, a trove of
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Enemy at the Gates

The Battle for Stalingrad

by William Craig ...

A New York Times bestseller that brings to life one of the bloodiest battles of World War II—and the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans ... Read more

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A New York Times bestseller that brings to life one of the bloodiest battles of World War II—and the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.On August 5, 1942, giant pillars of dust rose over the Russian steppe, marking the advance of the 6th Army, an elite German combat unit dispatched by Hitler to capture the industrial city of Stalingrad and press on to the oil fields of Azerbaijan. The Germans
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Red Notice

A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder ...

Freezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early ... Read more

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Freezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early
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First They Killed My Father

A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung ...

“A riveting memoir. . . an important, moving work that those who have suffered cannot afford to forget and those who have been spared cannot afford to ignore.” — San Francisco ChronicleFrom a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their ... Read more

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“A riveting memoir. . . an important, moving work that those who have suffered cannot afford to forget and those who have been spared cannot afford to ignore.” — San Francisco ChronicleFrom a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their
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Quartered Safe Out Here

by George MacDonald Fraser ...

‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint ... Read more

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‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint
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The Berlin Airlift

The Cold War Mission to Save a City

by Ann Tusa, John Tusa ...

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ... Read more

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A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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Motherland

A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy

by Julia Ioffe ...

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Guardian, Elle, and the Chicago Public Library.Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.</st... ... Read more

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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Guardian, Elle, and the Chicago Public Library.Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.</st...
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Smoke and Ashes

Opium's Hidden Histories

by Amitav Ghosh ...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, and The MillionsGhosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family―the climax of a yearslong project.When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about ... Read more

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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, and The MillionsGhosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family―the climax of a yearslong project.When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about
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宛如飛翔(一)：明治新政府

by 司馬遼太郎, 劉惠禎 ...

Series Book 1 - 宛如飛翔
　　《宛如飛翔》是司馬遼太郎連接《燃燒吧！劍》、《新選組血風錄》、《龍馬行》等幕末時代作品，和描寫明治後期日俄戰爭的大作《坂上之雲》之間的代表作品。主角是西鄉隆盛和大久保利通這兩位出身薩摩、也就是今日鹿兒島縣的兩大英傑及其身邊的人物，時代背景則是明治初期日本建立新國家到最大內亂西南戰爭間的近代黎明期。　　如果西鄉代表的是薩摩隼人（薩摩男子的美稱）的熱情和格局，那麼大久保代表的就是鹿兒島人的寡默和威嚴。一個理想化而懷舊，一個現實主義而求新。一個溫厚而無慾，一個冷嚴而善謀。這兩個一同從底層竄起，携手打造出明治日本的英雄，就在征韓論爭、台灣出兵、最後迎接近代最大內亂西南戰爭的過程中，一起身處如同大鵬破空快速移轉的時局，也一同如振翅飛翔般各自以自己的哲學為國家燒盡人生，最後也雙雙為了新生日本殞命。《宛如飛翔》描寫的，就是這段明治初期驚濤駭浪、充滿戲劇性卻也某種程度上似乎命中注定的維新英傑生命群像。 ... Read more

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　　《宛如飛翔》是司馬遼太郎連接《燃燒吧！劍》、《新選組血風錄》、《龍馬行》等幕末時代作品，和描寫明治後期日俄戰爭的大作《坂上之雲》之間的代表作品。主角是西鄉隆盛和大久保利通這兩位出身薩摩、也就是今日鹿兒島縣的兩大英傑及其身邊的人物，時代背景則是明治初期日本建立新國家到最大內亂西南戰爭間的近代黎明期。　　如果西鄉代表的是薩摩隼人（薩摩男子的美稱）的熱情和格局，那麼大久保代表的就是鹿兒島人的寡默和威嚴。一個理想化而懷舊，一個現實主義而求新。一個溫厚而無慾，一個冷嚴而善謀。這兩個一同從底層竄起，携手打造出明治日本的英雄，就在征韓論爭、台灣出兵、最後迎接近代最大內亂西南戰爭的過程中，一起身處如同大鵬破空快速移轉的時局，也一同如振翅飛翔般各自以自己的哲學為國家燒盡人生，最後也雙雙為了新生日本殞命。《宛如飛翔》描寫的，就是這段明治初期驚濤駭浪、充滿戲劇性卻也某種程度上似乎命中注定的維新英傑生命群像。
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Masters of War: Tomoyuki Yamashita

Masters of War, #18

by J.F. Atkinson ...

Series Book 18 - Masters of War
Masters of War: Tomoyuki YamashitaThe brilliant campaign, the impossible defense, and the controversial trial that shaped modern military lawIn seventy days during the winter of 1941-1942, General Tomoyuki Yamashita led 30,000 Japanese troops down the Malayan Peninsula in one of World War II's most stunning campaigns, culminating in the surrender of Singapore, Britain's supposedly "impregnable ... Read more

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Masters of War: Tomoyuki YamashitaThe brilliant campaign, the impossible defense, and the controversial trial that shaped modern military lawIn seventy days during the winter of 1941-1942, General Tomoyuki Yamashita led 30,000 Japanese troops down the Malayan Peninsula in one of World War II's most stunning campaigns, culminating in the surrender of Singapore, Britain's supposedly "impregnable
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太閤記：天下人豐臣秀吉（下）

by 司馬遼太郎 ...

Series Book 287 - 日本館
司馬遼太郎戰國系列最令人擊節讚賞的作品激勵人心、精采絕倫的非典型武將傳記洞悉人性、運籌帷幄的最佳政治說客典範能屈能伸、能死能生的職場生存術【名家推薦】辜振豐　文化觀察家劉必榮　東吳大學政治系教授當秀吉水攻備中高松城，正處於勝負關鍵時刻，突然收到本能寺之變的消息，他果斷議和並馬上領兵進行「中國大返還」，強行軍返回京都，討伐明智光秀。對於柴田勝家、德川家康等隨時準備接收織田信長後繼者地位的武將，秀吉則是發揮世間少見的奇才，懷柔和作戰兩種手段並用，終於成為一統全日本的「天下人」。亂世英雄豐臣秀吉的智慧、謀略，以及有如一場場交易的人生際遇躍然紙上。即使對日本的歷史地理毫無知悉的讀者，也能夠讀得興味盎然。 ... Read more

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司馬遼太郎戰國系列最令人擊節讚賞的作品激勵人心、精采絕倫的非典型武將傳記洞悉人性、運籌帷幄的最佳政治說客典範能屈能伸、能死能生的職場生存術【名家推薦】辜振豐　文化觀察家劉必榮　東吳大學政治系教授當秀吉水攻備中高松城，正處於勝負關鍵時刻，突然收到本能寺之變的消息，他果斷議和並馬上領兵進行「中國大返還」，強行軍返回京都，討伐明智光秀。對於柴田勝家、德川家康等隨時準備接收織田信長後繼者地位的武將，秀吉則是發揮世間少見的奇才，懷柔和作戰兩種手段並用，終於成為一統全日本的「天下人」。亂世英雄豐臣秀吉的智慧、謀略，以及有如一場場交易的人生際遇躍然紙上。即使對日本的歷史地理毫無知悉的讀者，也能夠讀得興味盎然。
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A Full-Value Ruble

The Promise of Prosperity in the Postwar Soviet Union

by Kristy Ironside ...

Series Book 191 - Harvard historical studies;
A new history shows that, despite Marxism’s rejection of money, the ruble was critical to the Soviet Union’s promise of shared prosperity for its citizens.In spite of Karl Marx’s proclamation that money would become obsolete under Communism, the ruble remained a key feature of Soviet life. In fact, although Western economists typically concluded that money ultimately played a limited role in the ... Read more

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A new history shows that, despite Marxism’s rejection of money, the ruble was critical to the Soviet Union’s promise of shared prosperity for its citizens.In spite of Karl Marx’s proclamation that money would become obsolete under Communism, the ruble remained a key feature of Soviet life. In fact, although Western economists typically concluded that money ultimately played a limited role in the
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age—by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan.The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age—by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan.The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the
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The Unwomanly Face of War

An Oral History of Women in World War II

by Svetlana Alexievich ...

Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...

A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Kirkus ReviewsFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the m... ... Read more

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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Kirkus ReviewsFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the m...
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In Order to Live

A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers ...

**“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” —Yeonmi Park“One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” —The Bookseller**In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions ... Read more

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**“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” —Yeonmi Park“One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” —The Bookseller**In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions
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Nemesis

The historical epic from the master of adventure, Wilbur Smith

by Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper ...

A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He ... Read more

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A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He
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The Elements of Power

A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

by Nicolas Niarchos ...

**“A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics . . . Niarchos has produced an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times best-selling author of Empire of Pain and Say NothingEpic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of ... Read more

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**“A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics . . . Niarchos has produced an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times best-selling author of Empire of Pain and Say NothingEpic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of
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Hiroshima

by John Hersey ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima] ... Read more

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey's seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima during World War II through the memories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city."The perspective [Hiroshima]
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The Sleepwalkers

How Europe Went to War in 1914

by Christopher Clark ...

“A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable.” — Boston GlobeOne of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)Historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I.Drawing on new schol... ... Read more

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“A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable.” — Boston GlobeOne of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)Historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I.Drawing on new schol...
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The Gates of Europe

A History of Ukraine

by Serhii Plokhy ...

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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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...
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