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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $0.99
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Manufacturer: Potomac Books Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ellen Blackman
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Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 949.703
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Publication Date: 1997-06-01
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: At the height of the Serbian siege of Sarajevo, Ellen Blackman could no longer bear the televised images of wounded children desperate for medical care. So she set off for Bosnia. There she shared the tragedies and occasional triumphs of a brave people whose world was crumbling around them while a seemingly indifferent world stood by. And despite tremendous bureaucratic and dangerous obstacles, she got the children out.
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $31.16
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Manufacturer: M.E. Sharpe
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Thomas Goltz
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Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
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Dewey Decimal Number: 947.58086
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Publication Date: 2006-07-30
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Reading Level: 262
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Description: The author of the acclaimed "Azerbaijan Diary and Chechnya Diary" now recounts his experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles, rampant crime and corruption, secessionist wars, and the spillover of the war in neighboring Chechenya. Journalist Goltz traces these developments with the same kind of vivid, personal narrative that made his previous books so compelling. This fast-paced, first-person account is filled with fascinating details about the ongoing struggles of this little-known region of the former Soviet Union. Featuring memorable portraits of individuals in high places and low, it traces the story from 1992 through the "Rose Revolution," the resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze, and the new presidency of U.S.-educated Mikhail Saakashvili.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $16.77
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Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 947.720830922
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Publication Date: 2004-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Odessa, the city founded by Catherine the Great in 1794 on the Black Sea, became a thriving international crossroads less than a century after its creation. This virtual 'melting pot of Russia' - the gateway to Russia from Constantinople, Athens, Venice, Marseilles, and Genoa, and the third largest metropolis in the country - quickly rose to prominence as a European cultural capital and a vibrant centre of Jewish culture. Odessa in its prime shared with St. Petersburg the distinction of being one of the few places in Russia where international ideas and commerce could flourish. In this album of pre-1917 Odessa, Nicolas Iljine has assembled a wealth of old postcards, rare photographs and illustrations from private archives, colourful posters and advertisements, and materials from the Russian National Library that have never before been published, to recapture a lost time in the life of one of the world's great romantic cities. Historian Patricia Herlihy's essay paints textured historical tableaux of Odessa's nightlife and resorts, its theatres and criminal underworld, its schools and industries, and, not least of all, the synagogues, philanthropic societies, and organizations for defence against pogroms that were such a large part of Jewish life in old Odessa. Her portrait brings to life the city as experienced by such luminaries as Isaac Babel, Sholem Aleichem, and Vladimir Jabotinski. Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world. Nicolas Iljine, European representative for the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, has over 30 years experience in cultural exchange with Russia. Patricia Herlihy is research professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, and professor emeritus of history, Brown University. She is the author of "Odessa: A History, 1774-1914" in English and Ukrainian.
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Price: $56.95
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Sale: $40.15
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Christian
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Dewey Decimal Number: 950
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Publication Date: 1998-12-23
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Reading Level: 496
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Description: This is a history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the time of the first inhabitants of the region up to the break up of the Mongol Empire in 1260AD.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $10.31
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Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Henry Sakaida
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Publisher: Osprey Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 947
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Publication Date: 2003-05-20
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Reading Level: 64
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Description: When the Great Patriotic War began many women volunteered for the armed forces, but most of them were rejected. They were steered towards nursing or other supportive roles. Many determined women managed to enter combat by first volunteering as field medics and nurses, then simply picking up a gun during the battle, and charging boldly into the line of fire. In the area of aviation, women also contributed greatly to the war effort. In rickety biplanes, they flew bombing missions at night, without parachutes; their only protection was the darkness. This book tells the stories of the brave women that were awarded the Soviet Union's most prestigious title - Hero of the Soviet Union - for their bravery in protecting their homeland.
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $36.75
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William R. Keylor
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 909.825
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Publication Date: 2008-07-31
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Reading Level: 528
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Description: Now updated to address recent developments in the post-9/11 world, A World of Nations, Second Edition, provides an analytical narrative of the origins, evolution, and end of the Cold War. Much more than a simple account of the long struggle between the two superpowers, this vibrant text opens with chapters exploring the development of regional conflicts--ethnic, religious, cultural, economic, and military--that dominated international relations until the breakup of the Soviet Union. The final chapters examine the war on terror and the salience of interstate and transnational conflicts in the era of globalization. In engaging, compelling language, author William R. Keylor provides a genuinely international history of this turbulent period.
Designed to serve the needs of both political scientists and historians, the new edition has been reorganized along regional lines while still maintaining the chronological approach of the previous edition. Building on its historical foundation, the second edition discusses International Relation theory and explores such timely critical topics as human rights, environmental issues, NGOs, immigration, and international terrorism. In addition, numerous new photographs and helpful maps animate the text, drawing students into this dynamic subject.
Thoroughly revised and even more relevant in its second edition, A World of Nations offers a riveting exploration of international relations as they have evolved from the Second World War to the present. It is ideal for political science courses on international relations, as well as courses on the history of U.S. foreign policy, European diplomatic history, the history of international relations, and world history since 1945.
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Price: $50.00
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Sale: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: James Forsyth
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 947
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Publication Date: 1994-10-28
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Reading Level: 476
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Description: This is the first ethnohistory of Siberia to appear in English, and presents to an anglophone audience a vast corpus of previously inaccessible ethnographic and linguistic material. It covers from the early history of Siberia after the Russian conquest to collectivization and conscription during World War II and to the 1980s movement ror native rights. In this, the first substantive "post-Glasnost" account to appear, James Forsyth compares the Siberian experience with that of Indians and Eskimos in North America.
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Price: $50.00
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Sale: $34.49
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Manufacturer: Stacey International Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Stacey International Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915
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Publication Date: 2004-03
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: This books presents authoritative coverage of the country's place in the world, bridging West and East: its spectacular landscape and its ecological challenges; its people and their patterns of life; its turbulent history and astonishing heritage of material culture; its governmental structures; contemporary society; and Kazakhstan's highly significant economy and prospects.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $25.95
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Manufacturer: Central European University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David R. Marples
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Publisher: Central European University Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 947.7084072
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Publication Date: 2008-08-30
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Reading Level: 363
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Description: In 2004, world attention was focused on Ukraine's 'Orange Revolution', which appeared to herald a new and promising era for independent Ukraine. Though such hopes proved over-optimistic there is no question that Ukraine has embarked on the process of nation building. But a new nation needs a national history and in this sphere, there has been sustained debate over the interpretations of the recent past. David R. Marples examines these narratives through a wide variety of books, scholarly and newspaper articles, and school textbooks, focusing on some of the most difficult events of the Stalin years in narratives from 1988 to 2005.His focus is on some of the most tragic events of the 20th century: the Famine of 1932-33, the consequences of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, integral nationalism and the war roles of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and the Ukrainian-Polish conflict of 1943-47. How has this new history been formed? To what extent have the villains of yesterday become the heroes of today? And how does the modern state view these events and to what extent to they define the national outlook of contemporary Ukraine?
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Price: $89.00
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Sale: $26.98
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 330.947086
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Publication Date: 2001-10-24
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Reading Level: 576
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Description: This volume offers a multi-author survey and analysis of economic developments in the Russian Federation since the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989-91. It covers the period 1991--98 and in some areas extends to 1999-2000.
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