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Books
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Empires of the Steppes : The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation€20.99
The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These tribes produced some of the world s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others.
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Spies : The epic intelligence war between East and West€20.99
Espionage, election meddling, disinformation, assassinations, subversion, and sabotage - all attract headlines today about Putin's dictatorship. But they are far from new. The West has a long-term Russia problem, not a Putin problem.
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Colonialism€21.99
A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever.Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major threats.
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The Military Archives: A History€24.99
Daniel Ayiotis skilfully explores how the Military Archives developed out of the vision almost a century ago of a handful of far-sighted military and civilians...
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The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD€20.99
A powerful, probing book about PTSD. In this powerful and intensely personal book, Keane interrogates what it is that draws him to the wars, what keeps him there and offers a reckoning of the damage done.
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The History of Russia : From the Rus' people to President Putin€23.99
From monarchy to the world's first socialist state, from Communism to Capitalism, from mass poverty to Europe's new super rich, Russia has seen immense revolutions in just the past century, including purges, poisonings, famines, assassinations and massacres.
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The North Irish Horse in the Great War€21.99
Sent to France in August 1914 the North Irish Horse (NIH) were the first British reservist regiment to see action (at Le Cateau) before fighting as rear guard on the long retreat to the outskirts of Paris.
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Hitler: Volume II€24.00
In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated their authority over the German people, and in a series of foreign-policy coups, the Fuhrer had restored Germany to the status of a major Continental power.
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Napoleon : The Man Behind the Myth€20.99
A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at its finest. It does not justify or condemn but seeks instead to understand Napoleon's extraordinary trajectory.
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Stalin, Vol. II : Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941€23.99
Well before 1929, Stalin had achieved dictatorial power over the Soviet empire, but now he decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, whatever it took. What it took, and what Stalin managed to force through, transformed the country and its ruler in profound and enduring ways.