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Paul Dukes
World Order in History (1996) argues that historians' ideas about world order have been influential in transforming nations' sense of themselves, and it pursues these arguments with particular reference to…
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Paul B Kennedy
A seasoned traveler, writer, educator, and chef, Paul Kennedy is passionate about experiencing and understanding diverse cultures. In 2018, with a backpack and some inspiration, Paul cashed in his proverbial…
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This book shows the importance of the ‘Russian question’ at the Washington Conference and throws light on the emergence of the ‘Versailles-Washington’ system of international relations.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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His memoirs of his time in Russia, originally published in 1922 and out of print for some time, Red Dusk and the Morrow combines high adventure with tales of extraordinary…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
The book examines the evolution of the predicament symbolised by the setting of the Doomsday Clock at a few minutes to midnight in the context of the Anthropocene Era from…
The Superpowers traces the development of the USA and Russia from 1898 through to 2000, placing the cold war, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political…
World Order in History (1996) argues that historians’ ideas about world order have been influential in transforming nations’ sense of themselves, and it pursues these arguments with particular reference to…
This book surveys the history of Manchuria, focusing particularly on the Russian and Soviet perspective.
Revised and expanded, the second edition of this fascinating study surveys the first two centuries of Romanov rule from the foundation of the dynasty by Michael Romanov in 1613 to…
Revised and expanded, the second edition of this study surveys the first two centuries of Romanov rule from the foundation of the dynasty by Michael Romanov in 1613 to the…
The political, economic, and cultural aspects of Russian history from medieval Kiev and Muscovy to the present day .
Russian Society in the eighteenth century was dominated by the nobility. This class made large contribution to secular culture and played a role of vital importance in the government, the…
Paths to a New Europe is a balanced treatment of the history of the continent itself and of its wider setting.
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Paul Dukes (University of Aberdeen, UK)
The Urals are best known as the boundary between Europe and Asia. A History of the Urals demonstrates the region’s importance in its own right, as a crucible of Russia’s…
Great Men in the Second World War provides a new perspective on the role of the individual in history. Paul Dukes selects five Great Men, each in his turn one…
This book is a historical reinterpretation of the Cold War in the broadest sense from the viewpoint of the late 1980s. Dukes contends that the rivalry of the USA and…
Paul M Duke
.In flight with American Airlines 10:00 p.m., 27th April 1949 Dear Stephanie, I hardly know where to begin. I am on a monstrous machine that is taking me thousands of…
This new collection of original essays by leading academics explores major issues in Russia’s relations with the wider world since the seventeenth century.
B. F. Porshnev,Paul Dukes (University of Aberdeen)
An English translation of writings by the great Soviet historian B. F. Porshnev provides a significant reinterpretation of a fascinating period. This is essential reading for students of Russian history.
This English translation of writings by the great Soviet historian B. F. Porshnev provides a significant reinterpretation of a fascinating period. This is essential reading for students of Russian history.
Paul Dukes,Graeme P. Herd,Jarmo Kotilaine
Margriet De Moor
A moving story set around the love affair between a gypsy and a woman farmer in the 1940s. It is also a harrowing description of the terrifying persecution of the…
Eight-year-old Dulcie has moved with her parents to Hanoi, in Vietnam. The city outside seems strange, the people are unfamiliar, and Dulcie doesn't want to try any new food. Luckily…
Eight-year-old Dulcie is amazed. Her best friend Duke has used his magical monkey wrench to take them from Vietnam to Italy! Staring at a famous tower in Pisa, Dulcie wonders…
Eight-year-old Dulcie doesn't see the point of doing school sports. It's hot where she lives in Hanoi, Vietnam, and the other kids are always faster. Dulcie decides it's much better…
Brian Best
This is the little-known story of a part of Britain’s involvement in the Russian Civil War.
Cheryl Lockett Alexander
Author Cheryl Lockett Alexander started her book writing journey in 2012. She wrote her very first Edition of MY HERO IS A DUKE...OF HAZZARD subtitled The Autobiography of a teen…
Paul Robinson
Nikolai Nikolaevich was a key figure in Imperial Russia and one of its foremost soldiers. At the outbreak of World War I, Nicholas II appointed him Supreme Commander of the…
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (1856-1929) was a key figure in late Imperial Russia, and one of its foremost soldiers. At the outbreak of World War I, his cousin, Tsar…
