Cold wars and proxy conflicts

The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory.

Defections from the People's Republic of China (PRC) were an important part of the narrative of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan during the Cold War, but their stories have previously barely been told, less still examined, in English.

The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and A GUARDIAN BEST PAPERBACK FOR APRIL 2024 **'So entertaining' THE TIMES'Cracking' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed everything.

A history of the fighting and day-to-day lives of French soldiers on the Western Front in World War I, filled with rare archival photos.

"e;Cats, rabbits and even the bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh appear in remarkable photos of the 16 million animals caught up in World War One.

"e;Cats, rabbits and even the bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh appear in remarkable photos of the 16 million animals caught up in World War One.

A history of the fighting and day-to-day lives of French soldiers on the Western Front in World War I, filled with rare archival photos.

This detailed combat history sheds light on the significant yet overlooked guerilla campaigns in what would become Angola and Guinea-Bissou.

"e;You'll learn what these pilots went through knowing that their actions or reactions could trigger a global nuclear war.

A bomb-disposal expert shares stories from conflict zones ranging from the Falklands to Kosovo to Iraq.

A memoir of the First World War from the rare perspective of an engineer.

How superpower interests and Cold War politics exacerbated a war in Africa that left millions dead or displaced.

The first comprehensive technical history on the subject, with photos: "e;A must-read for all professionals, designers and scholars of modern submarines.

A complete guide to the WWI uniforms and equipment of RFC pilots and airmen-fully illustrated with color photos.

A historian's overview of Czechoslovakia's Alexander Dubcek, the Prague Spring of 1968, and the Warsaw Pact Invasion.

This expert study of the U.

This expert study of the U.

"e;An enjoyable ramble .

A history of the "e;secret war"e; in Southeast Asia in which nearly three million tons of bombs decimated a newly independent nation.

The author of the bestselling Secret SAS Missions in Africa and its sequel, SAS Action in Africa,continues the fight againstcommunist terrorist groups.

Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.

The action-packed biography of a British intelligence officer who took part in major political events of the 20th Century before and during the Cold War.

The action-packed biography of a British intelligence officer who took part in major political events of the 20th Century before and during the Cold War.

A memoir of the First World War from the rare perspective of an engineer.

A guide that blends the history behind this Soviet, Cold War-era battle tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts.

A guide that blends the history behind this Soviet, Cold War-era battle tank with resources for military vehicle modeling enthusiasts.

A fast-paced short history that moves between London, Washington, and Cairo to reveal the crisis that brought down a prime minister.

Portugal was the first European country to colonize Africa.

A historian's overview of Czechoslovakia's Alexander Dubcek, the Prague Spring of 1968, and the Warsaw Pact Invasion.

A historian seeks to answer "e;What created Hitler's Germany?

The story of one British mother's desperate search for her son's remains after he was killed in action during World War I.

The story of one British mother's desperate search for her son's remains after he was killed in action during World War I.

A fast-paced short history that moves between London, Washington, and Cairo to reveal the crisis that brought down a prime minister.

An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris.

Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.

A complete guide to the WWI uniforms and equipment of RFC pilots and airmen-fully illustrated with color photos.

"e;The author delivers in fine detail, supported by excellent appendices and notes, the role of officers and men in the defense of the Dardanelles.

This behind-the-scenes account of a USAF career is "e;an absorbing read, written with the classic humor fighter pilots seem to have"e; (Flight Line Book Review).

The first comprehensive technical history on the subject, with photos: "e;A must-read for all professionals, designers and scholars of modern submarines.

A historian seeks to answer "e;What created Hitler's Germany?

An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris.

"e;Brings us into the back seat of these remarkable British aircraft and provides insights unavailable until now .

A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper.

This WWI military history presents a detailed account of the third Battle of Ypres, in the Belgian village of Passchendaele, from the German perspective.

After the Second World War, the Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals to the ends of the earth.

This book is a comprehensive historical study of the Bolshevik system of ideological and political indoctrination of a substantial number of Chinese revolutionaries, who studied in Comintern international institutions in Soviet Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 to the Great Terror of the late 1930s.

This book is a comprehensive historical study of the Bolshevik system of ideological and political indoctrination of a substantial number of Chinese revolutionaries, who studied in Comintern international institutions in Soviet Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 to the Great Terror of the late 1930s.

Die Schlachten des 20.

Die Schlachten des 20.

This book investigates the architectural history of China in the Mao era (1949-1976), focusing on the rise of modernism in the last seven years of the Cultural Revolution from 1969 to 1976.