Showdown: The Lithuanian Rebellion and the Breakup of the Soviet Empire 1574880586, 9781574880588

The Collapse of Communism and the Breakup of the Soviet Union [1 ed.] 9781502627261, 9781502627285

When the Soviet Union disintegrated into independent countries, the West hailed the collapse as a victory for democracy.

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Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire 9780297857884

Revolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world. At the start of 19

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Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire 1472142101, 9781472142108

'And now what will become of us without barbarians? Those people were a sort of solution.' 'Waiting for

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Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire 9780804173582

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times From the editor of The New Yorker:

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Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire 9780812207118

Rebellion and Savagery examines the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and its aftermath on an imperial scale. The event marked a t

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Forest Brothers: The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944–1948 9789633863541

An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944–1956. Publis

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The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire 1643133101, 9781643133102

History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians l

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Forest brothers: the account of an anti-Soviet Lithuanian freedom fighter, 1944-1948 9789639776371, 9789639776586

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Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union 9780801455933, 0801455936

When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of th

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Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union 9780801455940

When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of th

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