For sale in CIS only! War in Afghanistan will never be understood without getting to grips with the small places – the provinces, districts, and villages – where most of the fighting occurred, away from the cities, in hundreds of hamlets, valleys, a...

On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian man set himself on fire after the police seized the vegetable cart by which he earned his living. This single act by an unknown figure sent a wave of revolt through the Arab world. It led to the overthrow of governmen...

This book is unique amongst all volumes on German fortifications of the Second World War, in that it was written by the German forces themselves. It is the ultimate guide to their defensive planning and mindset. The Channel Islands of Guernsey and J...

Not for sale in Poland! Camouflage history has always been a fascinating topic for modelers. This series shows not only how specific vehicles or aircraft were painted, but also enables the reader to finish their model of to a very high standard by...

Not for sale in Poland! This series focuses on armour, armoured vehicles and artillery. Every book contains a chapter chronicling the design's history, plenty of drawings in modelling scales, colour plates presenting camouflaging schemes and a mode...

In his historical series Hinze provides the only comprehensive account of events on the central and southern portions of the German Eastern Front during the years of German retreat. This volume covers events on the southern portion of the Eastern Fro...

In this incisive look at early modern views of party politics, Harvey C. Mansfield examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St. John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In response to works...

During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory – ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. In this incis...

In "Change", Mo Yan – China's foremost novelist – personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in a novella disguised as autobiography (or vice-versa). Unlike most historical narratives from China, which are...

For sale in CIS only! For close to sixty years Afghanistan was one of the largest recipients of foreign development aid and yet it remains one of the poorest countries on the planet. The Soviet Union pro- vided Afghanistan with large-scale economic...