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Hitler at Home

Stratigakos Despina

ISBN: PB: 9780300222920, Yale University Press, May 2017
384 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 13 colour illus., 71 black&white illus.

Adolf Hitler's makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid-1930s. This provocative book exposes the dictator's preoccupation with his private persona, which was shaped by t...

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Current Affairs

Hazaras and the Afghan State Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition

Ibrahimi Niamatullah

ISBN: HB: 9781849047074, Hurst Publishers, May 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Hazaras of Afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. The history of their relationship with the Afghan state has been punctuated by fre...

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Military

High Command British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

Elliott Christopher L.

ISBN: PB: 9781849048132, Hurst Publishers, May 2017
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! From 2001 Britain supported the United States in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Victory" in such conflicts is always hard to gauge and domestic political backing for them was never robust. For this, the governments of Tony Blai...

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Europe

History's Spoiled Children The Formation of the Modern Greek State

Kostis Kostas

ISBN: HB: 9781849048255, Hurst Publishers, May 2017
352 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "History's Spoiled Children" is the story of a small Ottoman province and its transformation into a modern European state. In some respects, the challenges to the formation of the Greek state could be likened to those encounter...

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Military

Hey for Old Robin! The Campaigns and Armies of the Earl of Essex During the First Civil War, 1642-44

Scott Chris, Turton Alan

ISBN: PB: 9781911512219, Casemate, Helion and Company, March 2017
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 70 black&white illus., 8 colour illus.

"Hey For Old Robin!" was the cry of the Earl of Essex's army during the First Civil War as, contrary to modern popular belief, Robert Devereux was well-liked by the men he led. This book fills a gap in the literature of the Civil Wars, taking up the...

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America

Political Science

Hero's Curse The Perpetual Liberation of Venezuela

Norman Kajsa

ISBN: HB: 9781849047951, Hurst Publishers, March 2017
296 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! For nearly two hundred years Venezuela's political leaders have evoked the legacy of their liberator, Bolivar, to stir popular support. While Bolivar's heroic struggle helped free a continent, his affinity for dictatorial rule...

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Political Science

Africa

Horn of Africa State Formation and Decay

Clapham Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781849048286, Hurst Publishers, March 2017
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contempo...

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Military

Honoring Those They Led Decorated Field Commanders of the Third Reich: Command Authorities, Award Parameters, and Ranks

Yerger Mark C., Fiorenza Leslie

ISBN: HB: 9781911512226, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
264 pp., 27.6x21.9 cm, 300 black&white illus.

"Honoring Those They Led" examines specific points and groups within a massive subject; Commanding Generals of WW II German field commands with those primarily studied being among those presented one or more of their highest combat decorations by Ado...

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Africa

History of Borno Trans-Saharan African Empire to Failing Nigerian State

Hiribarren Vincent

ISBN: HB: 9781849044745, Hurst Publishers, February 2017
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Bor...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Hawker Hunters at War Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper Tom, Salti Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9781911096252, Casemate, Helion and Company, December 2016
104 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 113 black&white photos, 12 colour photos, 15 colour profiles

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent manoeuvrability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force. It set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a l...

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