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Africa

Snedden Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9781849043427, Hurst Publishers, August 2015
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) – popularly called 'Kashmir' – and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India...

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Africa

Unpopular Sovereignty Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization

White Luise

ISBN: PB: 9780226235196, ISBN: HB: 9780226235059, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones

In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia (after 1980 Zimbabwe) issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. In doing so, Rhodesia became the exception, if not anathema, to...

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Africa

Understanding Namibia The Trials of Independence

Melber Henning

ISBN: PB: 9781849044110, ISBN: HB: 9781849044127, Hurst Publishers, December 2014
240 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism – the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scen...

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Current Affairs

Military

Useful Enemies When Waging Wars is More Important Than Winning Them

Keen David

ISBN: PB: 9780300205435, Yale University Press, October 2014
320 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "war on drugs" and a "war on terror" that continues to rage a decade after 9/11. Why is this, when we know how destructiv...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Units, No. 07 JG 53 "Pik As" - The Ace of Spades

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878949, Casemate, Kagero, February 2014
28 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 41 archive photos, 4 painting schemes, 10 throws of painting schemes

Not for sale in Poland! The book presents the history and combat operations of JG 53 "Pik As" – one of the Luftwaffe's most famous fighter wings. A collection of forty original photographs is supplemented by a list of all JG 53 commanders, details...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Units, No. 06 JG 26 "Schlageter"

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878819, Casemate, Kagero, October 2013
28 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 40 archive photos, 4 painting schemes, 10 views, decals with markings in 3 scales

Not for sale in Poland! The sixth title in the series is devoted to the history of JG 26 "Schlageter". The 28 page book with English text contains a chronological overview of the unit's activities, which is supplemented with 41 photos and colour pr...

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Units, No. 05 JG 2. Jagdgeschwader "Richthofen"

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878703, Casemate, Kagero, July 2013
28 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 43 archive photos, 4 painting schemes

Not for sale in Poland! The 28 page book with English text contains a chronological overview of the unit's activities, which is supplemented with 43 photos, tables of unit commanders and planes used, as well as colour profiles of 4 aircraft. A bri...

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America

Up North St. Louis's Summer Colonies on Lake Huron in the Golden Age of Travel

Brookes Douglas Scott

ISBN: PB: 9781883982744, University of Chicago Press, Missouri Historical Society Press, May 2013
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 tables, 1 map, 80 halftones

For everyone from school age to professional, there is no greater pleasure than the summer vacation, the chance to pack our suitcases and escape from workaday life and domestic chores; we look forward to it during the long slog and count down the day...

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Aviation

Modelling - Military Drawings

Units, No. 02 JG 54. Green Heart Fighters

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878437, Casemate, Kagero, March 2013
32 pp., 29.7x21 cm, fully illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Poland! Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) Grunherz (Green Hearts) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during the Second World War. It was known as the Green Hearts Wing, and it was the second highest scoring wing of all time, JG 52 being the highe...

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Units, No. 3 St.G 2 "Immelmann"

Murawski Marek J.

ISBN: PB: 9788362878512, Casemate, Kagero, March 2013
32 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 51 archive photos, 8 colour profiles

Not for sale in Poland! Named after first German World War I flying ace, Max Immelmann, in 1939 Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2) Immelmann was a Luftwaffe Dive bomber-wing of World War II. The unit was originally formed as Fliegergruppe Schwerin in 1...

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