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Armageddon Averted by Stephen Kotkin

Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing the book completely up to date …

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization—in effect a second Russian revolution—which forced millions of peasants off their …

Collapse by Vladislav M. Zubok

In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, …

The Gates of Europe by Serhii Plokhy

As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian …

The Most Controversial Decision by Wilson D. Miscamble (The Cambridge Essential Histories)

"This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the …

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

If you never thought a book could make you quake with fear, prepare yourself for Red Dragon.

For you are …

The War of the World by Niall Ferguson

Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin is a book by Yale historian Timothy D. Snyder that was first published by …

The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep by David Satter

Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?

Is …

The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America is a 2018 book by Timothy Snyder. In it, Snyder explores Russian attempts …

It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway by David Satter