For sale in CIS only! This book traces the long history of Iran's wars, and the evolution of the Islamic Republic's military trajectory since 1979. Ahmed Hashim draws on Farsi, Arabic and European sources to explore Iran's efforts to create modern a...

For sale in CIS only! The end of the Cold War and the (then) receding threat of global nuclear conflagration were meant to usher in a 'peace dividend': concomitantly warfare would decline as states devoted themselves to making money and providing fo...

For sale in CIS only! A disturbing account of how Russia is seeking to remake occupied Ukraine in its own image, once and for all. In September 2022, at a grandiose ceremony in the Kremlin, President Putin announced the incorporation into the Russ...

For sale in CIS only! A no-holds-barred account of how German society struggles with its colonial legacy. From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in G...

For sale in CIS only! A revealing new history of India's faltering attempts to exert control over its eastern hinterland and the neighbouring states of Bangladesh and Myanmar. India's near east encompasses Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Indian states...

For sale in CIS only! A poignant portrait of a decade of transformative change, chronicling how ordinary Britons confronted crisis, braved misfortune and found their place in the postwar world. For the British people, 1947 was a momentous year. Fo...

For sale in CIS only! Montenegro was admitted to the UN as its 192nd member in June 2006, thus recovering the independence it had lost nearly ninety years earlier at the Versailles Peace Conference. This is the first full-length history of the count...

For sale in CIS only! Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark realities of Empire and the true historian's importance for democracy, amid history's appropriation by apologists, racists and culture warriors. "The Truth About Empire" comes from expe...

For sale in CIS only! A critical analysis of how global special forces can and should evolve into a future-ready capability, responding to today's post-War on Terror challenges. The moment in the sun for special operations sometimes appears to hav...

For sale in CIS only! The history of an Indian vision for Asian peace, driven by the energy of Prime Minister Nehru and the pressures of the early Cold War. This book sheds light on a neglected aspect of India's Cold War diplomacy, starting with t...