Fugitives
A History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold War
ISBN: PB: 9781911723868,
ISBN: HB: 9781787385900,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2024
448 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 19 illus.
448 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm, 19 illus.
From Spain to Syria, the thrilling, untold history of Nazi fugitives turned postwar agents – for America, the Soviets, the Third World, or themselves.
After the Second World War, the Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals "to the ends of the eart...
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14.99 GBP
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18.99 GBP
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Diplomatic Gifts
A History in Fifty Presents
ISBN: HB: 9781787386457,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2022
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
A lavishly illustrated history of diplomatic gifts, from the infamous Trojan Horse to the much-loved Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square.
Gifts have been part of international relations since ancient times. They can serve as tokens of friendship, a...
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25.00 GBP
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Critical Muslim, Volume 39
World Order
ISBN: PB: 9781787385511,
Hurst Publishers,
August 2021
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
"Critical Muslim" is a quarterly magazine of ideas and issues, presenting Muslim perspectives on the great debates of our times.
It is a tragedy that we only appreciate what has already been lost – this is where the concept of a "world order" firs...
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19.99 GBP
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History's Fools
The Pursuit of Idealism and the Revenge of Politics
ISBN: HB: 9781787382008,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2020
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A tale of Western liberal hubris and our failure to escape from history.
The end of the Cold War announced a new world order. Liberal democracy prevailed, ideological conflict abated, and world politics set off for the promised land of a secular,...
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30.00 GBP
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Dark Path to Freedom
Rusi Nazar, from the Red Army to the CIA
ISBN: HB: 9781849046978,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2017
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Born in Margilan, Central Asia on the eve of the Russian Revolution of 1917, Rusi Nazar had one of the most exciting lives of the twentieth century. Charming, intellectually brilliant and passionately committed to the liberation of Central Asia fro...
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25.00 GBP
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British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
A History, 1838-1956
ISBN: HB: 9781849046336,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2016
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
After West Indian slavery was abolished in 1833, the anti-slavery campaign turned to the wider world and the goal of Universal Emancipation. Veteran agitators Joseph Sturge, Lord Brougham and John Scoble launched the British and Foreign Anti-Slaver...
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45.00 GBP
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Civilisation of Perpetual Movement
Nomadism in World Politics
ISBN: HB: 9781849043984,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2016
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
From the Chinese Emperors to the Romans and the Byzantines, from British Foreign Office agents in the Great Game to today's hippies, backpackers and aid workers, a long line of 'civilised', sedentary, peoples have again and again misunderstood noma...
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20.00 GBP
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