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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael s farbman”
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  • Russia

    And the Struggle for Peace

    by Michael S. Farbman ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Russian Revolution
    Written in 1918, this volume attempts to give an un-biased account of the Russian Revolution and what it stood for, by asking to what extent the Revolution was the result of the War and how far the struggle for peace which followed the Revolution was inherent in it. It discusses whether or not the peace policy of the revolutionary democracy expressed the true purpose of Russia at the time or were ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

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  • The Feud

    Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

    by Alex Beam ...
    The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their friendship in a fit of mutual pique and egomania.In 1940, Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, introducing him to every editor of note, assigning him book reviews ... Read more

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  • Revolution in Danger

    Writings from Russia 1919–1921

    by Victor Serge ...
    The author of Memoirs of a Revolutionary brings to life the unwavering commitment of red Petrograd during some of the Russian Revolution's darkest hours.Upon arrival in Petrograd in 1919, Victor Serge—the great chronicler of the Russian Revolution—found a society nearly shredded to ribbons by civil war. Threatened on all sides by invading armies from fourteen countries, and attacked from within by ... Read more

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  • How Russia Really Works

    The Informal Practices That Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business

    by Alena V. Ledeneva ...
    Series series Culture and Society after Socialism
    During the Soviet era, blat—the use of personal networks for obtaining goods and services in short supply and for circumventing formal procedures—was necessary to compensate for the inefficiencies of socialism. The collapse of the Soviet Union produced a new generation of informal practices. In How Russia Really Works, Alena V. Ledeneva explores practices in politics, business, media, and the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Lenin's Last Struggle

    by Moshe Lewin ...
    Series series Ann Arbor Paperbacks For The Study Of Russian And Soviet History And Politics
    One of the great political strategists of his era, V. I. Lenin continues to attract historical interest, yet his complex personality eludes full understanding. This new edition of Moshe Lewin's classic political biography, including an afterword by the author, suggests new approaches for studying the Marxist visionary and founder of the Soviet state. Lenin's Last Struggle offers invaluable ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • How United States Shot Humanity: Muslims Ruined; Europe Next

    by Ashish Shukla ...
    Most of us are baffled.(a) There is practically no al-Qaeda in Afghanistan then why United States is not leaving the opium rich and strategically vital mountainous country in a hurry.(b) Al-Qaeda never attacks Israel though as champion of Islam you would think the Jewish nation ought to be its first target.(c) United States launched "War on Drugs" in 1971. It heralded "War on Terrorism" in 2001. ... Read more

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  • The Russian Anarchists

    by Paul Avrich ...
    Paul Avrich’s The Russian Anarchists records the history and ideas of Russian anarchism from the 19th century through to its brutal suppression by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s. All the major personalities are discussed in detail: Bakunin, Kropotkin, Baron, Rogdaev, Chernyi, Makhno, Volin, Shapiro, Maksimov. The well-documented study includes comprehensive end notes, a chronology and an annotated ... Read more

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  • Taming the Wild Field

    Colonization and Empire on the Russian Steppe

    by Willard Sunderland ...
    Stretching from the tributaries of the Danube to the Urals and from the Russian forests to the Black and Caspian seas, the vast European steppe has for centuries played very different roles in the Russian imagination. To the Grand Princes of Kiev and Muscovy, it was the "wild field," a region inhabited by nomadic Turko-Mongolic peoples who repeatedly threatened the fragile Slavic settlements to ... Read more

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  • Ruling Russia

    Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society

    Edited by William Alex Pridemore ...
    Law, crime, and justice are among the most salient issues in any country. This is especially true for a transitional nation like Russia that is facing tremendous social, political, and economic changes, many of which create conditions conducive to crime. These ongoing changes have had profound effects on every major social institution in the country, and the transition from totalitarianism and a ... Read more

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  • Gebirgsjäger vs Soviet Sailor

    Arctic Circle 1942–44

    by David Greentree ...
    Series Book 30 - Combat
    In 1941–44, Nazi Germany's Gebirgsjäger - elite mountain troops - clashed repeatedly with land-based units of the Soviet Navy during the mighty struggle on World War II's Eastern Front.Formed into naval infantry and naval rifle brigades, some 350,000 of Stalin's sailors would serve the Motherland on land, playing a key role in the defence of Moscow, Leningrad, and Sevastopol. The Gebirgsjäger, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Eyewitness in the Crimea

    The Crimean War Letters of Lieutenant Colonel George Frederick Dallas

    Edited by Michael Hargreave Mawson ...
    Provides access to the thoughts of an officer at the forefront of the fighting in the Crimea. By turns gripping and analytical, colorful and bleak, the letters of George Frederick Dallas create an honest portrait of a war fought against a backdrop of terrible neglect. ... Read more

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  • Motherland

    Russia in the Twentieth Century

    by David R. Marples ...
    Motherland tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. From Lenin's virtual coup in November 1917 to Boris Yeltsin's ruthless takeover of power in 1991, the book culminates with a new view of the Yeltsin years.David Marples focuses on the evolution of Russia during the Soviet period, and the attempt to harness Russian nationalism to the avowed Soviet mission of promoting ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD