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  • North Korea on the Brink

    Struggle For Survival

    by James Glyn Ford, Soyoung Kwon ...
    North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but is the country really a threat to the rest of the world?This accessible introduction examines the country's history and focuses on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for the controversial missile defence system. It also shows what the EU can ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Korean War: History in an Hour

    by Andrew Mulholland ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Forgotten Ally

    China's World War II, 1937–1945

    by Rana Mitter ...
    A history of the Chinese experience in WWII, named a Book of the Year by both the Economist and the Financial Times: "Superb" ( The New York Times Book Review).In 1937, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, Chinese troops clashed with Japanese occupiers in the first battle of World War II. Joining with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, China became the fourth great ally in ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Penguin History of Modern China

    The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 - 2009

    by Jonathan Fenby ...
    'China's reemergence as a global economic powerhouse has compressed into a single generation an industrial and urban revolution on a scale the world has never seen. Its transformation looks to many foreigners, and to millions of newly prosperous Chinese, like a near-miraculous escape from the agonies of its recent history - late imperial, warlord-republican and Maoist. The great merit of Jonathan ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Nixon in China

    The Week That Changed The World

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China. His historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Chiang Kai Shek

    China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost

    by Jonathan Fenby ...
    "A welcome reassessment of one of the most important and controversial leaders of the 20th century." — Christian Science MonitorWith a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this indispensable biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China's generalissimo as it reevaluates his brave but unfulfilled life ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea

    The Unending Conflict in Korea

    by Sheila Miyoshi Jager ...
    A major historical account of the Korean War, its origins, and its evolving impact on the world.Sixty years after North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea, the Korean War has not yet ended. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents the first comprehensive history of this misunderstood war, one that risks involving the world’s superpowers—again. Her sweeping narrative ranges from the ... Read more

    $20.59 CAD

  • Generalissimo

    Chiang Kai-shek and the China He Lost

    by Jonathan Fenby ...
    Chiang Kai-shek was the man who lost China to the Communists. As leader of the nationalist movement, the Kuomintang, Chiang established himself as head of the government in Nanking in 1928. Yet although he laid claim to power throughout the 1930s and was the only Chinese figure of sufficient stature to attend a conference with Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War, his desire for ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Beyond NATO

    A New Security Architecture for Eastern Europe

    by Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    Series series The Marshall Papers
    In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O'Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia. He believes NATO expansion has gone far enough. The core concept of this new security architecture would be one of permanent neutrality. The countries ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Russia's Road to War with Ukraine

    Invasion amidst the ashes of empires

    by Samir Puri ...
    "We don't yet know where the current battle is headed. But Puri's 'first cut' will help us greatly in fathoming how we got here." – Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham***When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many in the West were left stunned at his act of brutal imperialism. To those who had been paying attention, however, the warning ... Read more

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  • Blue Helmets and Black Markets

    The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo

    by Peter Andreas ...
    The 1992–1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of aid workers, UN soldiers, journalists, smugglers, and embargo-busters. The city took center stage under an intense global media spotlight, becoming the most visible face of post-Cold War conflict and humanitarian intervention. However, some critical ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Fools' Crusade

    Yugoslavia, NATO and Western Delusions

    by Diana Johnstone ...
    In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the centre left for war as an instrument of policy.Thanks to massive deception and self-deception by media and politicians, even the anti-globalisation movement failed to grasp the implications of the aggressive military globalisation pursued by the United ... Read more

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