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Hubris

The American Origins of Russia's War against Ukraine

by Jonathan Haslam ...

A leading expert on US-Russian relations reveals how the United States and its European allies set the course for the war in Ukraine—and offers a sobering indictment of American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 should not have taken the world by surprise. The attack escalated a war that began in 2014 with the Russian ... Read more

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A leading expert on US-Russian relations reveals how the United States and its European allies set the course for the war in Ukraine—and offers a sobering indictment of American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union.Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 should not have taken the world by surprise. The attack escalated a war that began in 2014 with the Russian
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The Spectre of War

International Communism and the Origins of World War II

by Jonathan Haslam ...

Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread ... Read more

$23.09 USD

A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread
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Near and Distant Neighbors

A New History of Soviet Intelligence

by Jonathan Haslam ...

A revelatory and pathbreaking account of the highly secretive world of the Soviet intelligence servicesA uniquely comprehensive and rich account of the Soviet intelligence services, Jonathan Haslam's Near and Distant Neighbors charts the labyrinthine story of Soviet intelligence from the October Revolution to the end of the Cold War.Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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A revelatory and pathbreaking account of the highly secretive world of the Soviet intelligence servicesA uniquely comprehensive and rich account of the Soviet intelligence services, Jonathan Haslam's Near and Distant Neighbors charts the labyrinthine story of Soviet intelligence from the October Revolution to the end of the Cold War.Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military
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The Spectre of War

International Communism and the Origins of World War II

by Jonathan Haslam ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

17 hours 41 min

The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread connecting them all: the fear of Communism prevalent across continents during the interwar period. Marshalling ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread connecting them all: the fear of Communism prevalent across continents during the interwar period. Marshalling
... Read more
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Near and Distant Neighbors

A New History of Soviet Intelligence

by Jonathan Haslam ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

Unabridged

14 hours 55 min

Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military intelligence and the special service—which specialized in codes and ciphers—lurking in the shadows. Drawing on previously neglected Russian sources, Haslam reveals how both were in fact crucial to the survival of the Soviet state. This was especially true after Stalin's death in 1953, as the Cold War heated up and dedicated Communist ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Previous histories have focused on the KGB, leaving military intelligence and the special service—which specialized in codes and ciphers—lurking in the shadows. Drawing on previously neglected Russian sources, Haslam reveals how both were in fact crucial to the survival of the Soviet state. This was especially true after Stalin's death in 1953, as the Cold War heated up and dedicated Communist
... Read more

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Hubris

The American Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine

by Jonathan Haslam ...

Narrated by Jonathan Haslam ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

A leading expert on US-Russian relations reveals how the United States and its European allies set the course for the war in Ukraine—and offers a sobering indictment of American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union.Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 should not have taken the world by surprise. The attack escalated a war that began in 2014 with the Russian ... Read more

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A leading expert on US-Russian relations reveals how the United States and its European allies set the course for the war in Ukraine—and offers a sobering indictment of American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union.Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 should not have taken the world by surprise. The attack escalated a war that began in 2014 with the Russian
... Read more

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Secret Intelligence in the European States System, 1918-1989

Edited by Jonathan Haslam, Karina Urbach ...

The history of secret intelligence, like secret intelligence itself, is fraught with difficulties surrounding both the reliability and completeness of the sources, and the motivations behind their release—which can be the product of ongoing propaganda efforts as well as competition among agencies. Indeed, these difficulties lead to the Scylla and Charybdis of overestimating the importance of ... Read more

$67.99 USD

The history of secret intelligence, like secret intelligence itself, is fraught with difficulties surrounding both the reliability and completeness of the sources, and the motivations behind their release—which can be the product of ongoing propaganda efforts as well as competition among agencies. Indeed, these difficulties lead to the Scylla and Charybdis of overestimating the importance of
... Read more
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The Cattle King

by Ion Idriess ...

Narrated by Roger Cardwell, Chris Pitman, Henry Salter, Patrick Frost, Judy Dick, Tony Haslam, Ted Hodgeman, Jonathan Leigh, Bob Vale, Peter Goerecke, Kathryn Fisher, Ian Boyle, Adrian Shirley ...

Unabridged

2 hours 52 min

At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune
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Adopting Posie

by Iris Keen, Kevin Haslam ...

Illustrated by Jonathan Seibel ...

Excited about her first day at her new school, Posie quickly realizes she's not like the other students. Posie continues to go through the growing pains of trying to make friends and fit in until one day she has the opportunity to celebrate her differences with her classmates. Can Posie teach her classmates what adoption means? ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Excited about her first day at her new school, Posie quickly realizes she's not like the other students. Posie continues to go through the growing pains of trying to make friends and fit in until one day she has the opportunity to celebrate her differences with her classmates. Can Posie teach her classmates what adoption means?
... Read more
Neptune's Fortune

The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire

by Julian Sancton ...

The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth“Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert guide through eighteenth-century European geopolitics [and] modern marine archaeology.”—The Wall Street ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk off the coast of Colombia with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth“Splendid . . . Sancton is an expert guide through eighteenth-century European geopolitics [and] modern marine archaeology.”—The Wall Street
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The Red Atlas

How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World

by John Davies, Alexander J. Kent ...

The "utterly fascinating" untold story of Soviet Russia's global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian).From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have ... Read more

$20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The "utterly fascinating" untold story of Soviet Russia's global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian).From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have
... Read more
Reaganland

America's Right Turn 1976-1980

by Rick Perlstein ...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKFrom the bestselling author of Nixonland**,** The Invisible Bridge**, and** Before the Storm comes the dramatic conclusion of how modern conservatism took control of American political power.Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emergi... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKFrom the bestselling author of Nixonland**,** The Invisible Bridge**, and** Before the Storm comes the dramatic conclusion of how modern conservatism took control of American political power.Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emergi...
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Also available as: Audiobook