Last of Africa's Cold War Conflicts. Portuguese Guinea and its Guerilla Insurgency, Hardback - Al J Venter

Set against the back-drop of the Cold War, Al Venter examines the Soviet-led guerrilla conflict in Portuguese Guinea which sought to expel the Port...

A detailed examination of the events before and after the Battle of Angola, with several chapters covering the colonial struggle between Africa and...

Al-Qaeda, through its surrogate insurgent force al-Shabaab remains a major player in Somalia, receiving its support from Iran, today a close ally o...

Insurgencies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere-the majority linked to al Qaeda-are in the news on an almost daily basis. But very li...

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DescriptionOne of the great tragedies of Africa is not only the fact that a million people - mostly civilians and a large proportion of them childr...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Benedicte SavoyIllustration(s): 11 color + 6 b/w illus.Translator: Susanne Meyer-AbichNumber of pag...

This is the story of an ordinary cold war fighter pilot, with campaigns from an air viewpoint, showing detail of how we lost parts of our Empire.Pu...

Reducere. A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestsell...

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they sh...

Rough Draft draws the curtain on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service during the Vietnam War. Amy J. Rutenberg argues that policy...

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After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

Reducere. DescriptionThis special re-print edition of the USDA's book "The Guinea Fowl And Its For Use For Food" contains a treasure trove of information on ...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Radio technology and broadcasting played a central role in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, ...

This unique archaeological account from Nicholas Saunders tells the story of the origins of modern guerrilla warfare during the Arab Revolt of 1916...

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.Illu...

A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Mar...

Reducere. Description Not Only War: A Story of Two Great Conflicts is the only World War I novel written by an African American veteran. In the book, Montgom...

Experts analyse the impact of World War II on individual countries and regions, and how its legacy continues to shape political and military thinki...

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mo...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingAuthor(s): Philip BirtlesIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 261 x 209 x...

This is the story of West Malling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War.

Reducere. The WWII-era Art of Guerilla Warfare was a short training pamphlet which informed and influenced the guerrilla warfare training programs for: Briti...

Publisher: Linden Publishing Co IncIllustration(s): 41 b/w photosNumber of pages: 244Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 185 x 261 x 24Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. In this prequel to the bestselling Murder in Samarkand, Craig Murray describes how he discovered the dark heart at the centre of Tony Blair's shiny...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): James A. FokNumber of pages: 512Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 37Cover type: HardbackRede...

Study of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasn't fought. The reality, of course, is that many 'hot' conflicts did occur, some with ...

In an original study of civilian support for the jihadi insurgency in the Russian North Caucasus in Dagestan, this Element that assesses theories a...

The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pie...

The Cold War started in 1945 and continued to cast gloom over the world until 1991. There are many books written about that time, but few describe ...

Twelve Japanese scholars of American studies tell their stories of how they encountered ""America"" and came to dedicate their careers to studying ...

Investigates the intertwining of fiction, documentary and memory in filmPublisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Maurizio CinquegraniIllustr...

DescriptionThis is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country th...

In this ground-breaking and fascinating book, Duncan White illuminates a period in history in which literature became one of the most potent of wea...

The first comprehensive study of the history of the Chinese Communist Party's science diplomacy. Based on a wide range of archival research, includ...

The United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan have danced on the knife's edge of war for more than seventy years. By mapping the hi...