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Maoism: A Global History
$15.00
Author: Julia Lovell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 Winner of the 2019 Cundill History Prize "Revelatory and instructive . . . [a] beautifully written and accessible book" -The Times...
A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
$15.00
Author: Pico Iyer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 "Arguably the greatest living travel writer" (Outside magazine), Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as...
Sabres on the Steppes: Danger, Diplomacy and Adventure in the Great Game
Author: John Ure Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 340 Back in the day when men were men and Britain ruled the world, the two great world powers went head to...
Great State: China and the World
$15.00
Author: Timothy Brook Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The world-renowned scholar and author of Vermeer's Hat does for China what Mary Beard did for Rome in SPQR: Timothy Brook...
The General vs. the President: Macarthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
Author: H.W. Brands Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world....
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam
$12.00
Author: Brian Vandemark Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 656 "The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the...
The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan
Author: Elliot Ackerman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its...
Song Full Of Tears: Nine Centuries Of Chinese Life Around Xiang Lake
Author: R. Keith Schoppa Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life...
Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953
Author: Charles J. Hanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply...
A Brief History of Khubilai Khan
Author: Jonathan Clements Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of...
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
Author: Jeevan Vasagar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita...
Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War
Author: James Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of...
A Christmas Far from Home: An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War
Author: Stanley Weintraub Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In the tradition of his Silent Night and Pearl Harbor Christmas , historian Stanley Weintraub presents another gripping narrative...
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
Author: Tracy Walder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink...
The Hunt: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Catch a Taliban Warlord
Author: Andy McNab Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 From master storyteller Andy McNab, this is the opening book in an adventure-filled and action-packed new series telling, for the first...
The Dragon's Teeth: The Chinese People's Liberation Army - its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century
Author: Benjamin Lai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People's Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wrecked society after years of...
The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region
Author: Michael R. Auslin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 An urgently needed "risk map" of the many dangers that could derail Asia's growth and stability "A point-by-point debunking of...