From Publishers Weekly: Its first half is a narrative and analysis of the military campaign that overthrew Saddam Hussein's government in three weeks during the spring of 2003. Clark, a highly visible commentator during the operation, describes the U.S. ability to synchronize firepower and maneuvers as decisive in crushing an Iraqi army whose fighting power had been significantly...

A sociological investigation of social and economic inequality among ethnic groups in Russia. The authors examine the historical perspective from the days of the Soviet Union to the present. It also examines religious differences and gender issues. Includes a detailed look at Sakha (Yakutia), Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

The first book in the series Truths and Falsehoods of Russian reforms is devoted to Russian economic thought, determined by three main figures of political economy: I.T.Pososhkova (1670-1726), V.N.Maykova (1823-1847) and Fedorov (1927-2000).

The book covers the Near and Middle East, South and Central Asia.

The author examines the history of Russian/Soviet trade and economic cooperation with Turkey. The book covers both the Tsarist period of the last 19th century, trade with the new Turkish Republic and the USSR and from 1991-2001.

The author examines the causes behind the economic crises of Russia in the 1990s - which he terms the great post-Soviet depression.

Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been forthright in its isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model....

Dinamika i mekhanizmy etnopoliticheskikh protsessov v postsovetskoi Rossii

This volume is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation.

The author was the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times from 1976-1982. His book is about the collapse of the USSR and highlights leaders from Brezhnev to Gorbachev.