The 1930s and early 1940s were years of ideological agitation and propaganda inside the USSR, preparing the population for war. How effective was this campaign once war did break out?

The book, published by IMEMO RAN, analyzes the concept of national security in China as it seeks to rapidly integrate into the global economy and become an international player. Chapters examine: energy security, ecologic security, military doctrine in the age of globalization. Other chapters examine China's relations with the EU, the USA, Shanghai Treaty Organization and more.

Published in the series 'Unofficial History of Russia,' this book covers the period of Russian history from 1825-1870. The author weaves many different sources into a rich and original interpretation of Russia. The critical years in this book see both a consolidation of political power and the first real attempts at reform.

1956 is the middle of the Soviet era. Thirty-four years separate it from the creation of the USSR, thirty-four - from its collapse. The history of 1956 itself, even taken out of historical context, is plot-wise complete - it begins with the 20th Congress, ends with the resolution on the fight against the enemy's tail; begins with the liberation of the camps, ends with the appearance of new...

The author details in his book the little studied southern front in the early days of the Russian Civil War and the tragic destiny of the military commander I L Sorokin. Sorokin, who was the Commander in Chief of the Red Army in the Northern Caucasus would end up deleted from Soviet history or painted as a traitor to the revolution.

The authors of this book examine the historic period of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which saw the Communist regimes of Central and SE Europe being overthrown.

The book, a collection of scholarly articles, edited by Russia's leading demographer, is the first major demographic history of Russia in the 20th century. The articles are based on a vast statistical database and the books offers many tables and graphs.

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From Publishers Weekly. A lively, fact-packed account of China's spectacular, 30-year transformation from economic shambles following Mao's Cultural Revolution to burgeoning market superpower, this book offers a torrent of statistics, case studies and anecdotes to tell a by now familiar but still worrisome story succinctly.