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Political Science

Guardians of the Arab State When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania

Gaub Florence

ISBN: HB: 9781849046480, Hurst Publishers, March 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Guardians of the Arab State" explains clearly and concisely how and why military organisations become involved in politics across the Middle East and North Africa, identifying four key factors: a high degree of organisational...

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Military

Criminology

Inside the Enemy's Computer Identifying Cyber-Attackers

Guitton Clement

ISBN: HB: 9781849045544, Hurst Publishers, March 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Attribution – tracing those responsible for a cyber attack – is of primary importance when classifying it as a criminal act, an act of war, or an act of terrorism. Three assumptions dominate current thinking: attribution is a t...

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Asia

Ascending India and its State Capacity Extraction, Violence, and Legitimacy

Ganguly Sumit, Thompson William R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300215922, Yale University Press, February 2017
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 30 black&white illus.

A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India's political and economic institutions India's ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolitical ramifications have received much attention in r...

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Military

Britain's Quest for Oil The First World War and the Peace Conferences

Gibson Martin

ISBN: HB: 9781911512073, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
196 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 1 chart, 22 tables, 3 black&white illus.

The First World War showed the vital importance of oil. Use of oil fuelled aircraft, tanks, motor vehicles and especially warships increased greatly during the war. The war made it clear that major powers had to have secure oil supplies. Britain and...

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Military

Modelling - Military Drawings

Super Drawings in 3D Japanese Carrier Shinano

Goralski Waldemar

ISBN: PB: 9788365437174, Casemate, Kagero, February 2017
84 pp., 29.2x21.6 cm, full colour throughout

Not for sale in Poland! On 4 May 1940 the third Yamato-class battleship was laid down at the Navy Shipyard in Yokosuka. It was to be named Shinano, after a province on the Honshu island, in Nagato prefecture. That was also the name of the longest r...

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Anthropology

General

African Futures Essays on Crisis, Emergence, and Possibility

Goldstone Brian, Obarrio Juan

ISBN: PB: 9780226402383, ISBN: HB: 9780226402246, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 1 table

Civil wars, corporate exploitation, AIDS, and Ebola – but also democracy, burgeoning cities, and unprecedented communication and mobility: the future of Africa has never been more uncertain. Indeed, that future is one of the most complex issues in co...

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America

Political Science

President and the Apprentice Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961

Gellman Irwin F.

ISBN: PB: 9780300223521, Yale University Press, January 2017
816 pp., 22.7x14.7 cm, 32 black&white illus.

More than half a century after Eisenhower left office, the history of his presidency is so clouded by myth, partisanship, and outright fraud that most people have little understanding of how Ike's administration worked or what it accomplished. We kno...

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Military

International Civil War Greece, 1943-1949

Gerolymatos Andre

ISBN: PB: 9780300180602, Yale University Press, January 2017
432 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 16 black&white illus.

An authoritative history of the Greek Civil War and its profound influence on American foreign policy and the post-Second World War period In his comprehensive history Andre Gerolymatos demonstrates how the Greek Civil War played a pivotal role in th...

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Military

Captains of the Soul A History of Australian Armu Chaplains

Gladwin Michael

ISBN: HB: 9781922132529, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
412 pp., 23.2x15.5 cm

Known affectionately as "Padres", chaplains have been integral to the Australian Army for a century. From the legendary William "Fighting Mac" McKenzie, whose friendships with diggers in the trenches of Gallipoli and France made him a national figure...

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Military

History

Making Jet Engines in World War II Britain, Germany, and the United States

Giffard Hermione

ISBN: HB: 9780226388595, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 34 halftones, 2 line drawings, 3 tables

Our stories of industrial innovation tend to focus on individual initiative and breakthroughs. With "Making Jet Engines in World War II", Hermione Giffard uses the case of the development of jet engines to offer a different way of understanding techn...

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