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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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Aviation

Military

Gator on the Rise Kamov's Hokum Attack Helicopter Story 1977-2015

Mladenov Alexander

ISBN: PB: 9781911096450, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
144 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 150 colour photos, 110 black&white photos

The Kamov Ka-50 (NATO codename Hokum) was developed as a new-generation heavily-armoured attack helicopter – originally conceived as a one-to-one replacement of the Mi-24 Hind. The programme was launched at the Moscow-based Kamov Experimental Design...

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Military

Glories to Useless Heroism The Seven Years' War in North America from the French Journals of Comte Maures De Malartic, 1755-1760

Raffle William

ISBN: PB: 9781911512196, Casemate, Helion and Company, February 2017
256 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 8 maps

"These are the facts and notes taken by a soldier on campaign, written daily, sometimes in a tent, sometimes in a canoe, today in the presence of the enemy, tomorrow in conference with a tribe of savages". This succinct description is taken from the...

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America

General

Get Out of My Room! A History of Teen Bedrooms in America

Reid Jason

ISBN: HB: 9780226409214, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones

Teenage life is tough. You're at the mercy of parents, teachers, and siblings, all of whom insist on continuing to treat you like a kid and refuse to leave you alone. So what do you do when it all gets to be too much? You retreat to your room (and ma...

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Middle East

Political Science

Gateways to the World Port Cities in the Persian Gulf

Kamrava Mehran

ISBN: PB: 9781849045636, Hurst Publishers, December 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Persian Gulf region has become home to some of the world's fastest growing, most impressive cities, many of them with global aspirations. "Gateways to the World" presents an in-depth, systematic, and multi-disciplinary appr...

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Africa

Guinea Masks, Music and Minerals

Posthumus Bram

ISBN: PB: 9781849043694, Hurst Publishers, December 2016
240 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Guinea is rich, both materially and culturally, with the world's largest bauxite reserves, gold, diamonds and iron ore. It abounds in culture and traditions and has a remarkable, if often turbulent, history. Guinea is also exce...

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Military

Biography & Memoires

General and the President MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

Brands H. W.

ISBN: HB: 9780385540575, Casemate, Presidio Press, November 2016
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, illus.

From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the post-World War II order....

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World

Gathering the Ashes

Nagar Amritlal

ISBN: HB: 9780857423924, Seagull Books, November 2016
396 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 8 halftones

Most discussions of India's First War of Independence from British colonial rule in 1857 have centered on the role played by the Mughal emperor, the nawab of Awadh, and other sundry members of mostly urban nobility. What has remained missing from thi...

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Military

Gallipoli An Australian Medical Perspective

Tyquin Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781921941863, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
140 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm

To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive – to arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers. As history shows us, the maintenance of health in any army is a key factor in warfare. In many respects the Gallipoli campaign w...

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Military

Greece February to April 1941

Tyquin Michael

ISBN: PB: 9781922132611, Casemate, Big Sky Publishing, October 2016
160 pp., 24.7x17.5 cm

As with the failed attempt to seize the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915, the allied campaign to assist Greece against a seemingly invincible German juggernaut was poorly conceived and probably doomed even as plans were made to assist that country. Like a...

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