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The two volumes of The Russian Experience of War demonstrate the critical significance of the war myth to Russia through primary documents.

Voices of War

The Russian Experience, The Napoleonic Wars to the Twenty-First Century

Introduction Part I: The Nineteenth Century The Napoleonic Wars and their Aftermath Fyodor Glinka, Letters of a Russian Officer (excerpts) Nikolai Gnedich, Introduction to his translation of the Iliad, and from his notebook (excerpts) Denis Davydov Meeting with Field Marshall Count Kamensky (excerpts) The Field of Borodino To Count P. A. Stroganov. For the chekmen' he gave me during the 1810 war in Turkey Soldier Turned Officer: Ivan Nikitich Skobelev A Gift to My Comrades, or The Correspondence of Russian Soldiers in 1812, Published by a Russian Veteran, Ivan Skobelev Pamfilii Nazarov. Memoirs of The Soldier Pamfil Nazarov The Historical Novel: Preface to Zagoskin's Roslavlev, or Russians in 1812 The Caucasus A. S. Griboedov, Predators on the Chegem A. A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, "The Story of an Officer in Captivity among the Mountaineers" (excerpts) Rebellious Officer N. A. Mombelli, On the corporal punishment of a soldier (excerpts from Mombelli's diary) The Crimean War D. Stolypin, "A Night Raid in Sevastopol" Theorist D. A. Miliutin on Suvorov The Russo-Turkish War V. M. Garshin At the First Exhibition of Vereshchagin's Paintings Letters to his Mother Further Reading Notes Part II: The Russo-Japanese War A Chronicle of the War with Japan (excerpts) F. I. Shikuts, Memoir on land war (excerpts) V. S. Kravchenko, Memoirs: The End of the Borodino; Epilogue (excerpts) Further Reading Notes Part III: World War I Anna Akhmatova, "July 1914" N. S. Gumilyov, "The Offensive" M. A. Voloshin, anti-war poem Shtukaturov, Diary (excerpts) V. S. Babadzhan, poem (excerpt) Fyodor Stepun, memoirs and letters (excerpts) K. V. Anan'ev, diary (excerpts) Further Reading Notes Part IV: Revolution and Civil War 1905 P. Ia. Iakubovich, "Red Snow" 1917 Aleksandr Blok, "The Twelve" The Civil War V. V. Mayakovsky, "Vladimir Ilich!" A. A. Ianysheva, My Past Demian Bednyi, "The Red Army Soldier Ivanov" (excerpt) N. N. Turoverov, "Crimea" M. I. Tsvetaeva, "The Demesne of Swans" Further Reading Notes Part V: World War II N. N. Nikulin, Memoirs (excerpts) L. N. Rabichev, Memoirs (excerpts) A. Platonov, "Young Rosa" V. Grossman, "The Soul of a Red Army Man" Further Reading Notes Part VI: The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-1989 E. Evtushenko, "An Afghan Ant" L. L. Molchanov, response to "An Afghan Ant" I. Morozov poem, "Farewell, Mountains" A. Liakhovskii, The Tragedy and the Glory of Afghanistan (excerpts) Further Reading Notes Part VII: The Chechen Wars, 1994-1996, 1999-2009 G. N. Troshev, My War (excerpt) Interview with a Chechen who experienced both wars Further Reading Notes

The Battle That Turned World War II in the East

Burma '44

Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize • Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger is a remarkable book.” —The Atlantic • “Devastating…A universal story that transcends time.” —The New York Times • “Dramatic…a moving narrative.” —The Wall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, “compelling, and exhaustively researched” (The Washington Post) minute-by-minute account of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller. On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in 20th-century history—one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told. Based on extensive archival research and metic­ulous, original reporting, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the accident, and offers a detailed account of the tragedy itself and the inves­tigation afterward. It’s a compelling tale of ambition and ingenuity undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and later hidden from the public. Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program and the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster, as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space. A masterful blend of riveting human drama and fascinating and absorbing science, Challenger identifies a turning point in history—and brings to life an even more complex and astonishing story than we remember.

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Challenger

In the 1880s, control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield into which Prime Minister Gladstone did not want to step - until his emissary Charles Gordon was besieged in Khartoum, and the city became the focal point for war. It was the height of European colonialism. Injustices were administered, bloody battles fought and civilians caught in the crossfire. Among the British officers were figures who would later adopt starring roles in the First World War, such as Egyptian Army sapper Captain Herbert Kitchener. By turns shocking and dynamic, Chain of Fire examines the terrible desert wars using the testimonies of the men who fought there.

Campaigning in Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-98

Chain of Fire

The Emerging Western World Canon in the Mediterranean and India, c. 1750-1800

The first generations of Italian Humanists, which included Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giovanni Conversini, and Leon Battista Alberti, wrestled with the crisis of vocational choice amid struggles with their natal and conjugal families. Instead of following their fathers into conventional and reliably stable professions, they instead chose a literary and scholarly path not yet recognized as a viable profession. The inchoate nature of their careers, together with their propensity to write about themselves, created a unique setting for the emergence of modern notions of secular vocation. In this study, George McClure analyzes the rich residue of humanist writings - letters, autobiographies, dialogues, polemics, and fictional works - that defined the values of a literary life against the traditional models of monk, priest, physician, lawyer, or merchant. Collectively, they serve as the first substantive discourse on the moral and psychological meaning of work, which helped to lay the foundation for a general concept of secular vocation.

Family, Vocation, and Humanism in the Italian Renaissance

A revealing look at differing threat perceptions in six key NATO countriesWhen Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, analysts and policymakers highlighted the unifying shock that NATO members experienced. However even before the return of US president Donald Trump, beneath this seeming cohesion lay deep-seated differences in how member states perceive and prioritize security threats.NATO after Russia's Invasion of Ukraine analyzes the six most influential members of the alliance: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, and Italy. Through extensive interviews with current and former policymakers and a detailed examination of public statements and policies, Jason W. Davidson delivers a unique assessment of how divergent threat perceptions influence the NATO allies' major defense decisions, such as defense spending, and whether the alliance addresses each ally's most important threat and its view of NATO's most important challenges. With the rise in tumultuous geopolitical challenges posed by Russia, China, terrorism, mass refugee flows, and nationalism, this book provides the crucial context needed to navigate NATO's evolving role in international security.Davidson provides vital insights for anyone seeking to understand the complex dynamics shaping the future of NATO and transatlantic security. Policy professionals will find actionable intelligence, while scholars and students of international relations and political science will appreciate its rigorous analysis and extensive primary research.

Threat Perceptions and Their Consequences

NATO After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Cambridge Companions to Music

The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Dance Music

The Spanish Second Republic, 1931-1939, has been written about widely and remains mired in antifascist, anti-communist, and historical memory controversies. A deep dive into the Soviet, British intelligence and other European archives, this new book brings the majority consensus among historians of the Second Republic into question and sheds new light on the scale of Soviet communist activity in Spain before the outbreak of war in July 1936. Providing an in-depth analysis of Comintern (RGASPI) and other European archival documentation, much of which has not been discussed until now, Gustavo Martín Asensio here demonstrates the growing and fundamentally subversive activity of the Comintern within the socialist union and party, the armed forces and cultural influencers which culminated in the spring of 1936.

Red Tide Rising

The Comintern in Spain before the Civil War

The Irish Midwives

The Irish Midwife at War

The Rebel Romanov

The 10:12

War came to North Africa in June 1940. But it was over a year before a newly-formed SAS went into action. Until then, the fight belonged to an elite, top secret band of brothers called the Long Range Desert Group. They were Britain's first special forces. Born out of a pre-war club of explorers, eccentrics and mavericks, the LRDG operated alone behind enemy lines, performing astonishing feats of navigation, endurance and survival, and paved the way for the SAS. Drawing on his own decade's service with UK Special Forces, Titch Cormack brings to life the action-packed but little-known story of Britain's original rogue heroes.

SAS 101

Voices of War

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