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This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin's actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict increasingly seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread?The author, a highly respected journalist and political commentator, explains why Russia invaded a sovereign neighbor. To what extent did NATO's expansion to Russia's borders in the aftermath of the Cold War prov...

The existence of German-speaking units fighting for the Allied cause during WW2 has remained largely a well-kept secret. But seventy-five years on these units' contribution to victory needs to be fully acknowledged.

North Korea remains the most secretive nation on earth.

Memoir of a veteran war correspondent who has covered conflicts in over 30 war zones over 40 years.

A comprehensive account of southern Africa's incessant troubled history since the end of WW2.

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Written by a professor with extensive front-line combat experience, Moorcraft offers a range of different and radical solutions to the current threat to Western civilisation.

Updated and affordable edition of this topical and well-reviewed work, shortlisted for The British Army Military Book of the Year, 2016

A gripping account of the strategy, tactics, diplomacy and human tragedies involved in the controversial 26-year Sri Lankan War which ended in 2009.

Praise for Anchoress of Shere... "This engrossing, subtle historical centers on a spiritual quest into Christian mysticism and smoothly alternates between past and present." -Publishers Weekly starred review "An intense, fascinating look at religious dementia based on a medieval legend." -Library Journal Set in two different centuries, Anchoress of Shere depicts the story of a beautiful young woman, Christine Carpenter, who chooses to be w...

Al-Bashir is a central figure in Islamic and African politics and military affairs. This is the first authoritative biography of the controversial African dictator.

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Topical and relevant in-depth study of the major security threat to the UK and the West in general.

First authoritative biography of a controversial African dictator.

Examines how journalists have plied their trade from the Crimean War to the present. Paul Moorcraft, a veteran journalist, discusses how correspondents' considerable influence has shaped the actions of politicians and military commanders as well as public opinion, and reveals how authority figures now view the media as potentially valuable tools.

Provides unique insight into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, this is the story of Moorcroft's work during the major wars of the last three decades.

Amid the colonial upheaval of the 1960s, Britain urged its colony in Southern Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe) to grant its black residents a greater role in governing the territory. The white-minority government refused and soon declared its independence, a move bitterly opposed by the black majority. The result was the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted the government against black nationalist groups, one of which was led by Robert Mugabe. Marke...