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Publisher
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Comment
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Mostly Russia and Soviet subjects
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Legislative Reference Service,
Library of Congress.
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World Communist Movement -
Selective Chronology, 1818-1945, Vol I.
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1960, 232 pgs., sources, paperback
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History of Communism, from Birth
of Marx
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Interesting chronological listing
of many events.
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Committee on Foreign Relations,
U. S. Senate
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Perceptions: Relations Between
the United States and the Soviet Union
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., ND, 462 pgs, paperback
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Testimony of various academics on
many facets of Soviet government, society and conditions.
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Essays by many famous scholars.
Provides now a clear source of American academic thinking about the Soviet
Union in the 1970's.
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Committee on Foreign Relations,
U. S. Senate
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The Nature of Revolution,
Committee Hearings
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1968, 200 pgs, paperback
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Testimony of various academics on
revolutions
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Includes brief biographies of the
speakers.
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Committee on Un-American
Activities, U. S. House of Representatives
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Facts on Communism Vol I - The
Communist Ideology
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1960, 142 pgs, index, footnotes, paperback
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Communist Theory
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A brief summary of the Communist
theory
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Committee on Un-American
Activities, U. S. House of Representatives
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The Communist Conspiracy:
Strategy and Tactics of World Communism Part I
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1956, 372 pgs, paperback
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Communist Activity outside the
US.
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Extensive quotations from Lenin,
Trotsky, Kamenev and other leaders. Materials from various World Communist
Congresses from the 1920's on.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.
S. House of Representatives
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The Strategy and Tactics of World
Communism: Report and two supplements
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1948, paperback
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Communist doctrine and practice
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In addition to the committee
report there are many documents.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.
S. House of Representatives
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Sino-Soviet Conflict - Hearings
by subcommittees on Far East and the Pacific
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U.S. Government Printing Office,
Wash., D. C., 1965, 412 pgs. , paperback
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Soviet - Chinese History
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These hearings were remarkable
for their failure. The results were well understood by many others, namely that
there was a serious ideological conflict between Soviet Russia and China that
was being played out in action. And this conflict directly influenced both
countries' relations with Viet Nam. Yet the US Government continued to pursue
policies in VietNam that ignored this conflict.
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Committee on the Judiciary,
United States Senate
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Analysis of the Khrushchev Speech
of January 6, 1961 - testimony of Stefan Possony
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From a hearing before the
Subcommittee to Investigate ... U. S. Government Printing Office
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Soviet Strategy
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Dr. Possony's prepared statement
was printed instead of delivered orally. Instead the senators engaged in a
question and answer dialogue about Khrushchev's total strategic intentions. See
also under Khrushchev for the speech and analysis.
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Joint Economic Committee,
Congress
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Economic Performance and the
Military Burden in the Soviet Union - Compendium of Papers
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U. S. Government Printing Office,
Wash. D. C., 1979, 205 pgs. footnotes, paperback
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Soviet Economy
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19 essays by various authors on
aspects of the economy in Russia
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Vizantiya i Srednyevyekovii
Krim (Byzantium and Medieval Crimea)
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Tavriya, Simferopol', 1995, 123
pgs., notes
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Medieval Russian History
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Xerox of collection of essays
related to medieval Crimea
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Alexeyev, S.
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Russian History in Tales
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Progress Publishers, Moscow,
1975, 345 pgs., illustrations
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Russian military History
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The 'tales' are about military
individuals or events from Stepan Razin to Peter the Great and Suvorov and on
to Lenin and World War II battles. Of course it is propaganda about heroes.
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Allshouse, Robert H. - ed.
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Photographs for the Tsar: The
pioneering color photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
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The Dial press, N. Y., 1980, 216
pgs, extensive illustrations
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Russian History
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This incredible resource for
visual history of 19th century Russia was commissioned specifically by Tsar
Nicholas II. The Tsar issued orders and provided financial support that enabled
the photographer to travel throughout European and Asiatic Russian Empire and
create these hundreds of photographs. The editor describes how this was
accomplished
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Andryeyev, A. R.
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Knyaz' Vasilii Mikhailovich
Dolgorukov-Krimskii
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Izdatel'stvo Myzhryeionyal'nii
tsentr, Mosakva, 1997, sources, genealogy, chronology, illustrations
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Biography - Russian general
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Prince Vasilii Mikhailovich
Dolgorukov-Krimskii was a leading general and commander in chief of Russian
forces in wars with Ottomans and Prussia in 18th century. This is xerox copy of
book in Russian
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Andryeyev, A. R.
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Velikii Knyaz' Yaroslv
Vsyevodovich
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Russiaya Panorama, Moskva, 1998,
251 pgs., illustrations, bibliography, foot notes
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Biography - Medieval Russian
Ruler
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Xerox copy of interesting
biography of the son of Vsyevolod Bol'shoye Gnyezdo, who ruled Rus from
Vladimir. The book has illustrations of Vladimir including city plan.
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Andryeyev, A. R.
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Nyezvestnoye Borodino
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Izdatel'stvo Mezhregional'nii
tsenr otraslevoi informatiki gvosatomnadzora Rossii, Moscow, 1997, 255 pgs.,
index, illustrations, xerox copy
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Russian Military History
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The 'little known Borodino
battle' is the Molodinskaya battle of 1572. The author first describes Russia,
Turks, Kazan, Astrakhan and Crimea khanate in 15th century. The battle study is
fine. The illustrations are mostly from Viskovatov.
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Anting, L.
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Tallinskiye Oruzhyeniki i
ognestrel'noye oruzhiye XIV-XVI vekov
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Yesti Paamat Publ. Tallin, 1967,
47 pgs. , illustrations, paperback
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Russian Military History
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The booklet is about the fire
arms in the museum of the Tallin fortress with descriptions and illustrations..
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Artamonov, M. I.
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Istoriya Khazar
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Izdatel'stvo Gosudarstvyennogo
Hermitazha, Leningrad, 1962, 475 pgs. , index, chronology
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Medieval History
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The Khazars were a Turkic
speaking tribal group who lived along southern Volga and in region north of the
Caucuses. The leadership converted to Judaism - the Khazars were allied to
Byzantium and effective in preventing the Arabs from expanding across the
Caucuses. Then they were practically destroyed by Kievan Rus.
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Avrich, Paul
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Russian Rebels: 1600 - 1800
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Schocken Books, N.Y., 1972, 309
pgs., bibliography, end notes, map, illustrations
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Russian History
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The Rebels whose stories are told
here are Bolotnikov 1606-1607: Razin 1670-1671; Bulavin 1707-1708; and Pugachev
1773-1774. It is clear that none of them lasted very long. Of course, all are
mentioned in standard history texts, but it is nice to have the four here in
one place in which the author can compare them, and the causes and effects of
their revolts.
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Avtorkhanov, Abdurakhman
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The Communist Party Apparatus
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Henry Regnery Co, Chicago, 1966,
422 pgs., index, notes, appendices, tables
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Soviet Communist Political
Structure
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The author was the academic dean
of faculty at the Army Russian Institute in Garmisch during my study there. He
was personally in the Communist Party Apparatus and graduated from the Academy
of Red professors in the 1930's. This book is an authoritative study of the
inner structure and operations of the Party.
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Bailey, Thomas A.
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America Faces Russia:
Russian-American Relations from Early Times to our Day
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Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca,
1950, 375 pgs. , index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations
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International relations - Russia
and the United States
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A distinguished scholar of
international diplomacy and foreign relations between nations here recasts the
tale of American relations with Tsarist Russia to show that the popular
perception in America was generally wrong. The author has a fluid, chatty style
that makes what might seem archaic foreign manipulations fun to read.
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Bakhtina, I. K. & Ye. N.
Cheriyavskiya
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Zagorodniye usad'bi v Moskvye -
Estates around Moscow
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Bioinformsyervis, Moscow, 2002,
102 pgss., index, literature, illustrations, paperback
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Russia, Moscow, Architecture
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There are many interesting
estates in and around Moscow that are worth visiting. This small booklet
describes them with background history, illustrations and addresses.
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Balzak, S. S., & V. F.
Vasyutin & Ya. G. Feigin - eds.
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Economic Geography of the U. S.
S. R.
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Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1956, 620
pgs., index, maps, tables, appendices
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Soviet Economy and Geography
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This is a historical document now
since so much of the Soviet economy has changed since the 1950's
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Baradat, Leon P.
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Soviet Political Society
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Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
N. J., 1986, 457 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, illustrations
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Russian - Soviet History
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Contains a brief description of
geography and pre-revolutionary Russian history. The main sections are
descriptions and analysis of Political Institutions, Economics, and Society and
Culture.
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Barghoorn, Frederick C.
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Politics in the USSR
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Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
1966, 418 pgs., index, charts, foot notes, paperback
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Soviet Government
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There are 10 chapters devoted to
various aspects of the political system (structure and processes) in the Soviet
Union.
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Baron, Samuel H. & Nancy W.
Beer - eds.
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Windows on the Russian past:
Essays on Soviet historiography since Stalin
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American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies, Columbus, Ohio, 1977, 177 pgs., index, paperback
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Russian and Soviet History
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There are ten essays, of which
the most interesting is by Robert Crumney "Ivan the Terrible".
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Baron, Samuel H.
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A guide to Published and
Unpublished Documents on Anglo-Russian Relations in the Sixteenth Century in
British Archives
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Canadian-American Slavic Studies,
11, No 3, 1977, pgs., 354 -387
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Russian History
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All the documents in this list
date prior to 1600. But the wealth of letters an other documents gives a hint
of what may also be in the archives from the 1th century and relating to
Patrick Gordon's extensive correspondence
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Baumgarten, N. de
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Chronologie Ecclesiastique des
Terres Russes du X au XIII siecle
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Pontificium Institutem
Orientalium Studiorum, Roma, 1930, 176 pgs. , index, (xerox copy)
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Russian History
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This church - religious -
chronology contains births, baptisms, marriages and other activities such as
founding of churches or monasteries of Rus princes
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Baumgarten, N. de
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Genealogies et marriages
occidentgaux des Rurikides Russes du x au XIII siecle
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Pontificium Institutem
Orientalium Studiorum, Roma, 1927, 73 pgs. , index, (xerox copy )
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Russian History
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The marriages of Russian royalty
with western spouses.
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Baumgarten, N. de+
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Genealogies des Branches
Regnantes de Rurikides du XIII au XVI siecle
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Pontificium Institutem
Orientalium Studiorum, Roma, 1934, 151 pgs. , index, (xerox copy)
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Russian History
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Genealogical tables of Russian
princely families ruling in the various towns.
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Baxter, William P.
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Soviet AirLand Battle Tactics
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Presidio Press, 1986, 269 pgs.,
index, notes, tables
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Soviet Military
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The book comprises of 9 chapters
on military tactics and supporting actions including logistics and command. It
is definitive of American knowledge of the subject in the 1980's. It was
designed to be a description of the Soviet counterpart to American AirLand
Battle concepts.
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Berdyaev, Nicholas - trans. R. M.
French
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The Origins of Russian Communism
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Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1960, 191 pgs., end notes, paperback
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Political Theory=History
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The author is a philosopher and
in this book he places the origins of communism in Russia in the context of
Russian conceptions of religion and socialism in the 19th century. In this book
he discusses the ideas of Leontiev, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chernishevsky and
others. A very interesting and valuable book.
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Berdyaev, Nicholas - trans.
George Reavy
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Leontiev
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Academic Int. Press, Orono, Main,
1968, 229 pgs. paperback
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Biography
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Constantine Leontiev was a 19th
century Russian sociologist and historical philosopher. Berdyaev himself was a
philosopher. He believed Leontiev recognized the coming of communism and
fascism in the degeneration of European culture.
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Berman, Robert P & John C.
Baker
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Soviet Strategic Forces:
Requirements and Responses
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Brookings Institution, Wash. D.
C., 1982, 171 pgs., index, foot notes, appendices, tables, paperback
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Soviet History
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Evolution of Soviet Soviet
Strategic forces and strategy.
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Beskrovskii, L. G. - ed.
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Khryestomatiyha po russkoi
voyennoi istorii - A compilation of documents on Russian military history
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Voyennoye izdatel'stvco
Ministerstva Vooruzhenikh sill SSSR, Moscow, 1947, 639 pgs., xerox copy
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Russian Military History
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The editor was the leading
military historian in Russia. This is his collection of documents - primary
sources - on Russian military history. It is organized into chronological
sections. The first is about Kievan Rus. The second is defeat of the Germans by
Alexander Nevski. Third is wars with the Mongols Tatars by Dmitri Donskoi.
Fourth is wars of Ivan IV. Fifth is defeat of the Polish interventionists in
Time of Troubles by Minin and Pozharskii. Sixth is about Boghdan Khmel'nitski.
Seventh is Peter the Great creating the new army. Seventh is Russian regular
army and navy in Great Northern War. Eighth is defeat of the Prussians in Seven
Years' War. Ninth is about Russian army in 1757-1762. Ninth is Russian military
art in second half of 18th century by Rumantsev and Potemkin. Tenth is about
the great commander, Suvorov. Eleventh is the Fatherland war of 1812 with the
most extensive contents. Twelfth is war of 1853-56 (Crimean War). Thirteenth is
Russian Turkish war of 1877-78. Fourteenth is Russo-Japanese war 1904-1905.
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Bieganska, Anna
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The Learned Scots in Poland (From
the Mid-Sixteenth to the Close of the Eighteenth Century
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Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol
XLIII. #1, March 2001. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, pgs., 1 - 27, notes
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Polish History
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The author describes the
activities of several Scot Gordons in Poland - other than General Patrick
Gordon.
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Black, Cyril E. - ed.
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The Transformation of Russian
Society: Aspects of Social Change since 1861
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1960, 695 pgs., index, foot notes,
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Russian History
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The volume contains 38 essays by
noted specialists on various aspects of Russia. The major sections are: Society
and Change; Law, Politics, and social change; Social stratification; Education,
scholarship and religion, Family, youth, and human welfare; Personal and social
values; and Conclusion.
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Blanch, Lesley
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The Sabres of Paradise
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Viking Press, N. Y., 1960, 495
pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations
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Russian History - Chechenia
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A great telling of a minor story
in Russian Tsarist expansion. It is the Russian conquest of the Caucuses and
the long war with the Chechens led by Shamyl. And as unexpected added bonus, it
tells a lot about the current war.
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Boyd, Alexander
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The Soviet Air Force since 1918
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Stein and Day, N. Y., 1977, 259
pgs., index, bibliography, maps, glossary, diagrams
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Soviet Military
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A fine history of the development
of the Soviet Air Force up to the 1970's
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Bober, M. M.
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Karl Marx's Interpretation of
History
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W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1927,
1948, 1965, 442 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paper back
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Political - social Theory
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A good summary of Marx's concept
of the role of dialectical development of human society throughout history.
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Bobrovski, P. O.
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Istoriya 13th Leiv'-Grenaderskogo
Yervanskogo yego Velichestva Polk (History of the 13th Life-grenadier Yerevan
his Highness Regiment
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Bakashneva, St. Petersburg, 1892,
(xerox copy of extracts)
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Russian Military History
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General Patrick Gordon commanded
the earliest formation of this famous regiment, then titled the Butirski
Regiment, one of the 'new style' regiments created with Western structure in
1642. The subtitle here is "Select Moscow regiment, soldier form, regiment
with name Butirski " I have extracts including some tables or
organization.
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Borowsky, Birget, - trans Wendy
Bell
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Baedeker's Leningrad
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Prentice Hall, N. Y., 199 pgs.,
maps, illustrations, paperback
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St. Petersburg, Travel
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Handy pocket sized guide with
good maps and small illustrations, much practical information for the traveler
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Boulkine, Valentin
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Novgorod
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Additions Aurora, Leningrad,
1984, 155 pgs., 88 color illustrations
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Russian History - architecture
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Highly Illustrated guide book to
Novgorod city with extensive descriptions of the ancient buildings.
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Brennan, Cathryn & Murray
Frame
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Russia and the Wider World in
Historical Perspective - Essays for Paul Dukes
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Essay by Lindsey Hughes,
"Attitudes towards Foreigners in Early Modern Russia" - and Graeme
Herd "The Mercenary as Diplomat: the Fall of the House of Stuart and the
Rise of the Petrine Order"
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Russian History
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These are xerox copies of the two
essays that relate to Patrick Gordon in Muscovy.
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Brezhnev, L. I.
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Our Course: Peace and Socialism
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Novosti Press, Moscow, 1975, 119
pgs., paperback
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Soviet Propaganda
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A Collection of Speeches by L. I.
Brezhnev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in 1974.
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Brown, Anthony Cave & Charles
B. MacDonald
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On a Field of Red: The Communist
International and the Coming of World War II
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y., 1981,
718 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
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Soviet Foreign Policy
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The International was an agent of
Soviet Policy. This is a detailed history of its operations and the context of
Soviet diplomacy and World Communism. The authors describe events at the level
of the individuals involved.
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Bruce, Peter Henry
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Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, a
military officer in the Services of Prussia, Russia and Great Britain
containing an account of his travels in Germany, Russia, Tartary, Turkey and
the West Indies ecx.
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T Payne and Son, Mewsgate,
London, 1782, 415 pgs., xerox copy
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Russian History
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The personal account of the Scot,
Bruce's service in Peter the Great's army. He was one of the many Scots
including Patrick Gordon who sought service in Russia. The subtitle contains
these words. "and also several very interesting private Anecdotes of the
Czar, Peter I of Russia" There is a good, short bio of Bruce in Wikipedia
and the full text of this book is available over Internet in PDF or text
format.
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Bulgakov, Mikhail - trans.
Michael Glenny
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The Master & Margarita
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Collins and Harvill Press,
London, 1967, 445 pgs.
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Russian Literature
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The famous surrealistic novel
about life in Stalin's Russia by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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Cantor, Norman - ed.
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Colloquium # 3, Spring 1966
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John Wiley Son, N. Y., 1966, 30
pgs., paperback
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History
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There are three essays, of which
most interesting is J. G. Pocock, "The Nature of Constitutional Thought in
Early Modern Europe."
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Carter, Joseph, - ed.
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Crimean Chersonesos: City, Chora,
Museum, and Environs
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Institute of Classical
Archeology, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 2003, 220 pgs., maps, bibliography,
illustrations, paperback
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Ancient Crimea
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A highly illustrated scholarly
report on the classic Greek - Byzantine city now adjacent to Sevastopol in
Crimea. The book is based on the extensive archeological work undertaken by the
Institute plus historical material gathered from the reference sources. There
are brief sections also on other sites in Crimea.
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Chamberlin, William Henry
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The Russian Revolution - Vol I,
1917-1981, From the Overthrow of the Czar to the Assumption of Power by the
Bolsheviks
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Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y., 1935
- 1965, 511 pgs., appendix
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Soviet History
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An excellent two volume history
of the first years of the Soviet Union.
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Chamberlin, William Henry
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The Russian Revolution - Vol 2,
1918-1921, From the Civil War to the Consolidation of Power
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Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y., 1935
- 1965, 556 pgs., index, chronology, bibliography, appendices, notes
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Soviet History
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An excellent two volume history
of the first years of the Soviet Union.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey -
ed. A. Kent Hleatt
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The Canterbury Tales
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Bantam Books, N. Y.,
423 pgs., bibliography, glossary, paperback
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Literature
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The great work in the
English language
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Chyeryepnin, A. V.
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Obrazovaniye russkogo
tsentralizovannogo gosudarstva v XIV-XV bekah - chapters V & VI
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Izdatel'stvo
Sotsial'no-ekonomicheskoi literaturi, Moscow, 1960, pgs., 627 - 887, xerox copy
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Russian History
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Chapter 5 is about the uniting of
the Russian lands around Moscow in the process of political centralization in
the period of 1380's to mid 15th century. Chapter 6 vis about the continued
centralization in the last half of 15rth century.
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Clemens, Walter C. Jr.
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The U. S. S. R. and Global
Interdependence: Alternative Futures
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American Enterprise Institute,
Wash. D. C., 1975, 113 pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
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Russian - Soviet History
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Of historical interest today. One
can evaluate the views and predictions current in the 1970's with what has
actually taken place.
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Cockburn, Andrew
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The Threat; Inside the Soviet
Military Machine
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Random House, N. Y., 1983, 399
pgs., index, end notes
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Soviet Military
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The author found the Soviet
Military had more deficiencies and weakness than most of official Washington
and the defense establishment considered to be the case. He was eventually
proven to be more right than wrong. The book is a comprehensive view of the
Soviet Military especially noting the personnel problems.
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Colton, Timothy, J.
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Commissars, Commanders, and
Civilian Authority: The Structure of Soviet Military Politics
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1979, 365 pgs., index, notes, appendices
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Soviet Military
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This study describes the methods
by which the Communist party in Russia controls its military through party
organs in the military units and through a separate party line to 'commissars'
(political officers) at every level. The author makes extensive use of Soviet
sources.
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Conquest, Robert
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The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge
of the Thirties
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The Macmillan Co. London, 1968,
633 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
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Soviet History
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The definitive history of the
purges, famine and collectivization programs in the 1939's.
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Cornwall, Mark & Murray Frame
- eds.
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Scotland and the Slavs: Cultures
in Contact 1500 - 2000
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Oriental Research Partners,
Newtonville MA., 2001, 293 pgs., bibliography, (xerox extracts)
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Russian History
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I have extracts relating to the
early appearance of Scots in Muscovy focused on the hired the military such as
Patrick Gordon.
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Cowley, Robert & Thomas
Guinzburg
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West Point Two Centuries of Honor
and Tradition
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Warner Books, 2002, 304 pgs.,
index,
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American History
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There are 10 chapters by
different authors, some topical and some focused on a particular time period.
The book was produced for the 200 anniversary of the United States Military
Academy
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Crane, Stephen
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The Red Badge of Courage
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New American Library, N. Y.,
1960, 223 pgs. ,end notes, bibliography, paperback
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Literature
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Novel about the American Civil
War
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Crankshaw, Edward
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The Shadow of the Winter Palace:
Russia's Drift to Revolution 1825-1917
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Viking Press, N. Y., 1976, 429
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, illustrations, maps
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Russian History
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A political history of 19th
century Russia focused on the developments that led to the revolutions in 1905
and 1917. There is much analysis by the author.
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Crankshaw, Edward
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Khrushchev's Russia
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Penguin Books, N.Y., 1959, 175
pgs., index, paperback
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Soviet History
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A brief discussion of
Khrushchev's Russia as he is heir of Stalin. Interesting for historical view
now.
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Cranz, Philip
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The Russian Imperial Guard 1900 -
1914
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Uniformology, Weatherford, Texas,
2006, 55 pgs., illustrations, paperback
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Russian Imperial uniforms
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A reprint of 50 full color
diagrammatic illustrations of dress uniforms of the regiments of the Russian
Imperial Guard on eve of World War I from the famous Shenk book.
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Cross, Samuel Hazzard &
Olgerd Sherbowitzwetzor -=Trans, & Eds.
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The Russian Primary Chronicle -
Laurentian Text
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The Medieval Academy of America,
Cambridge Mass., 312 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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Russian Medieval History
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Xerox copy of essential primary
source for early Russia with extensive introduction and notes.
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Curtis, John Shelton
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The Russian Revolutions of 1917
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D. Van Nostrand Co., Princeton,
N. J., 1957, 191 pgs., index, bibliography, readings. paperback
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Russian History
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This is a general treatment for
the student and interested reader. The selected readings are valuable for this.
Important is that the author distinguishes between the two revolutions - or
rather the initial liberal revolution and the Bolshevik coup.
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Dallin, David J.
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Soviet Russia and The Far East
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Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1948, 398 pgs., index, bibliography, map
|
Soviet Foreign Policy
|
This is a history of Soviet
relations with Japan and China before and during World War II. The Soviet role
in the division of Korea is included.
|
Daniels, Robert F. - ed,
|
The Stalin Revolution:
Fulfillment or Betrayal of Communism?
|
D. C. Heath Co, Boston, 1965, 106
pgs. added readings
|
Soviet Politics
|
This is one in the series of
Problems in European Civilization prepared for use by teachers to stimulate
class discussions. That the subject could be considered controversial for class
discussion is itself an example of academic thought in the 1960's.
|
Daniels, Robert V.
|
Russia
|
Prentice Hall, Englewooid Cliffs,
N.J., 1964, 154 pgs., index, readings, map, paperback
|
Russian History
|
A brief survey of Russian history
with the shortest narrative of pre-revolutionary Russia only as background for
the focus on the Soviet Union.
|
Daniels, Robert V.
|
The Nature of Communism
|
Random House, N. Y., 1962, 392
pgs., index, bibliography,
|
Communism
|
The author describes and comments
on Communism and Marxist theory in chapter One. The remaining chapters discuss
communism in various contexts.
|
Deane, Michael J.
|
Political Control of the Soviet
Armed Forces
|
Crane, Russak & Co., N. Y.,
1977, 295 pgs., index, foot notes, appendix
|
Soviet Military
|
A history of the development by
the Bolsheviks of political control over their new armed forces. They were
confronted with the problem of insuring tight Communist control while also
preserving as much of military professionalism as possible. Political control
is paramount. This problem persisted and still persists.
|
Deutscher, Isaac
|
Lenin's Childhood
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1970,
67 pgs.,
|
Biography., Soviet History
|
An essay that was intended to be
a part of a planned biography by the great biographer of Trotsky and Stalin.
|
Diamond, Sigmund - ed.
|
The Soviet Union Since Khrushchev
- New Trends and Old Problems - Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science
Vol XXVIII
|
Academy of Political Science,
Columbia Univ. N. Y. 1965, 116 pgs. paperback
|
Soviet Union - politics and
economics
|
There are 9 essays by prominent
authors. Interesting now to evaluate how accurate these authors were in their
assessments.
|
Dimnik, Martin
|
The Dynasty of Chernigov 1054 -
1146
|
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies, 483 pgs., index, sources, notes
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox copy of important book. The
author describes the incessant warfare between the various branches of the
House of Yaroslavl over dominance and the throne of Kiev.
|
Djilas, Milovan
|
The New Class: An analysis of the
Communist System
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1957, 214 pgs.,
|
Communism
|
A famous book by the Yugoslav
Communist official who realized the reality of communism.
|
Dluzhnyevskaya, G. V
& V. A. Kalinin
|
Kremli Rossii XV-XVII
vekov,
|
Izdatel'skii Dom,
Litera, St. Petersburg, 2006, 336 pgs., bibliography, illustrations
|
Russian History
|
Excellent book on the
kremlins in Russia=Moscow, Novgorod the Great - Pskov - Tula - Lower Novgorod -
Zaraisk - Kazan' - Astrakhan' - Vologda - Smolensk - Uglich - Ryazan' - Rostov
Velikii - Sudal' - Tobolsk. With excellent B/W photographs.
|
Dumin, S. V. - ed.
|
Families of the
Nobility of the Russian Empire, Second Vol, Princes
|
Licominvest, St.
Petersburg, 1995, 2651 pgs., index, illustrations, geneologies, (xerox copy)
|
Russian History
|
This remarkable
volume contains geneologies of the House of Romanov and related families from
for instance, Oldenburg, Leuchtenberg, and many of the families titled as
princes who were descendents of Yaroslav, Gedimin and Guedroitz. We see such
noted clans as Trubetski, Voronetski, Kurakink, Golitsyn, Chartoryski.
|
Dmytryshyn, Basil -
ed.
|
Imperial Russia: A
Source Book 1700-1917
|
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, N.Y., 1967, 435 pgs., maps, bibliography, chronology
|
Russian History
|
The book contains 44
selected primary sources from the period for students to supplement text books.
They range from an eye-witness of the execution of Streltzi to the abdication
of Tsar Nicholas II.
|
Douglass, Joseph, D.
Jr. & Amoretta M. Hoeber
|
Soviet Strategy for
Nuclear War
|
Hoover International
Studies, Stanford Univ. 1979, 138 pgs., index, bibliography,. end notes, paper
back
|
Soviet Strategy
|
Now a historical
study of Soviet strategic thought in the 1970's. How is it different today?
|
Douglass, Joseph D.
Jr.
|
The Soviet Theater
Nuclear Offensive
|
U. S. Gov. Printing
Office, Wash, D. C. ND. 121 pgs., references, paperback
|
Soviet Strategy
|
This study was
commissioned by the U. S. Air Force. it is based on quotations from Soviet
authors. it analyzes Soviet concepts of nuclear operations on the basis of
study of Soviet military doctrine.
|
Douglass, Joseph, D.
Jr. & Amoretta M. Hoeber - eds.
|
Selected Readings
from Military Thought 1963-1973, Vol 5 part II
|
U.S. Gov. Printing
Office, Wash, D. C., 325 pgs., notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military
Theory
|
These are articles
written by Soviet authors (mostly military) and published in the classified
journal "Military Thought", which were obtained by the US. A
biographical note on the authors is written by Harriet Fast Scott. The essays
provided much insight into Soviet thinking at the time.
|
Dukes, Paul
|
Scottish Soldiers in
Muscovy - in The Caledonian Phalanx
|
National Library of
Scotland, Edinburgh, 1987, pgs 9 - 23
|
Russian Military
History
|
Xerox copy of this
article as it relates to Patrick Gordon.
|
Erasmus, Desiderius
|
The Praise of Folly
|
Walter J. Blac, N.
Y., 1942, 255 pgs., illustrations
|
Philosophy
|
His classic work
|
Erickson, John
|
The Soviet High
Command: A Military- Political History 1918-1941
|
MacMillan Co, London,
1962, 889 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, maps
|
Soviet Military
History
|
One of the first
comprehensive studies of the Soviet military by the leading British authority.
It is more than only the 'high command'. It includes discussion of military
theory and doctrine. It includes the wars with Poland, Finland, Japan in
Manchuria. It describes the purges and conflicts over mechanization. And it
includes the first phase of the German invasion up to Moscow in 1941.
|
Fainsod, Merle
|
Smolensk under Soviet
Rule
|
Random House, N. Y.,
1963, 484 pgs., index, glossary, notes, paperback
|
Soviet Government
|
The Germans captured
Smolensk so quickly that they found the archives of the local Communist Party
and Government. The Germans too this back to Berlin and after the war the
Americans took it to the US. Professor Fainsod based his book on his study of
these archives..
|
Fainsod, Merle
|
How Russia is Ruled
|
Harvard Univ. Press,
Cambridge, 1959, 573 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
|
Soviet government
|
The author writes in
the preface: "The aim of this book is to analyze the physiology, as well
as the anatomy, of Soviet totalitarianism and to communicate a sense of the
living political processes in which Soviet rulers and subjects are
enmeshed." "The plan of this volume can be briefly summarized. Part
One presents a historical analysis of the forces and factors that produced the
Bolshevik Revolution and transformed its character once power had been
attained. Part Two is concerned with the party and its changing role in theory
and practice. In Part Three other instruments of rule are examined - the
Constitution and the hierarchy of Soviets, bureaucracy, the police, and the
armed forces. Part Four portrays the impact of the Soviet pattern of controls
on factory and farm." Today we may consider this from the historical part
of view.
|
Fennell, John
|
The Crisis of
Medieval Russia 1200 -1304
|
Longman, London,
1983, 200 pgs., index, maps, end notes
|
Medieval Russian
History
|
Xerox copy of the
excellent study of the warfare that consumed the Russian principalities in
their struggle for personal power prior to the Mongol Conquest.
|
Fischer, Louis
|
The Life of Lenin
|
Harper & Row, N.
Y., 1964, 703 pgs., index, notes, illustrations
|
Biography - Lenin
|
A massive biography
based on years of the author's research and personal knowledge.
|
Froncek, Thomas - ed.
|
The Horizon Book of
the Arts of Russia
|
American Heritage
Publishing, N. Y., 1970, 383 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations
|
Russian Cultural
History
|
The 13 chapters cover
fine arts, literature, theater, music, film, religion.
|
Froluyanov, I. Ya.
& A. Yu, Dvornichenko
|
Goroda-gosudarstva
Drevnyei Rusi
|
Izdatel'stvo
Leningradskogo universiteta, Leningrad, 1988, 269 pgs., foot notes
|
Russian Medieval
History
|
This scholarly book
is about the 'city states' in early medieval Rus ix-x centuries to early xiii
century. Chapters are organized by region such as southern, south-western -
north-western -north-eastern. Attention is paid to sources.
|
Gabriel, Richard A.
|
The New Red Legions:
A Survey Data Source Book
|
Greenwood Press,
Westport, 1980, 252 pgs., bibliography, tables
|
Sociology - Soviet
Military
|
This book is a
compilation of data about the Soviet military based on survey questions replied
to by a handful of Soviet military veterans who had reached the West for
various reasons and by various means. The information is compiled into numerous
tables and includes information on all manner of subjects. The author defends
at length the validity of his methods and the results. See Goldhamer's book
listed below.
|
Garthoff, Raymond L.
|
Soviet Strategy in
the Nuclear Age
|
Frederick A. Praeger,
N. Y., 1958, 283 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Soviet Strategy
|
This is a very early
study of then available Soviet literature on strategy by a foremost study of
the subject.
|
Garthoff, Raymond L.
|
Soviet Military
Doctrine
|
The Free Press,
Glencoe, Ill., 1953, 587 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, illustrations
|
Soviet Strategy
|
This was a pioneer
effort to present, during the early days of the Cold War, to the American
audience a comprehensive analysis of Soviet military theory on the basis of
then relatively limited access to Soviet classified writing. The book list here
contains many books on the same subject written decades later. This book
established Dr. Garthoff as a leading expert on the Soviet military
|
Gilbert, Stephen P.
ed.
|
Soviet Images of
America
|
Crane, Russak &
Co., N., Y., 1977, 167 pgs. , index, notes, foot notes
|
Soviet politics
|
This contains 5
essays based on analysis of Russian sources on Russian views of America - its
world role, military power, and related issues.
|
Gill, Thomas, ed.
|
Essays on Strategy,
III
|
National Defense
Univ. Press, Wash. D. C. 1986, 133 pgs., notes, bibliographies, paperback
|
American Strategic
Thought
|
The volume contains 4
essays by students at the University. The essay by Lawrence Taylor on
International Terrorism and its threat to the United States indicates that the
subject was well understood in 1986, yet little was done about it. The essay by
Von Nicholson and Charles Robertson Jr. on Soviet Military Policy is still
relevant despite changes.
|
Glantz, David M. & Jonathan
M. House
|
The Battle of Kursk
|
Univ. Press of Kansas, 1999, 472
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations
|
Soviet Military History
|
The author is the foremost expert
on World War Two on the Soviet front. This is one of his many definitive books
based on detailed research in Soviet and German archives. A very different
evaluation of the famous battle than one finds in lesser books..
|
Glantz, David M. & Jonathan
M. House
|
When Titans Clashed: How the Red
Army Stopped Hitler
|
Univ. Press of Kansas, 1995, 414
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations
|
Soviet Military History
|
The author is the foremost expert
on World War Two on the Soviet front. This is one of his many definitive books
based on detailed research in Soviet and German archives. The authors correct
many popular ideas and myths about the Battle for Moscow. The content includes
the entire war on Eastern Front
|
Glantz, David M.
|
Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of
Russia 1941
|
Tempus Pub., Charleston, SC.,
2001, 256 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, appendices, illustrations, maps
|
Soviet Military History
|
The author is the foremost expert
on World War Two on the Soviet front. This is one of his many definitive books
based on detailed research in Soviet and German archives. The author corrects
many misconceptions about the first period of the war
|
Glantz, David M.
|
Soviet Operational Intelligence
in the Kursk Operation July 1943
|
Soviet Army Studies Office. Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas, 1988, 66 pgs., maps, paperback _delivered at the 30th
International Symposium for Military History at Nurnberg FRG.
|
Soviet Military History
|
Another of Dave Glatz's
contributions to study of World War II on Eastern Front. He well describes the
vast extent of Soviet intelligence operations at front level.
|
Goldhamer, Herbert
|
The Soviet Soldier; Soviet
Military Management at the Troop Level
|
Crane Russak & Co., N. Y.,
1973, 348 pgs., index, foot notes, references, paper back
|
Soviet Military
|
This is a much more detailed
study and of greater scope than Gabriel's book listed above. Of course there
have been huge changes since the 1970's.
|
Goncharov, Ivan - trans. David
Magarshack
|
Oblomov
|
Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1967,
485 pgs., paperback
|
Russian Literature
|
A great novel depicting life in
Russia in late 19th century.
|
Gordon, Patrick - ed. Joseph
Robertson
|
Passages from the Diary of
General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries
|
Da Capo Press, N. Y., 1968, 193
pgs. footnotes, a reprint of the next entry (xerox copy in files)
|
Russian Military History
|
General Gordon was employed by
the Muscovite Tsar Alexei Michaelovich and then became military tutor to Peter
I and a key advisor as well as commander of part of the Russian army ( and
suppressor of the Streltzi Revolt). His diary includes only parts of his
lengthy service, but is a primary source for the period.
|
Gordon, Patrick - ed. Joseph
Robinson
|
Passages from the Diary of
General Patrick Gordon (1635 - 1699)
|
Spaulding Club, Aberdeen, 1859,
|
Russian Military History
|
Xerox of extracts from the
original
|
Gordon, Patrick - ed. Joseph
Robinson
|
Dnyevnik' Generala Patricka
Gordona, vyedennii im' vo vremya yego shvedskoi i pol'skoi sluzhbv' ot' 1655 do
1661 i vo vremya yego pryebivaniya v' rossii ot 1661-1699 g. Part 1
|
M Saltikovoi, St. Petersburg -
this is xerox copy of the Russian edition
|
Russian Military History
|
A Russian edition from 1890's
|
Gordon, Patrick - ed. Joseph
Robinson
|
Dnyevnik' Generala Patricka
Gordona, vyedennii im' vo vremya yego shvedskoi i pol'skoi sluzhbv' ot' 1655 do
1661 i vo vremya yego pryebivaniya v' rossii ot 1661-1699 g - Part 2
|
M Saltikovoi, St. Petersburg -
this is xerox copy of the Russian edition
|
Russian Military History
|
A Russian edition from 1890's
|
Goure, Leon & Foy Kohler
& Richard Soll & Annette Stiefbold
|
Convergence of Communism and
Capitalism The Soviet View
|
Center for Advanced International
Studies, Univ. of Miami, 1973, 165 pgs., index, paperback
|
Soviet Policy
|
The book consists of an extensive
commentary by the authors and a long section of direct quotations from Soviet
Press and documents.
|
Goure, Leon
|
War Survival in Soviet Strategy:
USSR Civil Defense
|
Center for Advanced International
Studies, Univ. of Miami, 1976, 218 pgs., index, foot notes, charts, tables,
paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
The author is a leading expert on
Soviet Civil Defense and strategy in general. The author explains how the
Soviet leadership expects to survive a nuclear war through massive preparations
for civil defense. There are 4 chapters devoted to specific aspects of the
program.
|
Granick, David
|
The Red Executive: A Study of the
Organization Man in Russian Industry
|
Doubleday Co., Garden City, N.
Y., 1961, 294 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Soviet Economy
|
Of historical interest now.
|
Grekov, B. D. & A. Yu.
Yakobovskii
|
Zolotaya Orda i yeye Padyeniyue
|
Izdatel';stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR,
Moscow, 1950, 443 pgs., index, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
A history of the Golden Horde and
its fall. A typical Marxist, Russian assessment and opinions, but the names,
dates and places are good for reference.
|
Grekov, B. D.
|
Kiev Rus
|
Foreign Languages Publishing
House, Moscow, 1959, sections on Russian armed forces - xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
Kievan armed forces and and their
neighbors - Pechenegs and Torks.
|
Grey, Ian
|
The Horizon History of Russia
|
American Heritage Pub., N. Y.,
1970, 416 pgs., many illustrations, large format
|
Russian History
|
The 11 chapters begin with brief
description of Kyivan Rus and the Mongol Conquest. The expansion of Muscovy is
described along with the increased influence of the Orthodox Church. The
narrative proceeds with excellent illustrations through the Time of Troubles
and Imperial Russia to the Revolution and then the Soviet Era.
|
Grey, Ian
|
Stalin: Man of History
|
Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.,
1979, 547 pgs., index, map, bibliography, end notes
|
Biography, Soviet History
|
The author is distinguished
biographer and historian who served during WWII in Russia. This is more than a
biography. In this book he describes much of Soviet history, especially during
World War II. See also Adam Ulam's and Jonathan Lewis' books on Stalin.
|
Gumilyev, Lev N.
|
Drevnyaya Rus' i Velikaya Step'
|
Institute dsi DLK, Moscow, 1997,
- only the chronology, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
The relations between ancient
Russia and the Great Steppe - that is the nomads. The chronology is extensive
from 808 to 1461.
|
Gunther, John
|
Inside Russia Today
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1958, 550 pgs., index, notes, sources,
|
Soviet History
|
A very vivid account from first
hand visits throughout the Soviet Union. Today is is a contribution to a past
historical period. Mr. Gunther even discusses the fate of the Chechens under
Stalin.
|
Haimson, Leopold H.
|
The Russian Marxists & The
Origins of Bolshevism
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1955, 246 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes ,illustrations
|
Russian History
|
The book is a study of late
Imperial Russia as the birth place of revolutionary thought and early practice.
It is focused on one main theme, the development of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin)
and the beginning of the Bolshevik Party.
|
Halperin, Charles J.
|
The Tatar Yoke
|
Slavica Pub., 236 pgs.,
bibliography, end notes
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox of important book on
critical period in Russian History
|
Harcave, Sidney
|
Russia A History - 5th ed.
|
J. B. Lippincott Co. N.Y., 1964,
784 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, maps, illustrations, chronologies
|
Russian History
|
A 'standard' history of Russia.
Typically, the author devotes only 91 pages to the entire period from the 800's
to 1682. See Michael Florinsky for much more on this period. But the author
does include Soviet period in the 20th century, which Florinsky does not.
|
Hardesty, Von
|
Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet
Air Power, 1941-1945
|
Smithsonian Institution Press,
Wash. D. C., 1982, 288 pgs., index, glossary, bibliography, illustrations,
appendices
|
Soviet Military History
|
A very detailed account with
excellent illustrations. The Phoenix reference relates to the near destruction
of the Soviet Air Force by the Germans in the first days of World War II and
the remarkable way in which the air force recovered by the end of the war. But
the author begins his tale with the Russian Air Force in World War One.
|
Hart, B. H. Liddell - ed.
|
The Red Army
|
Harcourt, Brace Co., N. Y., 1956,
480 pgs.., index, map
|
Soviet Military
|
The book contains many essays by
Russian, German, and British authors mostly about military operations in wars
or related topics.
|
Hartog, Leo de
|
Russia and the Mongol Yoke: The
History of the Russian Principalities and the Golden horde, 1221-1502
|
British Academic Press, London,
1996, 215 pgs. references, bibliography, notes, index, genealogical tables,
maps, xerox copy
|
Russian history
|
The chapters are organized in
chronological order beginning with a description of Russia prior to the Mongol
invasion and then concluding with the author's discussion of the influence of
the Mongols.
|
Harvy, Mose L.
|
Soviet Combat Troops in Cuba:
Implications of the Carter Solution for the USSR
|
Advanced International Studies
Institute, Coral Gables, FL., ND., 51 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
Monograph that now provides a
look back in history.
|
Herman, Victor
|
Coming out of the Ice
|
Harcourt Brace Joyanovic, N.Y.,
1979, 369 pgs., illustrations
|
Memoir - Soviet Prisons
|
The author is an American who. as
a child, was taken to Russia when his father went there to work in the 1930's.
He became a student pilot but was sent to the GULAG during the purges when all
the Americans were pronounced enemies. This is the story of his years and of
some of what he witnessed. In this book he leaves out the more sordid and
degrading topics (which he included in another book). Somehow he survived and
managed to return to the US in 1976.
|
Herman, Victor
|
The Grey People
|
Independent Publishing House ND.
106 pgs., paperback
|
Memoir - Soviet Prisons
|
Same author - this describes more
gruesome aspects of 'life' in the prison camps not thought appropriate for the
above memoir.
|
Herzen, Alexander
|
From the Other Shore & The
Russian People and Socialism
|
World Publishing Co., N. Y.,
1956, 216 pgs., chronology, paperback
|
Russia, Social Commentary
|
This volume has introduction by
Isaiah Berlin.
|
Holt, Robert T. & John E
Turner - eds
|
Soviet Union;' paradox and change
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N. Y.
1962, 240 pgs., index, readings, illustrations, paper back
|
Soviet Union
|
The book consists of 9 essays by
various specialists on different topics including politics, economics, science,
agriculture, youth, and more. Interesting now to compare and see the huge
changes.
|
Hook, Sidney
|
Marx and the Marxists
|
D. Van Nostrand Co., Princeton N.
J., 1955, 254 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Marxism - Political theory
|
A description and analysis of the
development and transformation of Marxism from Marx to Stalin
|
Huszar, George B. de - ed.
|
Soviet Power and Policy
|
Thomas Y. Crowell, N. Y., 1955,
589 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Soviet History - international
relations - political science
|
Contains 20 essays by Huszar and
other experts. Now interesting history of thought about the USSR in the 1950's.
|
Isby, David C.
|
Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet
Army
|
Jane's, Pub. London, 1981, 384
pgs., index, illustrations, glossary, abbreviations
|
Soviet Military History
|
The author is the foremost expert
on the subject of Soviet weapons and tactics. This book is extensively
illustrated and has detailed specifications on each weapon. The 19 chapters,
each on a different subject, from Soviet way of war, to helicopters describe
both weapons and their employment.
|
Isby, David C.
|
Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet
Army
|
Jane's, Pub. London, 1988, 516
pgs., index, illustrations, glossary, abbreviations
|
Soviet Military History
|
The author is the foremost expert
on the subject of Soviet weapons and tactics. This book is extensively
illustrated and has detailed specifications on each weapon. The 11 chapters,
each on a different subject, from Soviet way of war, to helicopters describe
both weapons and their employment. It is a new edition of the previous with
more recent developments.
|
Iwanov, B. - ed.
|
Studies on the Soviet Union Vol
IV, # 4
|
Institute for the Study of the
USSR, Munich, 1965,261 pgs., foot notes, paper back
|
Soviet government and Policy
|
This book contains 31 essays on a
variety of topics.
|
Johnstone, Sarah & Greg Bloom
|
Ukraine
|
Lonely Planet, London, 2008, 291
pgs., illustrations
|
Travel - Ukraine
|
Highly illustrated guide book to
Ukraine with text that describes historic as well as many other places.
|
Kamenir, Victor J.
|
The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat
of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine June 1941
|
Zenith Press, 2008, 322 pgs.,
index, maps, bibliography, notes, appendices, illustrations,
|
Soviet Military History World War
II
|
An excellent tactical and
operational level study of a lesser discussed part of the German invasion of
Russia in 1941 - This is the campaign into the Ukraine. The author makes much
use of Soviet sources.
|
Kaplan, Stephen S. - ed
. |
Diplomacy of Power: Soviet Armed
Forces as a Political Instrument
|
The Brookings Institution, Wash.
D. C. 1981, 733 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, appendix, paperback
|
Soviet Military Diplomacy
|
There are 14 sections by various
authors. They are based on specific examples of Soviet use of military power
for diplomatic purposes in pursuit of foreign policy goals.
|
Karger, M. K.
|
Dryevnii Kiev: Ocherki po istorii
matereial'noi kul'turi drevnyerusskogo goroda Vol 1
|
Izdatel'stvo akademii nauk SSSR,
Moscow, 1958, 460 pgs., illustrations, xerox copy
|
Russian Medieval History
|
Illustrations include plans
(maps) showing the ancient city and its walls. Pictures include the
Desyatinniya tserkov
|
Karpov, S. P. ed.
|
Prichernomor'ye v Sredniye Veka -
The Black Sea Region in the Middle Ages
|
Izdatel'stevo Apeteiya, St.
Petersburg, 1998, 249 pgs., notes, tables, graphs, map of fortifications of
Kaffa, xerox copy
|
Russian Medieval History
|
Excellent reference for history
of Crimea including Genoese cities.
|
Karpovich, Michael
|
Imperial Russia, 1801 -1917
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1932, 106 pgs. , index, bibliography, paperback
|
Russian History
|
A very brief summary history
focused on political developments.
|
Katushin, Yevgyenii
|
Feodosiya, Kaffa, Kyefye
|
Izdatelst'skii dom, Feodosiya,
1998, 159 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Russian History
|
Xerox copy of book on the history
of ancient city now known as Feodosia, formerly Kaffa, located on extreme
eastern part of Crimea. In 15th century it was a Genoese merchant outpost (with
an agreement with the Golden Horde Tatars), but during a siege the Tatars
introduced plague that the Genoese then carried by ship to Western Europe.
|
Keller, Werner - trans
Constantine Fitzgibbon
|
East Minus West=Zero
|
G. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y., 1962,
384 pgs., index, bibliography, diagrams, illustrations
|
Russian - Soviet History
|
The author contends that from
medieval times Russia was always technologically behind Western Europe and had
to import technology and its skilled teacher. Moreover the same condition
remained at the tome of the 1917 revolution so Soviet Russia had to continue
importing much of its technological base from the West.
|
Kennan, George F.
|
Russia Leaves the War:
Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1956, 544 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, maps
|
International Relations - Soviet
- American
|
This is volume One. The author
describes the inner workings of diplomacy in American - Russian relations based
on the large archives available in America. Only now can, perhaps, the Soviet
side of these times be studied..
|
Kennan, George F.
|
The Decision to Intervene:
Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1958, 513 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, maps
|
International Relations - Soviet
- American
|
This is volume Two. The story
continues.
|
Kennan, George F.
|
Russia and the West Under Lenin
and Stalin
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1961, 384 pgs., index, end notes, paper back
|
International Relations
|
The material comes from lectures
delivered by George Kennan in late 1950's. He was a very influential government
official as well as academic. His views then were important and their study
today as a part of history is significant.
|
Khrushchev, Nikita - trans and
ed. Strobe Talbott
|
Khrushchev Remembers
|
Little, Brown Co., Boston, 1970,
639 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Memoir - Soviet History
|
Edward Crankshaw, who knows more
than most people about Khrushchev, affirms that this is the genuine writing of
the named author and not a forgery. And Crankshaw writes a very valuable
introduction plus commentary throughout the book.
|
Khrushchev, Nikita S.
|
The Crimes of the Stalin Era -
Special Report to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
The New Leader, N. Y., 1962, 67
pgs.,
|
Soviet History
|
The famous secret speech that was
quickly smuggled to the West.. This edition has excellent discussion by Boris
Nicolaevsky.
|
Khrushchev, Nikita S.
|
Two Communist Manifestoes - One
is Khrushchev's speech of Jan. 1961 and the other is a statement of Nov. 1960
|
Washington Center of Foreign
Policy Research, Wash. D. C., 1961, 108 pgs., paperback
|
Soviet Political Policy
|
Introduction and commentary by
Charles Burton Marshall. See also Dr. Possony's analysis at Senate committee
hearing above. Dr. Possony also links these two Soviet documents.
|
Kipp, Jacob W.
|
Lenin and Clausewitz: The
Militarization of Marxism, 1914-1921
|
Soviet Army Studies office, Ft.
Leavenworth Kansas, 1985 - reprinted from Military Affairs, 9 pgs,
notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
Article on military theory.
|
Kipp, Jacob W.
|
The Soviet Far Eastern Build-up
and the Manchurian Campaign, Feb-Aujg 1945: Lessons and Implications
|
Soviet Army Studies office, Ft.
Leavenworth Kansas, 30 pgs, notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
Article on Soviet intervention in
World War Two.
|
Kirchner, Walter
|
History of Russia, 3rd ed.
|
Barnes & Noble, N.Y., 1963,
393 pgs., index, bibliography, chronology, paperback, maps
|
Russian History
|
This is a general summary of
Russian history from beginning to end intended to provide basic information for
the general reader.
|
Kochan, Lionel
|
Russia in Revolution
|
Paladin, St. Albans, 1970 , 334
pgs. ,index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Russian History
|
History of the final days of the
Romanovs - the Revolution of 1905, WWI, and the Revolution of 1917.
|
Koestler, Arthur
|
The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar
Empire and It's Heritage
|
Random House, N. Y., 1976, 255
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, map
|
History of Jewish peoples.
|
That the Khazar elite embraced
Judaism is well known, as is their general history. The author here focuses on
the results of this conversion by tracing (his assumption) that a large segment
of people of Jewish faith in Lithuania, Poland, and nearby parts of Eastern
Europe are in fact descendents of the Khazars and not of Jews from Palestine.
|
Kohn, Hans
|
Basic History of
Modern Russia
|
D. Van Nostrand,
Princeton N. J., 1957, 191, index, bibliography, selected readings. paperback
|
Russian History
|
Brief but well
packed with ideas. The author focuses on 19th century Russia begining with
Alexander I. He includes foreign policy, economics, some culture, politics
during each reign up to the Bolshevik Coup in 1917-18.
|
Kolkowicz, Roman, & Ellen
Propper Mickiewicz - eds
|
The Soviet Calculus of Nuclear
War
|
D. C. Heath, Lexington, Mass.
1986, 276 pgs., index, end notes, tables
|
Soviet Nuclear War Doctrine
|
The book consists of 10 essays by
well-known scholars on various aspects of Soviet thinking about nuclear war.
|
Konovalov, S. - ed.
|
Patrick Gordon's Dispatches from
Russia 1667 - & Sixteen Further Letters of General Patrick Gordon
|
Oxford Slavonic Papers, 1964
& 1967, xerox of the articles in OSP.
|
Russian Military History
|
The editor notes that these
extracts are only a few from a very large collection in the British archives.
These others include commentary on wars with Cossacks and the Azov Campaign and
should be printed. Konovalov cites A. Brinker, Patrick Gordon i ego dvornic,
St. Petersburg 1878, and Tagebuch des Generals Patrick Gordon.... by Dr. M. C.
Posselt, BC i-iii Moscow 1849-53. The original English text has been published
only in extracts in "Passages' - see Gordon, above. And Konovalov notes
that most of the Russian editions such as Chteniyha... 1891 are retranslations
from the German.
|
Korobkov, N. M. - ed.
|
Semileyhtnayuaya voina matyeriali
o dyestviyakh russkoi armii in flota - The Seven Years' War - materials on the
actions of the Russian army and navy.
|
Military Publishing Ministry of
Defense USSR, Moscow, 1948, 895 pgs., index, Xerox copy
|
Russian Military History
|
A wealth of primary documents -
messages, reports, data to support articles or studies of the Russian army.
Table of contents should be translated and information extracted.
|
Korobkov, N. M. - ed.
|
Generealissimus Suvorov
|
OGIZ, Gosudarstvennoye
izdatel'stvo politicheskoi literaturi, Moscow, 1947, 363 pgs., index, maps,
Xerox copy
|
Russian Military History
|
A collection of documents and
materialss - primaryi source material such as messages,k tables, battle reports
relating to the career of General Prince Suvorov
|
Kosaka, Masataka & Richard H.
Solomon - eds.
|
The Soviet Far East Military
Buildup: Nuclear Dilemmas and Asian Security
|
Auburn House Pub. Dover, Mass,.
1986, 301 pgs., index, glossary, end notes
|
Soviet History
|
There are 11 chapters, each
focused on a different aspect of the Soviet military activities in the Pacific
areas. The authors are American, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese experts who
participated in a conference on the subject.
|
Kulski, W. W.
|
The Soviet Regime: Communism in
Practice
|
Syracuse University Press, 1956,
847 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Soviet History
|
This massive study, based on
extensive research, is organized in the following major sections: Cultural
Isolation and Conformity of the Educated man; The Citizen and the State; The
Worker and Social Stratification; The Peasant and Collective Farming; The Post
Stalin Era
|
Kutaisov, V. A.
|
Kerkinitida
|
Tavriya, Simferopol', 1992, 192
pgs., index, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient & Medieval History
|
The author's description of this
classical Greek town on the western Coast of Crimea from his archeological
explorations there. We visited the active dig in 1997 and met the author. Text
and photos are on our web site.
|
Kutozov, M.
|
Documents
|
1950, 1000 pgs., Xerox copy
|
Russian Military History
|
This is the table of contents in
Russian and other index from the book of original documents about Kutuzov
published in 1950 in Moscow. There are also several manning tables and data on
strength of units in the Russian Army
|
Kuznetsov, Yu, I.
|
The Hermitage
|
Izdarel'stvo Avrora, Leningrad,
36 pgs., 100 plates, illustrations
|
Russia - Art
|
Color plates of the 100 paintings
representing the huge collection in the Hermitage
|
Laqueur, Walter Z. - ed.
|
Survey: A Journal of Soviet and
East European Studies, No 38, Oct., 1961
|
Survey House, London, 1961, 196
pgs., footnotes, paper back
|
Soviet History
|
This issue contains 18 essays on
various topics focused on Communist theory and programs.
|
Lee, William T. & Richard F.
Staar
|
Soviet Military Policy Since
World War II
|
Hoover Institution Press,
Stanford, 1986, 263 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, tables
|
Soviet Military
|
The book is focused on Soviet
military doctrine and strategy; weapons acquisition decisions; and the
quantitative and qualitative buildup of Soviet military forces. The authors'
assessment is that Soviet offensive capabilities have increased but their
defensive capabilities in a nuclear war are still inadequate.
|
Lehovich, Dimitry V.
|
White against Red: The Life of
General Anton Denikin
|
W. W. Norton, N. Y., 1974, 556
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, illustrations, maps
|
Russian History
|
Can be read with Bruce Lincoln's
history of the Russian Civil War. This is more than a biography of its leading
hero, Denikin, as it includes so much about the whole period in Russia. Read
also - Denikin, Anton I. - trans. Margaret Patoski -The Career of a Tsarist
Officer: Memoirs, 1872-1916
|
Lermontov, M.
|
A Hero of Our Time
|
Foreign Languages Publishing
House, Moscow, ND, illustrations, 174 pgs.,
|
Russian Literature
|
A famous novel by a leading
Russian 19th century author.
|
Levykin, Viktor Ilich
|
Fortification past and present
|
Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987, 159
pgs., Trans published by JPRS, Wash. D. C., 1988, 64 pgs. , index, footnotes,
bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
A Soviet - Marxist - text focused
mostly on current fortification in light of nuclear war, but with a brief
discussion of fortification theory from history.
|
Lewis, Jonathan & Philip
Whitehead
|
Stalin: A Time for Judgement
|
Pantheon Books, N. Y., 1990, 354
pgs., index, readings, end notes, appendix, illustrations
|
Biography - Soviet History
|
More of a focused biography than
Ian Grey's book. It is more analysis also, and judgment too.
|
Lincoln, W. Bruce
|
Red Victory; A History of the
Russian Civil War
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1989,
637 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, map
|
Soviet History
|
A massive and well researched
narrative that includes the aftermath of the Bolshevik victory.
|
Logachev, Constantine
|
The Peter and Paul Fortress
|
Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad,
1989, 143 pgs., illustrations
|
Russian History
|
A highly illustrated guide to the
fortress with extensive descriptive text.
|
Louis, Victor and Jennifer
|
The Complete Guide to the Soviet
Union - 3rd ed.
|
St. Martin's press, N. Y., 1991,
691 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
Russia, Travel, History
|
Indeed a very comprehensive guide
book with much historical information on people and places.
|
Luttwak, Edward N
|
Grand Strategy of the Soviet
Union
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1983,
242 pgs., index, references, tables, appendices, paper back
|
Soviet Strategy
|
Another in the series of Dr.
Luttwak's books on grand strategy. This is a valuable history that can be
compared with Russian strategy in 2015.
|
Lyashchenko, Peter I. - trans L.
M. Herman
|
History of the National Economy
of Russia to the 1917 Revolution
|
The MacMillan Co. N. Y., 1949,
880 pgs., index, tables, bibliography, maps
|
Russian Economic History
|
The author was a Russian Marxist
and the book was published in Russia in 1939. However, he was trained as a
historian before the Revolution and in this book attempts as much factual
description as possible. The sections are divided according to orthodox Marxist
theory - Primitive Economy and its Decline: Feudal Serf Economy: The Emergence
of feudalism - 9th to 14th centuries; Feudal economy of the Moscow state;
Feudal economy of the 18th and first half 19th centuries; Capitalism; Economy
of the national minority areas; Era of Imperialism. The volume of data is huge
and clearly factual.
|
Lyevinson, V. F.
|
Gosudarstvyennii Hermitazh;
Zhivopisi
|
Gosudarstvyennoye isdatyel'stvo
Izobrazitel'nogo Iskustsstva, Moscow, 1959, illustrations
|
Russian History
|
100 full sized reproductions of
paintings in the Hermitage
|
Lyons, Graham - ed. trans.
Majorie Vanston
|
The Russian Version of the Second
World war
|
Facts on File, N. Y., 1976, 142
pgs., paperback
|
Soviet History
|
The author has collected Soviet
versions of the events of World War Two that are taught to Russian students.
(as of the 1970's).
|
Magarshak, David
|
Turgenev: A Life
|
Grove Press, N. Y., 1954, 328
pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography
|
Biography
|
An excellent study of this
important Russian author.
|
Malia, Martin
|
Alexander Herzen and the Birth of
Russian Socialism
|
Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y.,
1965, 486 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Biography - Russian History
|
The author focuses on the life
and thought of Herzen between 1812 and 1855. He places the influence of
Herzen's ideas about socialism in the context of Russian society of the time -
peasant agriculture rather than an industrial country. He sees the influence of
this in Kant and idealism. in formation of the idea of a specific national
Russian form of socialism.
|
Margeret, Jacques - trans &
Ed. Chester S. Dunning
|
The Russian Empire and Grand
Duchy of Muscovy: A 17th Century French Account
|
Univ. of Pittsburgh Press,
Pittsburgh, 215 pgs., index, bibliography, notes,
|
Russian History
|
A Xerox copy of a primary source
on early modern Russian History. Margeret was in Moscow during the 'Time of
Troubles' and knew both the country and its leading figures. His book became
the major source of information about Russia in 1600. Prof. Dunning is the
leading authority now on that period.
|
Martin, J. J.
|
Soviet Military Power and Western
Security
|
European American Institute for
Security Research, Marina del Rey Calif., 1983, 65 pgs., foot notes, paper back
|
Soviet Military
|
The topics in this booklet
include Western Strategy - Soviet and Warsaw pact Military power and
Implications for western Strategy - all of only historical interest today.,
|
Marx, Karl & Frederick Engels
|
Manifesto of the Communist Party
|
International Publishers, N. Y.,
1948, 48 pgs. notes, paperback
|
Communist Theory
|
A handy pocket sized copy of the
famous document.
|
Maslovski, D. F.
|
Matyeriali k istorii voyennogo
iskusstva v rossii - Materials for the history of military art in Russia - vol
3
|
147 pgs., Xerox copy
|
Russian Military History
|
The book is primary source
documents on the Russo-Finnish war of 1743
|
Masson, V. M.
|
Ancient and Medieval
Fortification
|
Russian Academy of Sciences:
Institute of the History of Material Culture, St. Petersburg, 1995, 124 pgs. ,
illustrations, paperback
|
Fortification
|
Contains 66 articles on
fortification from ancient times - 9th century - through middle ages. We
especially used articles by Vinogradov, Sheglov, Zolotarev, Kutaisov, Turovsky,
Antonova, Delyi, Gertsen on fortification in Crimea; and Beletsky,
Kirpichnikov, Kurbatov on fortresses at Izborsk, Yam and Pskov.
|
MccGuire, Michael
|
Military Objectives in Soviet
Foreign Policy
|
Brookings Institution, Wash.
D.C., 1987, 530 pgs., index, foot notes, appendices, tables, figures, paperback
|
Soviet Foreign - Military Policy
|
Along with Luttwak's book, this
one can serve for comparison between Soviet strategy in 1970-80's and Russian
strategy in 2015.
|
McClellan, Woodford D. - ed.
|
Readings in the History of Russia
Vol 1, 6th ed.
|
Department of Social Science, U.
S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 1962
|
Russian History
|
There are 12 sections with
selections from various authors on subjects from Byzantine Influence to the
Struggle for Power in Stalinist Russia.
|
McDowell, Bart
|
Journey Across Russia: The Soviet
Union Today
|
National Geographic Mag. Wash. D.
C. 1977, 367 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Contemporary Soviet Union
|
As with many National Geographic
books this one is full of great photographs, mostly of the land and peoples. It
includes regions from Baltic to Pacific and from Caucuses to Arctic.
|
McNeal. Robert H. - ed.
|
The Russian Revolution: Why Did
the Bolsheviks Win
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1963, 62 pgs., chronology, additional reading, notes, paperback
|
Soviet History
|
This is in the Source Problems in
World Civilization series and designed for teachers to use in classroom
discussion. There are seven extracts from the original sources, writing by
Stalin, Trotsky, Sukhanov, Chernov, Kerensky, Miliukov and Denikin.
|
Medish, Vadim
|
The Soviet Union - 2nd ed
. |
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
N. J., 1985, 351 pgs., index, appendices, glossary, foot notes, illustrations,
paperback
|
Soviet Union
|
The book describes the Soviet
Union in 12 chapters: Land, People, Ideology, Party, State, Economy, Science,
Education, Mass media, Culture, Society, and Foreign Relations. It also
includes a copy of the Constitution of the USSR.
|
Medvedev, Roy A. - trans Colleen
Taylor
|
Let History Judge: The Origins
and Consequences of Stalinism
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1972, 584
pgs., index, footnotes, glossary
|
Soviet History
|
The Russian author wrote this
massive study intending it for a Russian audience, but it was turned down.
Instead it has been published outside Russia. David Joravsky edited this
edition and he provides an important introduction in which he explains who the
author is and why he writes what he does. The author is attempting to
distinguish Stalin and Stalinism from Marxism and blame Stalin personally for
his 'mistakes'.
|
Medvedev, Roy A. - trans Ellen de
Kadt
|
On Stalin and Stalinism
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y., 1979,
205 pgs., index, foot notes
|
Soviet History
|
The personal views of a noted
Russian scholar living in Russia.
|
Medvedev, Zhores A. - Trans Vera
Rich
|
The Medvedev Papers: Fruitful
Meetings Between Scientists of the World, Secrecy of Correspondence is
Guaranteed by Law
|
Macmillan, N. Y., 1970, 470 pgs.,
|
Soviet History
|
Here are two papers written by a
Soviet scientist who fought Lysenkoism and was harassed by Soviet authorities.
This is a personal memoir that reveals the results of Soviet political ideology
on science in Russia . He is the twin brother of Roy, whose major works are
above.
|
Mellentin, F. W. von
|
Armored Warfare in World War II
|
Battelle Tactical Technology
Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1979, 168 pgs., map, paperback
|
German Military
|
The discussion at a conference
held to discuss German experience fighting the Soviet Army in World War II.
General von Mellenthin was considered an expert on armored warfare due to
descriptions of his 'exploits' in several large scale operations in Russia. The
conference was a result of the U. S. Army effort to understand the Soviet
military.
|
Menning, Bruce W.
|
Train Hard, Fight Easy: The
Legacy of A. V. Suvorov and his "Art of Victory"
|
Soviet Army Studies Office, Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas, 1986, 10 pgs., notes - reprint from Air University Review,
paperback
|
Russian Military History
|
An interesting analysis of the
tactical fighting concepts of Russian Generalissimo Suvorov as found in his
treatise "Art of Victory".
|
Menning, Bruce W.
|
Army and Frontier in Russia
|
Soviet Army Studies Office, Ft.
Leavenworth, Kansas, 28 pgs., notes - paperback
|
Russian Military History
|
An analysis of the role of the
extended and extensive frontier in the development of the Russian army.
|
Meyer, Alfred G.
|
Communism - 3rd ed.
|
Random House, N. Y., 1967, 241
pgs., index, readings, paperback
|
Communist Political Thought
|
This is an introduction to the
theory and practice of Communism.
|
Michell, Robert & Nevill
Forbes - trans
|
The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016 -
1471
|
Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze, 1970, 237 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox copy of important primary
source for medieval Russia. - Introduction by C. Raymond Beazley, and Walter K.
Hanak
|
Mikheyev, Dmitry
|
The Soviet Perspective on the
Strategic Defense Initiative
|
Pergamon-Brassey's, N. Y., 1987,
88 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Soviet Policy
|
An exile Soviet trained physics
Ph.D.. describes the Soviet conception and mentality that forms the basis for
their analysis of the SDI.
|
Mikhlin, Ye, I.
|
Muzyei A. V. Suvorova
|
Leningrad, 1954, 142 pgs.,
illustrations, paperback
|
Russian Military History
|
Illustrated guide book to the
Suvorov Museum in St. Petersburg. The museum was closed for major renovation
for years and is now open again. This old guide book is still useful for the
descriptions of artifacts in the museum.
|
Milner, Rev. Thomas
|
The Crimea - its ancient and
modern history: The Khans, the Sultans and the Czars.
|
Longman, Brown, Green and
Longmans, London, 1855. 368 pgs., Xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
This is a Victorian era point of
view. The book begins with the Greeks and their legends about the Black Sea
region. There is an excellent description of the military forces of the Crimean
Khans and then the Russian conquest. There are a good descriptions of Sudak and
Sevastopol and the Kariate Jews. The book ends in time of the Crimean war.
|
Milovsky, A.
|
Suzdal
|
Progress Publishers, Moscow,
1981, 139 pgs., illustrations, chronology
|
Russian History
|
A highly illustrated guide book
to ancient Suzdal with descriptions of the many historic buildings.
|
Mirov, N.T.
|
Geography of Russia
|
John Wiley & Sons, N. Y.,
1951, 362 pgs. , index, foot notes
|
Geography
|
A standard basic text. The
physical geography has not changed much since publication.
|
Mollo, Evgenii - trans. Henry S.
Shields
|
Russkoye Xolodnoye Oruzhiye 19th
Veka & Russkoye Xolodnoye Oruzhiye Tsarstvovvaniya Imperatora Nikkollya II
go
|
Military-Historical Library
"Military Past", Paris, 1962 # 2, & # 5, 1964, illustrations,
paper.
|
Russian Military History
|
Titles - Russian Cold Steel
Weapons of the Nineteenth Century and Russian Cold Steel Weapons During the
Reign of Emperor Nicholas II.
|
Monerot, Jules
|
Sociology of Communism
|
George Allen & Unwin, London,
1953, 339 pgs., index, foot notes
|
Political philosophy - sociology
|
A detailed analysis of Communism.
The author attempts an explanation of the reasons why a man is apt to become a
Communist and the roots of Communism as a secular religion.
|
Morgenthau, Hans J.
|
The Crisis of Communism
|
Center for the Study of U. S.
Foreign Policy, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1965, 16 pgs., paperback
|
Communism
|
Interesting that the author in
1965 considered that Communism was in serious crisis both internally and
externally.
|
Murphy, Paul J. - ed.
|
Naval Power in Soviet Policy
|
U. S. Air Force, 1978, 341 pgs.,
appendices, figures, tables, paper back
|
Soviet Navy
|
A very comprehensive report for
such a short one. The chapters on various subjects were written by specialists.
There are many data tables
. |
Myeshchyeryakov. G. P. - ed.
|
Suvorov, A. V. Russkiye
Polkovodtsik vol II, Sbornik dokumyentov pod obshchyei redaktasiyei Sykhomlina
|
Voyennoyue izdsatel'stvo
Voyennogo ministersterstva sssr. Moscow , 1951, 687 pgs., index, maps, Xerox
copy
|
Russian Military History
|
A valuable collection of primary
sources, documents relating to Suvorov from Russian archives.
|
Nasonov, A. N.
|
Mongoli i Rus' (Mongols and
Russia)
|
Izdatelstvo Akademia nauk,
Moskva, 1940
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox of important book in
Russian on relations between Mongols and Russia.
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Nelson, Daniel N. - ed.
|
Soviet Allies: The Warsaw Pact
and the Issue of Reliability
|
Westview Press, Boulder Co.,
1984, 273 pgs., index, tables
|
Warsaw Pact
|
The book consists of 9 essays by
various authors on general perspectives of the Warsaw Pact and country studies
of 6 members. Today it is old history.
|
Nelson, Daniel N.
|
Alliance Behavior in the Warsaw
Pact
|
Westview Press, Boulder Co.,
1986, 134 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, tables
|
Soviet History
|
Interesting now as a history of
activities in the Warsaw Pact.
|
Noble, John & Andrew
Humphreys & Richard Nebesky
|
Russia, Ukraine & Belarus
|
Lonely Planet Pub., London, 1996,
1192 pgs., index, maps, appendices, illustrations, paperback
|
Russia - Travel, History
|
An excellent handy guide to
interesting places with extensive information for the traveler plus historical
information
|
Nordbye, Masha
|
Moscow, St. Petersburg & The
Golden Ring
|
Odyssey, Books, W. W. Norton, N.
Y., 2004, 654 pgs. , index, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Russia, Travel, History
|
The best, comprehensive guide to
the specific parts of Russia with great photography, detailed information for
the traveler and extensive historical background on the locations and
personalities.
|
Novikov, Andrei
|
Atlas Moskva
|
Izdatel' OOO AGT, Moscow, 2002,
index, maps, paperback
|
Moscow, street atlas
|
A very handy small booklet of
street maps with index to find locations of places.
|
Oliphant, Laurence
|
The Russian Shores of the Black
Sea
|
Redfield, N.Y., 1854, 241 pgs.,
(xerox copy)
|
Russian History
|
This is a travel memoir by a
western visitor to Russia. Subtitle: In the Autumn of 1852, with a Voyage down
the Volga and a tour through the country of the Don Cossacks.
|
Ostrowski, Donald
|
Muscovy and the Mongols:
Cross-cultural influences on the steppe frontier 1304-1589
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
265 pgs., index, bibliography, chronology, glossary, figures and tables, Xerox
copy
|
Medieval Russian History
|
The best scholarly study of the
relationship of Russia and Mongols.
|
Pasternak, Boris - trans Max
Hayward
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
Pantheon Books, N. Y. 1958, 559
pgs.
|
Literature
|
Hard back edition of the great
Russian novel.
|
Pasternak, Boris
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1957, 456 pgs., paper back
|
Literature
|
Paperback edition of the great
Russian novel.
|
Pasternak, Boris
|
Safe Conduct: An autobiography
and other writings
|
New American Library, 1949, 222
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Some lesser known works
|
Penkovsky, Oleg - trans Peter
Deriabin
|
The Penkovsky Papers
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N. J., 1965, 411 pgs. , appendices, illustrations
|
Soviet Nuclear warfare planning
|
Penkovsky was a Soviet military
officer who secretly sent his knowledge of high level Soviet planning to the
west. It was received and translated by Peter Deriabin, who also had been a
Soviet intelligence officer. The introduction and commentary is by Frank Gibney
and a forward by Edward Crankshaw. Penkovsky was tried and shot in Moscow. The
documents were of great importance to the US..
|
Perederii, Vladimir - ed.
|
Zeughaus - Tsyeikhgauz - issues 1
- 22
|
ExPrint, Moscow, multiple issues
- highly illustrated - references, paperback
|
Russian and Soviet Military
history including articles on uniforms
|
Very high quality printing with
excellent color illustrations - the articles are scholarly with extensive
archival references.
|
Peretts, V. P. Arianovoi - ed.
|
Kazanskaya Istoriya
|
Isdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk, SSSR,
Moscow, 1954, 191 pgs., text with comments, Xerox copy
|
Medieval Russian History
|
A history of the creation of the
Kazan Tatar khanstvo and its relations with Moscow
|
Perfecky, George A. - trans
|
The Hypatian Codex Part Two - The
Galician- Volynian Chronicle
|
Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich,
1973, 159 pgs., index, notes, commentary, Xerox copy
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox copy of translation of
important primary source document on medieval Russia
|
Percival Newton, Arthur, ed.
|
Travel and Travellers of the
Middle Ages
|
Barnes & Noble. N.Y.,
sections on travel in Russia, xerox copy
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Vikings in Rus and travelers
through Russia to Mongolia
|
Peterson, Phillip A.
|
Soviet Air Power and the Pursuit
of New Military Options
|
U. S. Gov. Printing Office, Wash.
D. C. ND, 70 pgs., references, illustrations, paperback
|
Soviet Strategy
|
This was commissioned by the U.
S. Air Force. It examines Soviet Air Force concepts for theater operations to
counter NATO defenses in a theater conflict.
|
Pethybridge, Roger - ed.
|
The Development of the Communist
Bloc
|
D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1965,
244 pgs., added readings
|
Soviet - European History
|
This volume is part of the
Studies of History and Politics series designed for use by teachers in class.
It contains many essays by noted authors.
|
Pike, Douglas
|
Vietnam and the Soviet Union:
Anatomy of an Alliance
|
Westview Press, Boulder, 1987,
271 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Recent history and international
relations
|
The author was one of the best
analysts of Vietnam. In this book he discusses and analyzes the temporary
strategic alliance of Viet Nam and Soviet Russia in their common conflict with
China. Something U.S. government didn't understand at the time.
|
Pistrak, Lazar
|
The Grand Tactician: Khrushchev's
Rise to Power
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1961, 296 pgs., index, notes
|
Biography, Soviet History
|
Biography including history of
the Soviet Union during Khrushchev's assent to power.
|
Poluboyarinova, M. D.
|
Russkiye ludi v zolotoi orde
(Russian people at the Golden Horde)
|
Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Moskva, 1978,
132 pgs. , foot notes, illustrations
|
Medieval Russian History
|
Xerox of small book on the visits
of Russians (princes, soldiers, traders merchants) to the capital of the Golden
Horde on the Volga with much information coming from archeological findings
. |
Possony, Stefan T.
|
The Strategy of Technology:
Winning the Decisive War
|
Univ. Press of Cambridge, `1970,
189 pgs., notes,
|
National Strategy
|
The subject is the huge
technology war for progress between interception and penetration of
intercontinental missiles. The conflict is waged in technology, finance, and
industrial development. Now this is a history - a look at the actions and
theories during the 'arms race' of the 1970's. But the general issues that were
relevant then are still relevant and will be..
|
Rabinowitch, Alexander
|
The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The
Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd
|
W. W. Norton, N. Y., 1976,393
pgs./, index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, map
|
Russian - Soviet History
|
A detailed study of the
revolutionary events in Petrograd.
|
Rappoport, Pavel A.
|
Drevniye russkiye kreposti
(Ancient Russian fortresses)
|
Akamemiya Nauk SSSr,
Isdatyel'stvo "Nauka", Moscow, 1965, diagrams, illustrations,
references, Xerox copy
|
Russia, History, Fortification
|
Interesting text with good
illustrations and diagrams showing angles of fire from fortress walls.
Discusses fortresses from early Kiev to the 18th century.
|
Rapoport, Vitaly & Yuri
Alexeev
|
High Treason; Essays on the
History of the Red Army, 1918-1938
|
Duke Univ. Press, Durham, 1985,
430 pgs., index, notes, appendices
|
Soviet History
|
The authors secretly combed
available sources and eye-witnesses in Russia to compile their history of the
Red Army. They accuse Stalin and his henchmen of severely damaging the army in
the 1930's and then failure to conduct the war effectively. They believe the
initial disasters in 1941-42 were due to the purge of the officer corps and
related incompetence.
|
Rauch, Georg von - trans. Peter
and Annette Jacobson
|
A History of Soviet Russia - 2nd
ed.
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1957, 493 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, end notes, chronology
|
Soviet History
|
Now strictly a history, at the
time of writing it was very current.
|
Rauch, Georg von - trans. Peter
and Annette Jacobson
|
A History of Soviet Russia - 4th
ed.
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1965, 528 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, end notes, chronology
|
Soviet History
|
Now strictly a history, at the
time of writing it was very current.
|
Razin, Ye. A.
|
Istoriyha voyennogo iskusstva Vol
III - voyennoye iskusstvo nmanufacturnogo pyeroda voini XVI-XVII veka - History
of military art Vol III Military Art in the manufacturing epoch 16-17th
centuries
|
Military Publishing, Ministry of
Defense USSR, Moscow, 1961, 733 pgs., illustrations, maps, index, bibliography,
chronology, Xerox copy
|
Early Modern Military history
|
Despite his effort to adhere to
standard Marxist-Leninist ideology Prof. Razin was censured by Stalin for the
apparent effort to upstage Stalin as the authority on military affairs. The
book describes not only Russian topics but European and Asian as well. Chapters
include Russia in 17th century, but also Western Europe and China from the 16th
century. The reader can overlook the Marxism and find much interesting
information. The illustrations and maps are fine. But the book also can be read
as an example of Marxist ideas. This is but one of Prof. Razin's works on the
whole span of military history.
|
Record, Jeffrey
|
Sizing Up the Soviet Army
|
Brookings Institution, Wash. D.
C. 1975, 51 pgs., foot notes, tables, figures, paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
The author analyzes the
character, capabilities, and strategy of the Soviet Army in view of then recent
expansion of conventional forces. The author considers that Soviet offensive
strength is geared to a short war but its logistic and other 'staying power' is
not sufficient.
|
Rice, Melanie & Christopher,
Catherine Phillips
|
St. Petersbirg
|
Dorling Kindersley Pub., N. Y.,
2001, 256 pgs. , index, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
St. Petersburg, Russia
|
An excellent highly illustrated
guide to St, Petersburg, Russia in same fomat and the guide to Moscow.
|
Rice, Melanie & Christopher
|
Moscow
|
Dorling Kindersley Pub., N. Y.,
2001, 256 pgs. , index, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Moscow, Travel, History
|
A very comprehensive travel guide
to Moscow with great photography and much information about each location. Very
enjopyable to read just for the history included.
|
Richardson, Dan
|
Moscow
|
Penguin Books, London, 2001, 470
pgs. , index, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Moscow, Travel, History
|
A useful complement to the above
guide to Moscow, less illustrations, better maps, more historical information
|
Richardson, Dan
|
St. Petersburg
|
Penguin Books, London, 2001, 452
pgs. , index, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
St. Petersburg, Russia - Travel,
History
|
The same format as the guide to
Moscow, good complement to the Rise guide.
|
Richardson, Paul E.
|
Russia, Survival Guide, 5th ed.
|
Russia Information Services,
Montpelier VT., 1994, 212 pgs. , index,
|
Russia
|
This book is focused on
information of special interest to the business traveler in Russia.
|
Richelson, Jeffrey T.
|
Sword and Shield: Soviet
Intelligence and Security Apparatus
|
Ballinger, Cambridge, Mass.,
1986, 279 pgs., index, end notes, tables, figures, paperback
|
Soviet government
|
A comprehensive description and
analysis of the vast Soviet state security organization.
|
Riha, Thomas - ed.
|
Readings in Russian Civilization
- Vol 1, Russia before Peter the Great - 900 - 1700
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1964, 267 pgs., index, chronology, paperback
|
Russian History
|
This is a combination of original
primary source writing from medieval Russia and essays by current scholars such
as George Vernadsky and Dmitri Obolensky.
|
Riha, Thomas - ed.
|
Readings in Russian Civilization
- Vol III, Soviet Russia 1917 - 1963,
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1964, 863 pgs., index, chronology, paperback
|
Russian History
|
This is a combination of original
primary source writing from Soviet Russia and essays by current scholars such
as John Hazard and Leonard Schapiro.
|
Ritvo, Herbert
|
The New Society Society: Final
Text of the Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
The New Leader, The American
Labor Conference on International Affairs, N. Y., 1962, 251 pgs., paperback
|
Soviet Politics
|
This is the draft program of the
Communist Party of USSR published in July 1961.
|
Robertson, William
|
The Staff Ride
|
Center of Military History, Wash.
D.C., 1987, 29 pgs., xerox copy
|
Military Practice
|
A useful booklet for those
planning to conduct a staff ride.
|
Rostovtzeff, Mikhail Ivanovich
|
Iranians & Greeks in South
Russia
|
Oxford, Clarendon Press, London,
1922, 238 pgs., index, notes, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
Scholarly study of the Scythians
and Greeks along the Black Sea Coast.
|
Rowen, Henry S. & Charles
Wolf Jr. - eds
|
The Future of the Soviet Empire
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1987,
368 pgs., index, end notes, tables, figures
|
Soviet Politics and Foreign
Policy
|
The book consists of 12 essays on
various aspects of the subject. Compare these opinions of the 1980's with
subsequent events and opinions today.
|
Rubenstein, Alvin Z. - ed.
|
The Foreign Policy of the Soviet
Union, 2nd ed.
|
Random House, N. Y., 1966, 458
pgs., index, chronology, foot notes, further readings, paper back
|
Soviet History
|
Rubenstein has selected many
documents and added his commentary. The result is a fine history of Soviet
foreign policy up to the Khrushchev period.
|
Rubenshtein N. A. - commentary P.
P. Epifanov
|
Voyenniye Ustavi Petra Velikogo
|
Gosudarstvennaya ordena Lenina
Biblioteka, SSSR, Moscow, 1946, 79 pgs., xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
An edition of the famous
Regulations of Peter the Great with comments by Epifanov.
|
Salisbury, Harrison E.
|
Russia
|
Atheneum, N. Y., 1965, 144 pgs.,
index, paperback, map
|
Soviet History
|
An account based on the author's
visits to Russia.
|
Salisbury, Harrison E.
|
The 900 Days: The Siege of
Leningrad
|
Avon Pub., N. Y., 1969, 736 pgs.,
index, bibliography, paper back
|
Soviet History
|
This became a best seller. It is
a graphic report on the terrible fate of the Russian people caught in the
German siege of Leningrad.
|
Saunders, M. G. - ed.
|
The Soviet Navy
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1958, 340 pgs., index, maps, illustrations
|
Soviet Military History
|
Contains 15 essays by various
experts on sea power and strategy. It was current when published and is now an
historical study.
|
Sayre, Farrand
|
Map Maneuvers and Tactical Rides
- 5th edition
|
Springfield Printing,
Springfield, Mass., 1911, xerox copy
|
Military practice
|
A section from this booklet that
describes how to conduct a staff ride
. |
Schapiro, Leonard
|
The Communist Party of the Soviet
Union
|
Random House, N. Y., 1960, 631
pgs., index, bibliography, appendices
|
Soviet Politics
|
This is a study of the Communist
Party in Russia itself but from before it gained power during the revolution
and concluding with the death of Stalin.
|
Schwartz, Harry
|
Russia's Soviet Economy
|
Prentice-Hall, N. Y., 1950, 592
pgs., index, foot notes
|
Soviet Economy
|
The author writes in his preface.
"In the present world situation, the need for comprehensive and accurate
information about the Soviet Union is too obvious to require
justification." However, he notes that obtaining such information is
almost impossible. He, nevertheless, describes and analyzes what he has found.
We can now use the book in a historical sense as the best picture scholars in
the US had in 1950.
|
Schwartz, Harry
|
The Red Phoenix: Russia Since
World War II
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1961, 420 pgs., index, appendix, paper back
|
Soviet Economy and History
|
The author was my professor of
Soviet Economics at Columbia in 1961. This book includes political and social
development as well as economic expansion. The final chapter is titled
"Prospects for Change".
The author cites many 'contradictions' and problems facing the Russians. The
reader today can compare the authors views with what happened .
|
Scott, Harriet Fast & William
F.
|
Soviet Military Doctrine;
Continuity, Formulation, and Dissemination
|
Westview Press, Boulder, 1988,315
index, bibliography, appendices, tables, footnotes
|
Soviet Military History
|
Now worth study as a historical
account of the development of Soviet military doctrine and for comparison with
Russian military doctrine in 21st century.
|
Scott, Harriet Fast & William
F.
|
The Soviet Control Structure:
Capabilities for Wartime Survival
|
Crane Russak, N. Y., 1983, 146
pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
Now worth study as a historical
account of the development of Soviet military doctrine and for comparison with
Russian military doctrine in 21st century.
|
Scott, William F.
|
Soviet
Sources of Military Doctrine and Strategy
|
National Strategy Information
Center, N. Y., 1975, 69 pgs., paperback
|
Reference - Soviet Military
Strategy
|
An annotated bibliography of
Soviet sources available for the study of Soviet military theory by one of the
best experts on the subject..
|
Scott, Harriet Fast & William
F. eds.
|
The Soviet Art of War: Doctrine,
Strategy, and Tactics
|
Westview Press, Boulder, Co.,
1982, 323 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paper back
|
Soviet Military Strategy
|
The book contains 56 entries by
various Soviet authors from Lenin to Ogarkov. These ideas may be compared with
Russian thoughts on the same topics today.
|
Scott, Harriet Fast & William
F.
|
The Armed Forces of the USSR
|
Westview Press, Boulder, Co.,
1979, 439 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes,
|
Soviet Military
|
A comprehensive study of all
aspects of the Soviet military organization and its place in Soviet domestic
and foreign policy.
|
Scott, Harriet Fast & William
F.
|
The Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd
ed.
|
Westview Press, Boulder, Co.,
1984, 455 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, paper back
|
Soviet Military
|
A comprehensive study of all
aspects of the Soviet military organization and its place in Soviet domestic
and foreign policy.
|
Scott, Sir Walter
|
Ivanhoe
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1962, 508 pgs., index, paperback
|
Literature
|
Classic novel
|
Sejna, Jan & Joseph D.
Douglas Jr.
|
Decision-Making in Communist
Countries: An Inside View
|
Pergamon-Brassey's, Wash. D.C.,
1986,75 pgs., paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
Gen. Sejna was a member of the
highest political government bodies in Czechoslovakia including the Defense
Council, prior to his defection to the US. He for years was a key analyst for
the DOD. This book is authoritative.
|
Seton, Albert
|
Stalin, as Warlord
|
B. T. Batsford, London, 1976, 312
pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, notes, appendix
|
Biography - Soviet Military
History
|
As the title indicates this is
different from the other biographies of Stalin in this list. Colonel Seton is a
British military officer and historian so his study of Stalin's military side
is more detailed. However, it was written without the access to Red Army
archives that Dave Glantz and others have obtained in more recent years.
|
Seton-Watson, Hugh
|
The Decline of Imperial Russia
1855-1914
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1960, 406 pgs., maps, index, paperback, bibliography, foot notes
|
Russian History
|
The narrative and analysis begins
with the reign of Tsar Alexander II. The author examines the economy, political
changes, in foreign relations during the three reigns.
|
Seton-Watson, Hugh
|
From Lenin to Malenkov: The
History of World Communism
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1957, 377 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes
|
World History
|
In his introduction the author
writes: "Communism is a theory, which professes to explain philosophy,
religion, history, economics, and society. Communism is a vocation, whose
devotees accept its discipline in every part of their private and professional
lives. Communism is a science of conspiracy, a technique of wrecking and
subversion. Communism is a revolutionary movement, a political force which
operates in a social environment, which recruits its members from various
classes of society, and marshals its armies against various political
opponents." The author includes description of the Chechens.
|
Shevchenko, Arkady N
|
Breaking with Moscow
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1985, 378
pgs., index, foot notes
|
Memoir - Soviet Policies
|
The author was the Soviet
representative at the UN in New York. He passed on material to American
intelligence for some years. Then defected and remained in the US. He was
highest ranking Russian to defect and thus provided excellent information on
high level Soviet political policies and personalities.
|
Shevtsova, Lilia
|
Yeltsin's Russia: myths and
Reality
|
Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Wash. D. C. 1999, 341 pgs., index, end notes, paper back
|
Soviet Politics
|
The author credits Boris Yeltsin
with being the most important actor in bringing Gorbacherv's rule while also
preventing a Communist Party restoration. The result was the basically peaceful
dissolution of the Soviet Union. However, she notes that he was much more
successful in ending the old than in building a new. The Chechen war is
discussed. But it is interesting that there is no mention of Putin. The author
provides a very detailed history of the dissolution of the USSR and Yeltsin's
years in power. She comments that a major mistake of Yeltsin is failure to find
a strong and predictable successor - that is a peaceful transition to the
future. She asks "Why were Yeltsin and his team unable to use the
opportunities that history gave them to build a solid base for liberal
democracy in Russia?" She predicts, "The future of Russia's
transformation depends on whether its ruling class learns to temper its
selfishness and to rectify its moral and political behavior.' Today, we have
learned the results. This is still a very valuable book.
|
Sholokov, Mikhail - trans.
Stephen Garry
|
The Don Flows Home to the Sea
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1960, 688 pgs., paperback
|
Soviet Literature
|
A great novel in the series by
Sholokov on Cossack life in Russia.
|
Sholokov, Mikhail - trans. H. C.
Stevens
|
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Soviet Literature
|
A great novel in the series by
Sholokov on Cossack life in Russia.
|
Simon, Jeffrey
|
Warsaw Pact Forces: Problems of
Command and Control
|
Westview Press, Boulder, 1985,
246 pgs., index, end notes, tables, appendices.
|
Soviet History
|
The 10 chapters review the
formation of the Warsaw pact and the crises that have occurred since then until
1985, such as in Czechoslovakia and Poland.
|
Siroyechkovskii, V. Ye.
|
Gosti-Surozhanye
|
OGIZ, Gosudarstvyennoye
sotsial'no -economicheskoye izdatel'stevo, Moscow, 1935, 123 pgs., notes,
|
Russian Military History
|
This is about merchant trade from
Suzdal and Moscow with Sudak in Crimea in 14th and 15th centuries..
|
Skousen, W. Cleon
|
The Naked Communist- 10th ed.
|
Ensign Publishing, Salt Lake
City, 1961, 408 pgs. ,index, bibliography, foot notes
|
Communism - Political theory
|
The author describes the origins
and history of the development of the Communist movement in Europe and then
briefly the Communist seizure of power in Russia.
|
Sokolovskiy, V. D. Marshal -
Harriet Fast Scott trans and ed.
|
Soviet Military Strategy - 3rd
ed.
|
Crane, Russak & Co., N. Y.,
1968, 494 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
|
Soviet Military
|
The author was Chief of the
Soviet General Staff. The book is considered an authoritative statement of
Soviet military doctrine. Mrs. Harriet Scott provides extensive analysis and
commentary on the book and each section.
|
Soloviev, Sergei M. ed and trans.
Helen Prochazka
|
History of Russia Vol. 4 Russia
under the Tatar Yoke 1228-1389
|
Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl. 2000, 296 pgs., index, end notes, diagram. maps, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
These translations are from
Soloviev's massive, 29 vols. History published between 1851 and 1879. He is
still considered one of the greatest Russian historians. This covers the Mongol
incursion of 1228 and Mstislav's defeat. Then is describes Batu's invasion of
1240 and the Russian internal wars of Alexander Nevsky. Then comes the wars of
Alexander's sons 1276-1304 on to the reign of Dmitri Donskoi to 1398. Other
Soloviev volumes are in our other book list.
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Thomas P. Whitney
|
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
An Experiment in Literary Investigation -
|
Harper & Row, Pub., N. Y.,
1973, 660 pgs., index, glossary, foot notes
|
Memoir - Soviet Prison Camps
|
A hardback edition of the
extremely influential account by Solzhenitsyn of the reality in Soviet prison
camps.
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Thomas P. Whitney
|
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
An Experiment in Literary Investigation Vol 1 - Books I - II
|
Harper & Row, Pub., N. Y.,
1973, 660 pgs., index, glossary, foot notes, paperback
|
Memoir - Soviet Prison Camps
|
Paperback edition part one of the
above
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Thomas P. Whitney
|
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
An Experiment in Literary Investigation Vol Two - Books III - IV
|
Harper & Row, Pub., N. Y.,
1973, 712 pgs., index, glossary, foot notes, paperback
|
Memoir - Soviet Prison Camps
|
Paperback edition part 2
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Thomas P. Whitney
|
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
An Experiment in Literary Investigation - Vol. Three - Books V - VII
|
Harper & Row, Pub., N. Y.,
1973, 560 pgs., index, glossary, foot notes, paperback
|
Memoir - Soviet Prison Camps
|
Paperback part 3
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Thomas P. Whitney
|
The First Circle
|
Harper & Row, Pub., N. Y.,
1968, 674 pgs., index, glossary, foot notes
|
Memoir - Soviet Prison Camps
|
This is about the special
sharashka for scientists and engineers who were in prison but forced to produce
weapons including the atom bomb.
|
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. -
trans Max Hayward & Ronald Hingley
|
One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich
|
Frederick Praeger, N. Y., 1963,
210 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
The publication of this book
caused a sensation in Russia both for its content and the fact that the
publication had passed Soviet censors. It brought the name, Solzhenitsyn, to
world attention
|
Souvarine, Boris - trans. C. R.
S. James
|
Stalin: A Critical Survey of
Bolshevism
|
Longmans, Green Co., N.Y., 1939,
690 pgs., index
|
Biography, Soviet History
|
As the publication date
indicates, this is quite different from the other three biographies in this
list. And the author is different as well. This is much more about the
Bolshevik Party and Communism.
|
Staar, Richard F.
|
Communist Regimes in Eastern
Europe - 3rd ed.
|
Hoover Institution Press,
Stanford, 1977, 302 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, tables, charts,
paperback
|
Eastern Europe
|
The first 8 chapters each
describe an individual country. The last 3 chapters discuss the region.
|
Steele, Jonathan
|
Soviet Power: The Kremlin's
Foreign Policy - Brezhnev to Andropov
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1983,
287 pgs., index,
|
Soviet Foreign Policy
|
This detailed study is focused on
a relatively short period of time. Now the reader can compare the author's
predictions with what actually happened.
|
Steuart, A. Francis - ed.
|
Papers Relating to the Scots in
Poland 1576 - 1798
|
Univ. Press- Scottish History
Society, Edinburgh, 1915, (xerox extract)
|
Russian Military History
|
The pages relate to Patrick
Gordon's service in Poland prior to his move to Moscow.
|
Strokov, A. A.
|
V. I. Lenin o Voinye i Voyenom
iskusstvye
|
Izdatel'stvo Nauka, Moscow, 1971,
181 pgs. , index, foot notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Soviet Military Theory
|
The author describes and comments
on Lenin's theories on war.
|
Strokov, A. A.
|
Istoriya voyennogo iskusstva
Rabovladyel'chyeskoye i fyedol'noye obshchyestvo
|
Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo
Ministerstva oboroni, Souza SSR, Moscow, 1955, 341 pgs., index, illustrations,
notes - xerox copy
. |
Russian Military History
|
Strokov's History of military art
in the Slave owning and feudal societies is typical Marxist tendentious
propaganda - but over looking that one can read a decent general history of
ancient and medieval warfare. It illustrations are good.
|
Stuart, Douglas T. & William
T. Tow - eds.
|
China, the Soviet Union, and the
West: Strategic and Political Dimensions in the 1980's
|
Westview Press, Boulder, 1982,
309 pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
International Politics
|
There are 21 essays by
specialists on specific topics related to China and the USSR. So much has
changed since 1980's but the book is useful for the history of the period and
Western views at that time.
|
Sukhanov, N. N. - trans Joel
Carmichael
|
The Russian Revolution 1917 - Vol
1
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1962, 341 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Russian History
|
An eyewitness account by a
Russian, edited and translated. A very detailed account giving individual names
of actors and timing of events.
Compare with Chamberlin's book.
|
Sukhanov, N. N. - trans Joel
Carmichael
|
The Russian Revolution 1917 - Vol
2
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1962, 346 pgs., index, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Russian History
|
An eyewitness account by a
Russian, edited and translated. A very detailed account giving individual names
of actors and timing of events.
|
Solovyov, Boris
|
The Battle of Kursk 1943
|
Novosti Press, Moscow, 1988,. 81
pgs., illustration, paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
Very brief summary of the battle
from the Soviet propaganda point of view.
|
Sutton, Antony C.
|
National Suicide: Military Aid to
the Soviet Union
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., 1973, 283 pgs., index, bibliography, tables
|
Soviet Military Economy
|
The author focuses on the
extensive economic support - especially in modern technology - given to Soviet
Russia prior to and during World war II. He claims that this aid continues and
greatly increases the military power of the Soviet Union.
|
Suvorov, Victor - pseudonym
|
Inside the Soviet Army - 2
identical editions
|
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1982,
295 pgs., index, map - Macmillan Pub. N. Y. - 1982
|
Soviet Military
|
The author was a Soviet Army
officer who defected. Some critics question his knowledge of the higher level
aspects of the Soviet army and military policy, that he includes in this book.
|
Suvorov, Victor -
pseudonym
|
Inside Soviet
Military Intelligence
|
Macmillan Pub., N.
Y., 1984, 193 pgs., index, lists of GRU officers, diagrams
|
Soviet Military
|
The author claimed
insider knowledge of the Soviet military intelligence organization - the GRU.
|
Syekirinskii, S.
|
Ocherki istorii Surozha ix - xv
vekov (Notes on the History of Sudak in the 9th to 15th centuries)
|
Krimizdat Simferopol' , 1955, 103
pgs., end notes
|
Medieval Russian History
|
The chapters describe the history
of Sudak including the various wars with the Tatars, its development by the
Genoese and final conquest by the Ottomans.
|
Taylor, Lonn & Kathleen M.
Kendrick & Jeffrey L. Brodie
|
The Star-Spangled Banner: The
Making of an American Icon
|
National Museum of American
History, Smithsonian Books, Wash. D. C., 2008, many illustrations, index, notes
|
American History
|
This is a stunning book as befits
a marvelous enterprise. The central story is the detailed renovation of the
original Star-Spangled Banner by experts in the Museum. But the authors have
added a full history of the flag itself from 1814.
|
Thayer, Charles W.
|
Russia
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1960, 176 pgs. ,
index, further reading, maps, appendix, notes, illustrations
|
Russia
|
The author had extensive
diplomatic service in Russia from the 1930's. This is a general account of life
in the Soviet Union.
|
Thomas, Timothy L.
|
"Russia's Reflexive Control
Theory and the Military"
|
Journal of Slavic Military
Studies, Vol 17., April June 2004, # 2, pgs., 237-256, papere
|
Russia - Military Theory
|
Theauthor is an expert on moderen
Russia at the US Army Center for Foreign studies. In this he descrfibes the
Russian theory. Reflexive control takes place when the controlling organ
conveys to the objective target systrem motives and reasons that cause itto
reach the desired decision. The method requires the controller to determine the
opponents weak decision points and exploit them. The controller makes the
opponent believe he is making his own decisions
|
Tolochko, P. P.
|
Drevnaya Rus
' |
Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1987, 245
pgs., notes, illustrations, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
The history of Kievan Rus from
earliest times to the 13th century.
|
Topper, Harmon
|
To the Great Ocean: Siberia and
the Trans-Siberian Railway
|
Little, Brown & Co., Boston,
1965, 536 pgs., maps, index, bibliography, chronology, illustrations,
appendices
|
Russian History
|
A great story. Based on extensive
research.
|
Towster, Julian
|
Political Power in the U.S. S.
R., 1917-1947
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1948,
443 pgs., index, bibliography, charts, foot notes
|
Soviet Government and Communist
Party - Theory and Practice
|
The book is organized into
chapters on: "The Concept of State and Law; The Understanding of the
Constitution; The Class Principle, The Nationality Principle, the Conception of
the Party; The Party Structure; The Concept of the Soviets: The Soviet
Structure; The Dynamics of Political Power."
|
Treadgold, Donald W.
|
Twentieth Century Russia - 2nd
ed.
|
Rand McNally Co., Chicago, 1964,
576 pgs., index, readings. maps,. illustrations
|
Soviet History
|
The author begins with
pre-revolutionary Russia after 1900. He includes politics economics, culture,
arts, diplomacy, wars, all up to 1963.
|
Tritten, James J.
|
Soviet Naval Forces and Nuclear
Warfare: Weapons, Employment, and Policy
|
Westview Press, Boulder, 1986,
282 pgs., index, appendix, paperback
|
Soviet History
|
The book is worth study for its
history of Soviet nuclear war concepts. It is concerned with two main subjects.
The first is to consider the strategic employment of the Soviet fleet in
nuclear war and deterrence involving the Soviet and American homelands. Second
is the creation of a better methodology for analyzing the Soviet navy. Both
issues are still relevant today.
|
Tucker, Robert C. & Stephen
F. Cohen - eds
|
The Great Purge Trial
|
Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y.,
1965, 725 pgs., readings, foot notes,
|
Soviet Justice
|
This contains an official
transcript of the 1938 trial (bar 3 sessions) with editorial comment.
|
Tukhachevskiy, M. M.
|
Voprosy Strategii i Operativnogo
Iskustva v Sovetskikh Voyennykh Trudskh - 1917-1940
|
U. S. Army - paperback manuscript
, |
Soviet Military Theory
|
This is an American translation -
Collection of Articles on Strategy and Tactics by M. M. Tukhachevskiy, Soviet
Military Theoretician. He was more than that - a Marshal of Soviet Union,
member of the CPSU - some of the main sources for this are: National and Class
Strategy, 1920; The Campaign Beyond the Vistula, 1923; War as a problem of
armed Conflict, 1928; New Problems of Warfare, 1932; The Military Plans of
Present Day Germany, 1935.
|
Tunmann, Johann - trans from
Gerfeman into Russian by N. L. Ernst & S. L. Belyavskoi
|
Krimskoye Khanstvo
|
Tavriya, Simferopol', 1991, 93
pgs., notes, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
The German author wrote this
memoir in the 1780's. The author describes many important places such as
Mangup. Sudak, Alma, Inkerman, Kaffa.
|
Ulam, Adam B.
|
Stalin: The Man and his Era
|
Viking Press, N. Y., 1973, 760
pgs., index, foot notes
|
Biography - Soviet History
|
This version of Stalin is less
unfavorable than Lewis's. And it is more comprehensive on the period prior to
WWII and less so on WWII than Grey's. None of them is a comprehensive than
Volkogonov's which I gave away.
|
Ulam, Adam B.
|
The Unfinished Revolution: An
Essay on the Sources of Influence of Marxism and Communism
|
Vintage Books, N.Y., 1960, 307
pgs., index, paper back
|
Political Theory - Communism
|
The author attempts to explain
the difference between what popular belief has been about the social results
Marx had in mind for the advent of Communism and the reality of the results in
the states that claim to have experienced a communist revolution.
|
Uustalu, Evald
|
The History of Estonian People
|
Boreas Pub. London, 261 pgs.,
bibliography, illustrations
|
Estonian and Russian History
|
Xerox copy of only full history
of Estonian people in English. Includes era from stone and bronze ages through
control by Germans and Swedes and then the Russians after the Great Northern
War..
|
Vasiliev, Alexander Alexandrovich
|
The Goths in the Crimea
|
Mediaeval Academy of America,
Cambridge, Mass, 1956, 283 pgs. , index, xerox, copy
|
Russian Medieval History
|
Many Goths remained in Crimea
when the major Goths tribes migrated into the Roman Empire. They established
their principalith with Alans in the mountains of southern Crimea. This study
describes their relations with Byzantines, Khazars, Kypchaks, Genoese and
others until they were destroyed by the Ottoman Turks in 1475.
|
Vasil'yev, B. A.
|
Long-Range Missile-Equipped: A
Soviet View
|
U. S. Government Printing office,
Wash. D. C., ND, 79 pgs., paperback
|
Soviet Military
|
The author is a Russian Major
General of Aviation. The booklet is an account of the phases of development of
Long Range Aviation in trhe Soviet Union.
|
Vasil'yevskii, V. G.
|
Trudi V. G. Vasil'yevskogo Vol 1
|
Tipografiya imperatorskoi
Akademii Nauk', St. Petersburg, 1908, 398 pages, xerox copy
|
Russian History
|
A set of several articles by the
great historian Vasilyevsksi on ancient Rus, Vikings, and Constantinople.
|
Vel'yanikovki-Zyerieoni, N. N.
|
Izsl'dovauye Kasimovskikh
Tsaryakhh i Tsaryevichakh'
|
St. Petersburg, 1864,477 pgs.,
xerox, copy
|
Russian History
|
A history of the Kasimov Khanate
and its Khans.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia - 3rd ed.
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1929-1951, 533 pgs., index, bibliography, maps
|
Russian History
|
A one volume version of Professor
Vernadsky's history of Russia through World War II.
|
Vernon, Graham D. - ed.
|
Soviet Perceptions of war and
peace
|
National Defense University
Press, Wash. D. C., 1981, 185 pgs., index, end notes,
|
Soviet Military
|
This contains 8 essays by
distinguished experts on Soviet military theory. They provide a historical view
of Soviet thinking in the 1980's plus an opportunity to compare those with
Russian thinking today.
|
Viskovatov, A. V. trans. Mark
Conrad
|
Historicheskoe Opisanie odezhdy i
vooruzhenii Rossiiskikh Voisk Vol 19
|
private printing, paperback
|
Russian Military History
|
Mark has spent years translating
volumes of the massive mullti-volume work on the history of Imperial Russian
uniforms published in ST. Petersburg in 19th century. This is but one small
sample.
|
Viskovatov, A. V. trans. Mark
Conrad
|
Historicheskoe Opisanie odezhdy i
vooruzhenii Rossiiskikh Voisk Vol 10b
|
private printing, 1993, paperback
|
Russian Military History
|
Mark has spent years translating
volumes of the massive mullti-volume work on the history of Imperial Russian
uniforms published in ST. Petersburg in 19th century. This is but one small
sample. The Viskovatov work is priceless, hughly detailed. We have the
illustrations that go with these texts. This volume is uniforms of infantry
from 1801 - 1825.
|
Von Laue, Theodore H.
|
Why Lenin? Why Stalin?: A
Reappraisal of the Russian Revolution, 1900-1930
|
J. B. Lippincott Co., N.Y., 1964,
242 pgs., index, readings, paper back
|
Soviet History
|
The author states that: This
essay offers a novel explanation of the rise of Lenin and Stalin. It attempts
to view the emergence of Russian communism as an integral part of European and
global history, treating it, as it should have been from the start, as a
problem of comparative studies, not as an isolated phenomenon to be explained
largely from Russian conditions alone." Well, in my experience there was
plenty of study of communism not focused on Russia alone. And the Soviet
government was included in courses of comparative government.
|
Voronin, Nikolai
|
`Vladimir, Monuments of
Architecture
|
Aurora, Leningrad ,1988, 127 pgs,
illustrations
|
Russian History - architecture
|
An extensively illustrated guide
book to the history and historical architecture of Vladimir.
|
Whetten, Lawrence L. - ed.
|
The Future of Soviet Military
Power
|
Crane, Russak, N. Y., 1976, 190
pgs., index,
|
Soviet Political and Military
|
The book consists of 9 essays on
Soviet military topics including doctrine, tactical concepts, naval
capabilities, theater warfare, Correlation of forces.
|
Whetten, Lawrence L. - ed.
|
The Political Implications of
Soviet Military Power
|
Crane, Russak, N. Y., 1977, 138
pgs., index,
|
Soviet Political and Military
|
The book consists of 10 essays by
various authors on Soviet policy and foreign reactions to it. Today, it is an
example of foreign views on the subject as of the 1970's.
|
Wolfe, Bertram D.
|
Three Who Made a Revolution
|
Beacon Press, Boston, 1955, 661
pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
Biography, Russian History
|
This became a classic study of
the three leaders, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin (all pseudonyms) who were central
actors in the Bolshevik coup in Russia.
|
Yates, Athol
|
Russia by Rail with Belarus and
Ukraine
|
Bradt Pub., U. K., 1996, 472
pgs., index, tables, illustrations, paperback
|
Russia - Travel
|
An unusual book focused on the
routes bv rail. The time tables are most likely outdated now. But the
descriptions of towns and villages organized by their locations on rail lines
is very interesting.
|
Yefyendnyev, Yel'dar
|
Narva
|
Peredonika, Tallinn, 1990, 77
pgs, illustrations, paperback
|
Russian History - Estonia
|
Well illustrated guide book to
historic places in Narva. In Russian
|
Zaloga, Steven J.
|
Red Thrust: Attack on the Central
Front, Soviet Tactics and Capabilities in the 1990's
|
Presidio, Novato, 1989, 274 pgs.,
bibliography, glossary, illustrations,
|
Soviet - US NATO military
comparison
|
Steve Zaloga is a well known
author on Soviet military topics. In this one he creates a fictional scenario
for a Soviet attack in Central Germany as the basis for an analysis of the
strengths and weaknesses of the two opponents.
|
Zaloga, Steven J. & Leland S.
Ness
|
Red Army Handbook 1939-1945
|
Sutton Pub., Stroud, 1998, 230
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, tables
|
Soviet Military
|
A comprehensive study of the
Soviet Army during World War II. The focus is on weapons and tactics. Use with
Porter's book
|
Zemtsov, Ilya
|
Andropov: Policy Dilemmas and the
Struggle for Power
|
IRICS Publisher, Jerusalem, 1983,
252 pgs., notes. bibliography
|
Soviet History
|
A biographical analysis of
Andropov and his rise to power in the Soviet Union. He was one of Putin's
mentors.
|
Zenkovsky, Serge A. - ed
. |
Medieval Russia's epics,
chronicles, and tales
|
Meridan Book, New American
Library, N. Y., 1974, chronology, glossary
|
Russian literature
|
A wonderful compilation of a
great many Russian primary source literature from poems and tales to documents.
A fine reference for the student of medieval Russia.
|
Zhukov, Georgi K. -trans Theodore
Shabad- ed. Harrison Salisbury
|
Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles
|
Pocket Books, N. Y., 1960, 280
pgs., index, maps, foot notes, paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
A brief memoir about the personal
role of Marshal Zhukov in battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Berlin.
|
General subjects
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The Oxford Dictionary of
Quotations, 2nd ed.
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1953,
1003 pgs. index
|
Reference
|
Some quotations are but a line or
two while others are lengthy paragraphs. The names of the compilers are not
provided.
|
| |
National Gallery of Art,
Washington
|
Thames and Hudson, London, 1992,
327 pgs., illustrations, paperback
|
Guide book to Museum
|
This has 309 color illustrations
with descriptions
. |
| |
The Statistical History of the
United States from Colonial Times to the Present
|
Fairfield Publishers, Stamford,
Conn, 1965, 789 pgs. , tables
|
Reference - American Economy
|
Massive amount of
statistical information provided in tables.
|
| |
Webster's Geographical Dictionary
|
G & C. Merriam Co.
Springfield Mass, 1955, 1293 pgs. , maps
|
Reference -geography
|
A Dictionary of names and places
with geographical and historical information and pronunciations illustrated
with many maps in the text and with 24 maps in full color.
|
| |
U. S. Army Historical Directory
1994
|
U. S. Army Center of Military
History, Wash. D. C. 1994, 106 pgs., paperback
|
American Military History
|
A guide to the American Army
organizations that are related to military history including museums, and
research offices
|
| |
Field Manual 101-8-1 -
Operational Terms and Symbols
|
Dept. of Army, Wash. D. C. 1985,
illustrations, paperback
|
American Military
|
The manual describes official
terms and shows the symbols used on maps.
|
| |
Guide to U. S. Army Museums and
Historic Sites
|
Center of Military History, Wash.
D. C., 1975, 120 pgs., maps, illustrations, paperback
|
American Military
|
Each museum or location is
described. The locations are listed by state. The maps are excellent.
|
| |
United States Army Veterans'
Associations 1993
|
Office of Public Affairs, Dept.
of Army, Wash, D.C., 1993, 195 pgs., paperback
|
American Military
|
An amazing number of veteran's
associations including those of individual units. They are organized in
sections by type.
|
| |
Guide to Foreign Military Studies
1945-54 Catalog and Index
|
Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe,
1954, 253 pgs., index, paperback
|
German Military World war II
|
This lists the many manuscripts
including interviews with German veterans conducted by the American Army with
prisoners. A rich reference material.
. |
Ahern, John H.
|
Miniature Landscape Modeling
|
Model &Allied Pub. Hemel
Hempstead, 1971, 133 pgs., illustrations, paperback
|
Reference
|
A small, useful guide to creating
landscape for background in dioramas
|
Alexander, Fran - ed.
|
Encyclopedia of World History
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1998,
759 pgs., illustrations
|
Reference - History
|
This encyclopedia is organized
alphabetically as opposed to the Stearn version which is organized
chronologically..
|
Allen, Frederick Lewis
|
Only yesterday
|
Bantam Books, N. Y., 1959, 270
pgs., index, appendix, paperback
|
American History
|
A history of the US in the
1920's.
|
Amos, Dan
|
Keynes' Legacyi
|
Strategic Investment, March 2008,
Vol. 21, #13, Agora Financial, Baltimore, 6 pgs. paperback
|
Economics - investment
|
How Paper Money Distorts
Investment Circles - Describes how the governments are trying to solve problems
they created themselves by adhering to Keynesian theories
|
Ancelet-Hustache, Jeanne - trans
Hilda Graef
|
Master Eckhart and the Rhineland
Mystics
|
Harper Torchback, N. Y., 1957,
190 pgs., bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Literature
|
Master Eckhart was born in 1260
in Germany during the reign of Manfred, son of the HRE Frederick II. He was one
of the mystics living during those times.
|
Baker, A. D.
|
"Battle of Tewkesbury"
in British History Illustrated, Vol One, Number 6, Feb. 1975
|
Historical Times Ltd., London,
1975, pgs., 2 -13, illustrations, map
|
English History
|
Brief essay on the battle with
excellent illustrations
|
Balck, Hermann
|
Conversation on World War II
|
Battelle Tactical Technology
Center, Columbus Ohio, 1979, 42 pgs., paperback
|
German Military
|
General Balck participated in a
symposium that sought to study Soviet military methods in World War II.
|
Baldridge, Kenneth P.
|
Seven Reading Strategies
|
Baldridge Reading Instruction,
Greenwich, Conn., 1977, 157 pgs., index, paperback
|
Textbook
|
For use by teachers of English.
|
Barraclough, Geoffrey - ed.
|
Harper Collins Atlas of World
History
|
Harper Collins, N. Y., 1978, 220
pgs., index, maps, illustrations, chronology,
|
Reference - Atlas, World History
|
Of course the many detailed maps
are the main point, but there are also many excellent illustrations and the
descriptive text is good. The content includes 'human origins' and early
mankind through the ice age. Then the organization of this section is by
continents. After than it is by chronology as well as geographic regions.
|
Barnett, Lincoln
|
The World We Live In
|
Time Inc. N. Y.,
1955, 304 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, large format
|
Natural History
|
A large size book
with many illustrations. It is about the natural history of the earth from
formation through evolution of life forms to the various geographical areas
today such as arctic, rain forests, coral reefs and the universe.
|
Bartlett, John - 12th edition -
Christopher Morley, editor
|
Familiar Quotations
|
Little, Brown & Co., Boston,
1951, 1831 pgs., index
|
Reference
|
The familiar classic source for
quotations
|
Baum, L. Frank
|
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1979,
221 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
The fourth book in the famous
series after The Wizard of Oz - The Land of Oz - and Ozma of Oz. There were
many more to follow.
|
Beitzel, Barry J. - Chief
Consultant
|
Biblica, The Bible Atlas
|
Global Book Pub., Love Lane,
Australia, 2006, 575 pgs., index, gazateer, bibliography, family trees,
scriptural references, illustrations, very large format
|
Bible - literature, geography
|
This is an extraordinary
publication created by as large team of Jews, Muslims, Catholic and Protestant
experts on the Bible, archeology, map making,
|
Benioff, David
|
City of Thieves
|
Penguin, N.Y., 2008, 258 pgs.
|
Literature
|
Novel
|
Bennett, William J.
|
Why we Fight: Moral Clarity and
the War on Terrorism
|
Doubleday, N.Y., 2002, 170 pgs.
|
Current Events
|
The author's reaction to current
questions and objections about the American response to terrorist attacks.
|
Bernanke, Ben S.
|
Essays on the Great Depression
|
Princeton University Press,
Princeton, N.J., 2000, 157 pgs., tables, Xerox copy
|
Economic Theory - History
|
This is the famous study by the
former Chairman of the FED in which he claimed to have analyzed the origins of
the Great Depression and determined the reasons for its origin and expansion. I
believe he leaves out to much off the current political policies and actions.
|
Bettenson, Henry - ed and trans.
|
The Early Christian Fathers
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1956,
300 pgs., appendix, foot notes, paperback
|
Religion
|
Translated extracts from the
writing of about 10 of the earliest Catholic Church fathers.
|
Blondal, Sigfus
|
The Varangians of Byzantium
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, London,
240 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps - Xerox copy
|
Medieval History
|
An excellent book on the
Varangian Guard in the Byzantine army
|
Bowra, C. M.
|
Classical Greece
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1965, 192 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology,
|
Ancient History
|
In the Time - Great Ages of Man -
A History of the World's Culture series. The text includes prehistoric Greece
to the death of Alexander the Great. The illustrations include much art and the
text includes politics.
|
Brundage, James, trans and ed.
|
The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia
|
Univ of Wisconsin Press, Madison,
1961, 245 pgs. footnotes
|
Medieval History
|
Xerox copy of important primary
source on Livonia and Russia.
|
Caen, Herb - Max, Yavno
|
The San Francisco Book
|
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1948,
119 pgs., illustrations
|
California History
|
Herb Caen was a famous San
Francisco newspaper writer (local picture) who probably knew more about the
city than anyone else. His text is about life and people in the city. He coined
the phrase - Baghdad by the Bay and includes many other clever terms in his
text. The special photography for this book made by Max Yavno provides an
excellent history of the city, but they no not have captions. Many are placed
reasonably near the text, but only a person very familiar with the city would
recognize some scenes..
|
Carroll, Lewis
|
The Complete Works of Lewis
Carroll
|
Random House, N. Y., ND, 1293
pgs., illustrations
|
Literature
|
This edition contains - Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland - Through the Looking Glass - Sylvie and Bruno -
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - The Hunting of the Snark, Early Verse, Puzzles
from Wonderland - Prologues to Plays- and much more poetry.
|
Casson, Lionel
|
Ancient Egypt
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1965, 292 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, appendices
|
Ancient History
|
In the Great Ages of Man- A
History of the World's Cultures series - it is indeed cultural and social
history including intellectual, and religious. The economy of the Nile and
Egyptian war machine are included.
|
Collins, Wilkie
|
The Moonstone
|
Penguin Books,. N. Y., 1966,
(original 1866), 527 pgs., paper back
|
Literature
|
This is considered to be the
first mystery novel. Collins was a friend of Dickens - in those days these
novels were published serially in weekly newspapers. This one must have kept
readers guessing for months.
|
Collins, Wilkie - ed and intro by
Julian Symons
|
The Woman in White
|
Penguin Books, N.Y., 1974,
(original 1859), 648 pgs., notes,
|
Literature
|
A longer and much more complex
novel with much material based on Collins' study of the law.
|
Collins, Wilkie
|
Great Classic Library - The
Moonstone, The Haunted Hotel, My Lady's Money
|
Chancellor Press, London, 1994,
679 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Three novels
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Summer 1989, Vol 1 - # 4
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1989, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Ten excellent
articles by historians plus special features - One essay on Cowpens and one on
Attila.
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Winter 1989, Vol 1 # 2
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1989, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Eleven interesting
essays including one on The Athenian century and one on Vauban
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Spring 1989, Vol 1 # 3
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1989, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Eleven essays and 5
department articles including one by Victor Hanson on hoplite warfare and three
on the horse in warfare
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Autumn 1989, Vol. 2 # 1
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1989, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Eleven essays and 5
department articles including one on the Roman siege of Masada, 5 on the coming
of orld atr II, and one on Demetrius Poliorcetes.
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Spring 1991, Vol. 3 # 3
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1991, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Eleven essays and 5
department articles including one on the elephant in war and one on Mdgiddo.
|
Cowley, Robert - ed.
|
MHQ - The Quarterly
Journal of Military History - Summer 1991, Vol 3, # 4
|
MHQ, N. Y., 1989, 128
pgs., illustrations
|
Military History
|
Nine essays and 4
departtment essays including one on the Assyrians and one on the Amazons.
|
Crane, Stephen
|
The Red Badge of
Courage
|
Bantam Books, N. Y.,
1983, 135 pgs., bibliography, paperback
|
Literature
|
Famous novel of the
American Civil War
|
Crocker, H. W. III
|
Triumph: The Power and the Glory
of the Catholic Church
|
Three Rivers Press, N. Y., 2001,
499 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
History of Catholic Church
|
A general account from earliest
origins in Roman empire to today.
|
Crocker, H. W. III
|
The Politically Incorrect Guide
to the British Empire
|
Regnery Pub., Wash. D.C. ., 2011,
394 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
British History
|
From around 1500 to 1979. There
are chapters on eras and events and chapters of biographies of significant
leaders.
|
Cross, Milton
|
Milton Cross' Complete Stories of
the Great Operas
|
Doubleday Co., Garden City, N.
Y., 1949, 627 pgs. , index
|
Opera - Reference
|
Excellent reference to
librettos..
|
Crump, Donald J.
|
Splendors of the Past: Lost
Cities of the Ancient World
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash. D. C., 1988, 295 pgs., index, added reading, illustrations, large format
|
Ancient History
|
The book contains 8 highly
illustrated essays by various authors mostly about the ancient Near East, but
with one on Sri Lanka.
|
Dante - Trans. ed. Mark Musa
|
Inferno
|
Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington,
1993, 409 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Literature
|
An excellent translation of one
of the finest works in literature with extensive notes. This makes the edition
understandable and a pleasure to read
|
Davidson, Marshall B. - ed.
|
The Light of the Past
|
American Heritage Pub., N. Y.,
1965, 288 pgs., illustrations, large format
|
General History
|
This magnificent publication by
Horizon contains 29 essays by distinguished historians on a wide variety of
topics, all with excellent illustrations.
|
Davidson, Marshall B. - ed. -
Text by Leonard Cottrell
|
The Horizon Book of Lost Worlds
|
American Heritage Pub. N. Y.,
1962, 431 pgs., index, illustrations, chronology, large format
|
Ancient History
|
This magnificent book contains 17
essays on a variety of subjects mostly from the ancient Near East and Classical
Greece and Rome, but also including the Maya and Khmers. The chronology table
shows the relationship between the subjects of the various chapters.
|
Day, David
|
Guide to Tolkien's World: A
Bestiary
|
Bounty Books, London, 2010, 287
pgs., index, genealogy, map, chronology, illustrations
|
Literature
|
The author has compiled an
alphabetical encyclopedia of the beasts, monsters, races, deities and flora
mentioned in Tolkien's books. Very useful reference.
|
Defoe, Daniel - ed. J. Donald
Crowley
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y., 1981,
315 pgs., notes, paperback
|
Literature
|
Immediately became more than a
classic
|
Dickens, Charles
|
A Tale of Two Cities
|
Bantam Books, N.Y., 1983, 356
pgs., bibliography paperback
|
Literature
|
A novel but with commentary about
the French Revolution
|
Dickens, Charles
|
David Copperfield
|
Dell Pub., N. Y., 1958, 416 pgs.,
paperback
|
Literature
|
A novel but with commentary about
the impact of the Industrial revolution in Great Britain
|
Dickerson, Madelyn
|
The Handy Art History Answer Book
|
Visible Ink Press, Canton, MI.,
2013, 294 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, illustrations, paperback
|
Art History
|
An excellent reference with the
history of art organized in the form of questions and answers.
|
Donaldson, E. Talbot, -ed.
|
Medieval and Renaissance Poets -
Langland to Spenser
|
Viking Press, N. Y., 1950, 619
pgs., index
|
Literature
|
Excellent selection of many
poets.
|
Dostoyevsky, Fydor - trans
Constance Garnett
|
Crime and Punishment
|
Modern Library, N. Y., 1950, 552
pgs.,
|
Literature
|
Classic novel
|
Dostoyevsky, Fydor - trans
Constance Garnett
|
The Brothers Karamazov
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1957, 701 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Classic novel
|
Doughty, Major Robert A.
|
The Evolution of US Army Tactical
Doctrine, 1946-76
|
Combat Studies Institute, USAGSC,
Ft. Leavenworth , Kansas, 1979, 57 pgs., notes, paperback
|
American Military History
|
Leavenworth Papers #1. This study
focuses on US Army tactics in Korea and Viet Nam.
|
Drea, Edward J.
|
Defending the Driniumopr:
Covering Force Operations in New Guinea, 1944
|
Combat Studies Institute, USAGSC,
Ft. Leavenworth , Kansas, 1984, 184 pgs., notes, diagrams, documents, maps,
illustrations, paperback
|
American Military History
|
Leavenworth Papers #9. This study
focuses on US Army operations in New Guinea, 1944. The campaign described here
is not well known, to say the least, but this account shows it is well worth
study.
|
Dunan, Marcel - ed
|
Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient
and Medieval History
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1963,
413 pgs., index, illustrations, large format
|
Ancient and Medieval History
|
Forward by Arnold Toynbee. There
are hundreds of excellent illustrations. The first section is 35 pgs. on
prehistoric man. The chapters then include both Western and Eastern
civilizations and pre-Colombian America.
|
Epstein, Robert, M.
|
The Different levels of war in
the Napoleonic Period - Austerlitz and Friedland
|
International Commission of
Military History - Colloquy, Wash,. D.C. 65 pgs., notes, manuscript
|
Military History
|
The author contributes to the
recent American Army fascination with the concept that there are different
'levels' of war, that there is something called operational art between
strategy and tactics.
|
Erickson, Carolly
|
Royal Panoply: Brief Lives of the
English Monarchs
|
History Book Club, N. Y. ,2003,
368 pgs., index, illustrations
|
English History
|
The book includes all the
monarchs from William I (The Conqueror) to Queen Elizabeth II. - this includes
4 Williams, 3 Richards, 2 James, 2 Charles, 6 Georges, 2 Elizabeths, 8 Edwards
|
Faires, Virgil, Moring
|
Applied Thermodynamics
|
Macmillan Co., N. Y., 480 pgs.
,index
|
Science - engineering
|
Text book on thermodynamics at
West Point - energy, entropy, thermodynamic laws
|
Felleman, Hazel - ed.
|
The Best Loved Poems of the
American People
|
Garden City Books, Garden City,
N. Y., 1936, 670 pgs., index
|
Literature
|
Hundreds of poems organized into
sections by general subject matter.
|
Fonstad, Karen Wynn
|
The Atlas of Middle Earth
|
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,
1991, 210 pgs. index, maps,
|
Literature
|
The author has taken the
descriptions provided by Tolkien in his books and manuscript notes to develop
what the various locations in Hobbitt, Lord of Rings, and Silmarillion would
look like on maps. A very useful product for readers.
|
Fowle, Barry W.
|
"The Normandy Landing"
|
Army History - The Professional
Bulletin of Army History, Center of Military History, Washington D.C. Spring
1994, pgs., 1-10, illustrations, map, readings paperback
|
American Military history - World
War II
|
Well written summary of the
operation. There are other interesting articles in the same issue including Lee
Plummer's "Adopting the Staff Ride at the 143rd Transportation
Command."
|
Fox, Canon Adam
|
Westminster Abbey
|
Pitkin Pictorians, London, 1972,
25 pgs., illustrations
|
Architecture
|
Gorgeous color book showing major
sections of the interior.
|
Franger, Wilhelm
|
The Millennium of Hieronymus
Bosch
|
Faber and Faber Ltd., London,
1952, 164 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Art -
|
This is a study of the great
painter, Hieronymus Bosch by an art critic and illustrated with many excellent
reproductions of Bosch' surreal works.
|
Franklin, Benjamin
|
Poor Richard's Almanac and other
papers
|
Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1886,
88 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Franklin, Benjamin
|
Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin
|
Lancer Books, N.Y., 254 pgs.,
paperback
|
Biography
|
At one point Franklin writes:
"About this time there was a cry among the people for more paper money,
only fifteen thousand pounds being extant in the province, and that soon to be
sunk. The wealthy inhabitants opposed any addition, being against all paper
currency from the apprehension that it would depreciate, as it had done in New
England to the injury of all creditors." Franklin authored and printed a
tract favoring more paper money. When this legislation was approved he received
a lucrative contract to print it. - And then more and more.
|
Fremantle, Anne
|
Age of Faith
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1965, 192 pgs.,
index, bibliography, time line, illustrations, appendix
|
Medieval History
|
In the Great Ages of Man - A
History of the World's Cultures series. The text includes old views of
feudalism - the Crusades, expansion of towns, intellectual history, and
development of 'nation-states' The illustrations are great, but I find many old
misconceptions in the text.
|
Gabel, Christopher R.
|
Seek, Strike, Destroy: U. S. Army
Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War II
|
Combat Studies Institute,
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1989 pgs., notes, bibliography,
illustrations, paperback
|
American Military History
|
The introduction of units
equipped with special vehicles designed for the mission of anti-tank operations
required the U.S. Army to develop effective doctrine for their employment
during combat.
|
Gabel, Christopher R.
|
The 4th Armored Division in the
Encirclement of Nancy
|
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas,
1986, 27 pgs., notes, maps, paperback
|
American Military History
|
A short summary of the action of
the 4th Armored
|
Gabel, Christopher R.
|
The Lorraine Campaign: An
Overview, Sept. -Dec. 1944
|
Combat Studies Institute,
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1985 39 pgs., readings, illustrations, maps,
paperback
|
American Military History
|
A case study of an American
campaign in WWII
|
Gaedcke, Heinz
|
Conversation on World War II
|
Battelle Tactical Technology
Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1979, 38 pgs., paperback
|
German Military History
|
The author's personal discussion
of combat on eastern front in Soviet Union. He was a German Lt. General. He
participated in a symposium that sought to learn about Soviet military methods.
|
Gallagher, Jolie Anderson
|
Colorado Forts
|
History Press, Charleston SC.,
2013, 159 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, maps,
paper back
|
American History
|
A very well written, interesting
book that describes many of the frontier forts built in Colorado from about
1830 to 1880 and their present condition or location. Could be read with book
on Bent's Fort.
|
Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck &
Stuart P. Feld
|
American Paintings
|
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
N.Y., 1965, 292 pgs., index, illustrations, paperback
|
Museum guide
|
This is a catalogue of the
collection in the museum of the work of painters born by 1815.
|
Garraty, John A. - ed.
|
Encyclopedia of American
Biography
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1974,
1241 pgs., index
|
Reference - Biographies
|
See also Webster - valuable
lengthy biographies of Americans.
|
Gautam,. P. K.
|
Operational Lessons of the Wars
of the 21st Century
|
Institute for Defense Studies and
Analyses IDSA monograph Series #12, January 2013, 95 pgs., foot notes, paper
|
Military Theory
|
The author summarises the lessons
from the recent wars. These include the roles of space, air power, smart
weapons, close air support, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Despite the
role of advanced technology close ground combat remains critical;. The proper
balance between conventional and irregular warfare must be determined. The
author contrasts 'Western' and Indian thinking on these issues.
|
Gay, Peter
|
Age of Enlightenment
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1966, 192 pgs.,
index, bibliography, chronology,
|
Early Modern History
|
In the Great Ages of Man- A
History of the World's Cultures series - it is indeed cultural and social
history including intellectual, religious and music.
|
Gebhardt, James F.
|
The Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation:
Soviet Breakthrough and Pursuit in the Arctic October 1944
|
Combat Studies Institute,
USACSGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1990, 182 pgs., index, notes, bibliography,
maps, illustrations, paperback
|
American Military History
|
Leavenworth Papers # 17 - This
study of Soviet operations is significant because the campaign is the largest
conducted north of the Arctic Circle. The author's analysis draws useful
conclusions.
|
Gibson, Clare
|
The Hidden Life of Art; Secrets
and Symbols in Great Masterpieces
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 2006,
208 pgs., index, bibliography, index of artists, illustrations
|
Art History
|
A fascinating and valuable book
in which the author examines great painting with color illustrations and
reveals the symbols that the artists used and his viewers knew, but that are
generally lost to modern viewers. The books is organized into section -
Mythological Figures and Symbols - Sacred Figures and Symbols - Allegorical
Figures and Symbols.
|
Gilliam, Harold - photography
Robert Cameron
|
Above Carmel, Monterey and Big
Sur
|
Cameron Co. San Francisco, 1994,
95 pgs., paperback. illustrations, maps
|
California History
|
The book features stunning aerial
photographs of the Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur area along the California
coast.
|
Glantz, Lt.Col. David M.
|
August Storm: Soviet Tactical and
Operational Combat in Manchuria, 1945
|
Combat Studies Institute,
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth Kansas, 1983, 204 pgs., maps, noes, symbols. paperback
|
Soviet Military History
|
Leavenworth Papers # 8. One of
the first examples of Dave Glantz's exceptional expertise of Soviet military
history. Marvelous maps. Soviet operations are examined by the use of 8 case
studies of specific operations in varied conditions.
|
Gobat, Rev. Samuel
|
Journal of Three Years' Residence
in Abyssinia
|
M. W. Dodd, N.Y., 1850, 479 pgs.,
map
|
Memoir
|
Interesting old account of
European reporting on living in East Africa.
|
Goldstein, Lyle J.
|
"Beyond the Steppe:
Projecting poser into the New Central Asia"
|
The Journal of Slavic Military
Studies, 17, 2004, pgs., 181-213, end notes, paperback
|
Geostrategy, Central Asia
|
The author recommends continuing
American attention to securing influence in the new states of Central Asia. He
provides a brief historical background on the area including the Chinese
occasional control until defeated by the Arabs at Talas in 751. This was
followed by Seljuk and Persian influence as well. Most of the essay is focused
on conditions there since 2011.
|
Gosling, F. G.
|
The Manhattan Project: Science in
the Second World War
|
U.S. Dept of Energy, Wash. D. C.
1990, 66 pgs. , bibliography, chronology, notes, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Interesting account that begins
with the letter Einstein wrote about nuclear fission. It includes details of
the several locations involved.
|
Gote Goransson, Alf Abergx
|
Karolinere
|
193 pgs, paperback , Xerox copy
|
Military History
|
A booklet with full details of
the uniforms, organization and tactical employment of the Army of King Charles
XII in Northern War - in Swedish
|
Grabar, Andre=- trans Stuart
Gilbert and James Emmons
|
Early Christian Art
|
Odyssey Press, N. Y., 1968, 3267
pgs., index, large format, illustrations, map, bibliography, glossary,
chronology, documents
|
Art History
|
A massive and detailed study of
the history of Christian art from the beginning of Christianity to the death of
Theodosius in 4th Century .It includes all forms of art including architecture.
|
Grant, Michael
|
The art and life of Pompeii and
Herculaneum
|
Newsweek, N. Y., 1979, 171 pgs.,
index, illustrations, large format
|
Ancient History- Art
|
The text is excellent as Grant's
as usual. But the value of the book is in the extensive color photographs of
individual arftifacts and entire large scenes.
|
Grau, Lester W.
|
"The Soviet- Afghan War: A
Superpower Mired in the Mountains"
|
The Journal of Slavic Military
Studies, Vol 17, March 2004. # 1, pgs, 129 - 151, paper
|
Russia - Afghanistan
|
The author is an expert on this
subject with published books. This is a general overview of the history of this
conflict including names of the main Mujahideen factions.
|
Granville, William Anthony,
Percey Smith
|
Elements of Calculus
|
Ginn and Co., Boston, 1946, 549
pgs, index,
|
Mathematics
|
Standard Text book we used at
West Point
|
Haggard, H. Rider
|
Five Adventure Novels by H. Rider
Haggard
|
Dover Pub., N. Y., 1951, 819
pgs.,
|
Literature
|
In one volume we have She, King
Solomon's Mines, Allan Quaterman, Allan's Wife,. and Maiwa's Revenge. She is my
favorite
|
Haggard, H. Rider
|
Wisdom's Daughter
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1978,
305 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
The Life and Love Story of
She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed. This is the pre-quill to the great Haggard novel -
SHE. - now we know the full story of how Ayesha came to live in 'darkest
Africa' and have such power of immortality.
|
Hale, John
|
Age of Exploration
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1966, 192 pgs.,
index, bibliography, chronology, illustrations
|
Early Modern History
|
This is part of the Great Ages of
Man - A History of the World's Culture series. As the title indicates it is
about the European explorers from Prince henry's navigators to the discovery of
Australia.
|
Hale, William Harlan - ed and
author
|
The Horizon Book of Ancient
Greece
|
American Heritage Pub., N. Y.,
1965, 415 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, large format
|
Ancient Greece - History
|
This super book contains 21
essays on various subjects related to classical Greece. The great number of
illustrations greatly enhance it.
|
Hall, James
|
Dictionary of Subjects &
Symbols in Art
|
Westview Press, Boulder,
Colorado, 1974, 349 pgs., index, paperback
|
Reference - Art
|
For a full appreciation of fine
art painted before it deteriorated in modern times. Until then the subject in
the painting was the central point and it was identified frequently with use of
specific symbols. Or the artist included symbols for related purposes. And many
of the paintings were about Classical Greek and Roman subjects of Christian
subjects. Thus a book of this kind provides key information to the modern
viewer that was obvious to views at the time the painting was produced.
|
Hall, Thorne
|
Odyssey of the Incredible
Kingdoms
|
Pacific Coast Odyssey Pub., 1960,
93 pgs., illustrations, paperback
|
California History
|
Text and photos from before 1960
on Carmel, Monterey, Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove, Big Sur, San Simion, San Juan
Baptista. Interesting history from the 1840's on.
|
Hammond, P. W. & H. G.
Shearring
|
Battle of Tewkesbury,4th May
1471.
|
Tewkesbury Festival Committee,
1971, 45 pgs., additional reading, illustrations, map, paperback
|
English History
|
Many original source
illustrations. Text prepared for the 500th anniversary of the battle
|
Harahan, Joseph, P. & John C.
Kuhn, III
|
On-Site Inspections Under the CFE
Treaty
|
On-Site Inspection Agency, DOD,
Wash. D. C., 1996, 369 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, illustrations,
paperback
|
Military
|
Very interesting historical study
of the activities of the inspection agency that verified destruction of nuclear
and other weapons
|
Harpur, James - ed.
|
Great Events of Bible Times: New
Perspectives on the People, Places, and history of the Biblical World
|
Doubleday Co., 1987, 199 pgs.,
index, maps, bibliography, illustrations, large format
|
Ancient History
|
The book has two sections - Old
and New Testament with editors and authors for each. The illustrations and maps
are outstanding. The texts provide the historic story context for the Bible.
|
Hawthore, Nathaniel
|
The Whole History of
Grandfather's Chair - part I
|
Houghton Miffin, N. Y., 1850, 70
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Hawthore, Nathaniel
|
Tales of the White Hills
|
Houghton Miffin, N. Y., 1889, 94
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Hearn, Marcus
|
Doctor Who; The vault, Treasures
from the First 50 years
|
Harper Collins, N, Y., 2013, 320
pgs., index, illustrations, diagrams
|
Popular culture
|
A retrospective look at the long
time BBC TV serial, Doctor Who. Many excellent illustrations.
|
Heller, Charles E.
|
Chemical Warfare in World War I:
The American Experience, 1917-1918
|
Combat Studies Institute,
UASCGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1984, 108 pgs., index, bibliography, notes,
illustrations, maps, paperback
|
American Military History
|
Leavenworth Papers #10 - Chemical
warfare was introduced into World War One prior to the arrival of American
troops to the battle front. This was something new in warfare that the
Americans had to learn about quickly. This study describes this process.
|
Hendricks, Charles
|
Combat and Construction: U.S.
Army Engineers in World War I
|
Office of History, U. S,. Army
Corps of Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, 1993, 18 pgs., readings, illustrations,
paperback
|
American Military History
|
Short pamphlet with illustrations
briefly describing the varied projects US Army engineers built to support
American forces, including ports, railroads and supply lines.
|
Hibbert, Christopher
|
Versailies
|
Newsweek, N. Y., 1972, 172 pgs.,
index, bibliography, chart of rulers, chronology, illustrations
|
Architecture - French History
|
See also van der Kemp - This book
has excellent illustrations and more text.
|
Hogarth, William
|
Marriage a la Mode - and other
engravings
|
Lear, N. Y., 1947, illustrations
|
Art - 18th Century History
|
A book with excellent
reproductions of famous William Hogarth etchings such as Gin Lane, Marriage a
la Mode, Cruelty in Perfection and others all biting commentary on contemporary
society and social mores.
|
Holman, Zena
|
My Monterey
|
Lee Printing, Pacific Grove,
Calif 1973, 95 pgs.
|
Memoir - California History
|
Memoir by one of the great ladies
of Pacific Grove and Monterey Penn. in the 1930's. One focus is on the famous
canneries and their demise.
|
Horvat, John II
|
Return to Order: From a Frenzied
Economy to an Organic Christian Society
|
York Press, York, PA., 2013, 381
pgs., index
|
Public Policy,
|
The author correctly describes
the illness of modern society in materialism. He advocates a return to medieval
Christian concepts of a just society. He has a very romantic conception of what
Western European medieval society was really like. And he has a very optimistic
concept about the possibility of a 'return to Christian order' in modern
society. We will be lucky if the practice of Christianity survives the twin
assaults of Islam and atheism.
|
Hotelling, Neal
|
Pebble Beach The official Golf
History
|
Triumph Books, Chicago, 2009, 244
pgs., index, tables, illustrations,
|
America
|
A well illustrated story about a
fabulous place with an interestng history. There is much more to Pebble Beach
than golf and this book includes that as well.
|
Hurdman, Charlotte - ed.
|
World History Encyclopedia
|
Paragon Books, Bath, U. K., 1998.
255 pgs., index, time lines, appendices, Illustrations, large format
|
Reference, World History
|
There are 5 sections; from
ancient world to middle ages to age of discovery to revolution and industry to
modern world. There are many authors. The book is mostly the excellent color
illustrations. The text is brief and standard thinking about many issues that
more recently have been questioned. it is designed for general readers and
especially young readers.
|
Hurley, Colonel. Alfred F. &
Major Robert C Ehrhart - eds.
|
Air Power and Warfare
|
Office of Air Force History,
Wash. D. C. 1979, 461 pgs., index, notes, paper back
|
Symposium on Air Power
|
This is the Proceedings of the
Eighth Military history Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978. There
were many papers delivered by a large group of well known military and civilian
authorities on air power.
|
Huyghs, Rene -
|
Art Treasures of the Louvre
|
Harry N. Abrams, N. Y./, 1951,
178 pgs., illustrations, large format
|
Art History
|
There are 100 large color
pictures plus many others in B/w and text describing the art and also history
of the Louvre.
|
Irving, Washington
|
Rip Van Winkle and other American
Essays from the Sketch Book
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1891, 99
pgs. , map, chronology, illustration, paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature series
|
Jonasson, Jonas - trans. Rod
Bradbury
|
The 100-year-old Man who climbed
out the Window and Disappeared
|
Hyperion, N.Y. 2009, 384 pgs.,
paperback
|
Literature
|
A hilarious satire in which the
'hero' becomes involved with almost every major politicial leader of the 1920
-1080 era. In 100 years he has seen virtually 'it all'.
|
Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. - ed.
|
The American Heritage Book of
Natural Wonders
|
American Heritage Pub., 1963, 354
pgs., index, illustrations, large format
|
American Geography
|
The book contains 8 chapters each
by a different author and each focused on a different region in the United
States from Atlantic coast to Pacific coast. The spectacular illustrations are
the chief value.
|
Ketchum, Richard M.
|
The American Heritage Book of
Great Historic Places
|
American Heritage Pub., 1957, 376
pgs., index, illustrations, maps, large format
|
American History
|
There is an introduction by Bruce
Catton. The text is organized by region beginning with New England, then
Atlantic Gateway - Appalacian Frontier, - Old South - on to Farthest Frontier
Each section has something about historical events and their locations there
and then a map with description of each state in the region. As with other
American Heritage books, the many illustrations are important.
|
King, Anthony
|
Archeology of Ancient Rome
|
Basic Books, Greenwich
Conn., 1982, 192 pgs., index, readings, chronology, illustrations, large format
|
Ancient History - archeology
|
Spectacular illustrations. The
material is organized into 10 chapters beginning with the expansion of the
Republic and concluding with the collapse of the empire.
|
King, Michael J.
|
Rangers: Selected Combat
Operations in World War II
|
Combat Studies Institute.,
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1985, 87 pgs., bibliography, notes,
illustrations, maps, paperback
|
American Military History
|
This study is of American Ranger
operations in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Germany and the Philippines.
|
Kwarteng, Kwasi
|
War and Gold: A 500 Year History
of Empires, Adventures, and Debt
|
Public Affairs, N. Y., 2014, 424
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Economic History
|
The author jumps through the
first 300 years rather quickly but his real subject is the last 100 years, so
the first part is just background. The role of debt is the main issue and he
describes it well. The point about 'war' is that throughout history financing
war has been a major cause of government debt. The point about gold is the
argument over its role in the money supply.
His subject is the role of money (which includes debt) in the modern
economy. The author is concerned with explaining the many causes that have been
written about the financial crisis of 2008. He includes much information and
good analysis but also leaves out some critical factors, such as the creation
and role of 'petrodollars' since the 1970's. But he correctly describes the
impact of the flood of silver into Europe after 1500.
|
Langehough, Philip A.
|
When Hearts Were Brave Again: and
Arms were Strong
|
Publisher Information
International, Great Falls, VA., 2005, 224 pgs., bibliography, foot notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
A memoir of the 304th Engineer
Battalion of the 79th Infantry Division combat in Europe during World War II
|
Langer, William L. -
ed.
|
An Encyclopedia of
World History - 5th Ed.
|
Houghton Mifflin,
Boston, 1972, 1569 pgs., index, tables, maps, genealogies
|
Reference - History
|
Standard reference
|
Lawrence, Christopher, A.
|
America's Modern Wars
|
Casement PUb. Oxford. England,
2015, 360 pgs., bibliography, notes, illustrations, appendices, tables, graphs.
|
Military Theory
|
A report on many years of
detailed data collection and analysis of modern wars of insurgency
|
Le Bas, Tom - ed.
|
Insight Guides China, 10th ed.
|
Lagenscheidt, Long Island City,
N. Y., 2005, 417 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
China - Travel
|
Very useful tourist gude but also
contains valuable reference information on local history
|
Lee, Harper
|
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
Popular Library, N. Y., 1962, 283
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Pulitzer Prize popular novel made
into a movie.
|
Leffman, David & Simon Lewis
& Jeremy Atiyah
|
China - The Rough Guide
|
The Rough Guides, London, 2000,
1155 pgs., index, maps, illustrations, paper back
|
China - Travel
|
An excellent handy guidebook to
China with extensive departmets and lengthy descriptions.
|
Leighly, J. B. & C. O.
Sauer - eds.
|
The Towns of Medieval Livonia,
Univ of Calif. Pub. in Geography Vol VI
|
Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1944, 307 pgs., illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
Xerox copy of important book on
Livonia including the fortification of some cities.
|
Levin, Mark R.
|
Ameritopia: The Unmaking of
America
|
Threshold Editions, N.Y., 2012,
270, end notes
|
Public Policy, Political theory
|
The author discusses the history
of the theory of utopianism from Plato to More, to Hobbes, to Marx. Then ideas
about America from Locke, Montesquieu, de Tocqueville and their influences.,
|
Levin, Mark R.
|
Liberty and Tyranny
|
Threshold Editions, N.Y., 2009,
245, index, end notes
|
Public Policy, Political theory
|
Commentary on many aspects of
current American political and social policy such as welfare state
entitlements, the Constitution and federalism, free market economics,
immigration, and environmentalism
|
Lewis, C. S.
|
Prince Caspian: The Return to
Narnia
|
Macmillan Co. N. Y., 1951, 186
pgs., illustrations, paperback
|
Literature
|
In the Narnia stories series.
|
Longfellow, Henry W.
|
Evangeline
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1866,
160 pgs., illustration
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Longfellow, Henry W.
|
The Song of Hiawatha
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1883, 96
pgs., illustrations
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Longfellow, Henry W.
|
The Song of Hiawatha
|
Bounty Books, N. Y., 1982, 242
pgs., illustrations.
|
Literature
|
Excellent illustrations by
Frederic Remington
|
Lowell, James Russell
|
The Vision of Sir Launfal and
other poems
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1868,
113, other topics, illustrations, paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Lowell, James Russell
|
Democracy and other papers
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1871,
95, paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Lu, Jin
|
Three Gorges on the Yangtgze
River in China
|
Hainan Pub. 152 pgs.,
illustrations, maps, paperback
|
China - Travel
|
Excellent photography and full
description of the huge dam and of many villages and towns along the river.
|
Luo, Zewen & Wenbao Dai
|
The Great Wall
|
McGrfaw- Hill Book Co.,N. Y.,
1981, 191 pgs., index, chronology, illustrations, maps
|
China, History. Fortification
|
Highly illustrated history of the
construction and history of the Great Wall of China with descriptions of the
emperors as well.
|
Macaulay, Thomas B.
|
Lays of Ancient Rome
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1890,
118, illustrations, paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Malkin, Michelle
|
Culture of Corruption: Obama and
His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies
|
Regnery Publishing, Wash. D. C.,
2009, 376 pgs., index, end notes
|
Public Policy, Politics
|
The author names names, cites
specific examples and events including such organizations as SEIU and ACORN.
She focuses her deadly wit on the effusive adulation rendered to Obama right
from the start by the 'mainstream' media. But no one cares.
|
Wallison, Peter J.
|
Hidden in Plain Sight: What
Really caused the World's Worst Financial Crisis and Why it Could happen Again
|
Encounter Books, N.Y. 2015, 415
pgs., index, end notes
|
Economics, Finance, Public Policy
|
There have been many books and
articles publilshed to refute the 'progressive' contention that the 'great
recession' financial near collapse of 2008 was caused by 'private sector'
actors including banks. But this one is the most comprehensive and academically
sound.
|
Mandel, Gabriele
|
The Life and Times of Genghis
Khan
|
Hamlyn, London, 1970, 75 pgs.,
illustrations
|
World History
|
This book is mostly for its
excellent and extensive color illustrations.
|
Margiotta, Franklin D. &
Ralph Sanders - eds.
|
Technology, Strategy and National
Security
|
National Defense University
Press, Wash. D. C., 1985, 197 pgs., index, tables, figures, notes, paperback
|
National Strategy
|
A set of six essays that seek to
project the current (1985) trends in technology for their influence on changing
national strategy. Interesting now to see what has occurred since.
|
Matejcek, Antonin, & Jaroslav
Pesina
|
Gothic Painting in Bohemia -
1350-1450
|
Artia, Prague, 1955, 97 pgs.,
text - 279 full page illustrations
|
Medieval Art
|
This must be the definitive book
on medieval art of the period in Bohemia - many illustrations are in color.
|
Menning, Bruce W.
|
G. A. Poetmkin: Soldier,
Statesman: Of the Age of the Enlightenment
|
International Commission of
Military History - Symposium, Wash., D. C., July 29, 1982, 25 pgs., notes,
manuscript
|
Military History
|
Description and analysis of
Potemkin's career as Empress Catherine's favorite, including wars in Ukraine
against the Ottoman Turks. He developed the Cossacks as effective light cavalry
and also units of light infantry. However, Menning judges that he was not a
great field commander.
|
Millard, Anne
|
The Egyptians
|
Macdonald Educational, London,
1975, 61 pgs., index, glossary, chronology, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
This is a highly illustrated text
for students. The author describes both ancient Egypt and the same areas today.
|
Milton, Joyce & Rafael
Steinberg & Sarah Lewis
|
The Rise and Fall of Empires -
Religion at the Crossroads
|
Cassell, London, 1980, 172 pgs.,
index, maps, illustrations,
|
Medieval History
|
The publishers and authors have
cleverly placed the study of two competing empires together in this book. The
first is Byzantium and the second Ottoman Turks, its successor. Throughout
there is emphasis on culture and society. "Crossroads' is both metaphor
and physical description of the central place, Constantinople - Istanbul.
|
Morris, Dick & Eileen McGann
|
Catastrophe
|
Harper Collins, N. Y., 2009, 359
pgs., end notes, appendices
|
Public Policy, Politics
|
How Obama, Congress, and the
Special Interests Are Transforming a Slump into a Crash, Freedom into
Socialism, and a Disaster into a Catastrophe and how to fight back
|
Netherton, Nan & Donald
Sweig, Janice Artemel
|
Fairfax County, Virginia A
History
|
Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors, 1978, 760 pgs. , index, bibliography, maps, footnotes,
illustrations
|
American History
|
The authors first gives a brief
summary of the geographical features and terrain of the country. the first
European to visit, along the Potomac was Capt. John Smith in 1608.
|
Neugebauer, O.
|
The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
19562, 253 pgs., index, chronology, notes, diagrams, paperback
|
History of Science
|
The text is organized by topics -
Numbers, Astronomy, Greek Science, Mathematics
|
Elizabeth L. Newhouse - ed.
|
The Interstates Crossing America
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash. D. C., 1994, 352 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
America, Travel
|
The content is organized by U.S.
Interstate from 5 to 95 with descriptions of interesting locations along the
road from one end to the other.
|
Barbara, A. Noe - ed.
|
Guide to Small Town Escapes
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash. D. C./, 2000, 352 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
Travel, America, Geography
|
Averfy enjoyable read in itself,
but designed as a handy guide to selected interesting towns not usual tourist
attractions with two or three foreach state.
|
Norden, Rudolph F.
|
Symbols & Their Meaning
|
Concordia Press, St. Louis, 1985,
62 pgs. illustrations, paperback
|
Reference
|
The book describes about 50 of
the most important and frequently seen symbols in Christian iconography. These
appear in art but also in many other settings.
|
Panofsky, Erwin
|
Studies in Iconology; Humanistic
Themes in the Art of the Renaissance
e |
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1972,
262 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, appendix, paperback
|
Reference - Fine art
|
The most important expert on
iconography in fine art of the Renaissance and Baroque eras in this book
publishes 6 lectures on specific topics: - The Early History of Man ...by Piero
di Cosimo - Father Time - Blind Cupid, The Neoplatonic Movement - and
Neoplatonic Movement and Michelangelo.
|
Perkins, Edwin, J,
|
The Economy of Colonial America
|
Columbia Univ. Press, N. Y.,
1988, 250 pgs., index
|
American History
|
Excellent detailed study focused
on a topic not described enough in general colonial history books.
|
Polanyi, Michael
|
Science, Faith and Society
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1946, 96 pgs. , foot notes, paperback
|
Philosophy
|
The author seeks to understand
the meaning and nature of scientific inquiry. Something that has become so much
into our education that it is taken for granted.
|
Pritchard, James B. ed.
|
Everyday Life in Bible Times
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash., D. C., 1967, 448 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
Extra fine photography as usual
for National Geographic. The chapter titles are: The Adventure of Rediscovery -
The World of Abraham - The World of Moses - The World of David and Solomon -
The March of Empires - The World of Jesus - The World of Paul - See also Wright
|
Raspail, Jean - trans. Norman
Shapiro
|
The Camp of the Saints
|
Sphere Books, London, 1977, 327
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
A novel describing a future (at
that time) invasion of France by Third World poor due to European deterioration
and acceptance of multiculturalism
|
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
|
The Yearling
|
Aladdin Classics, N. Y., 2001,
531 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
A standard novel for school
English assignments
|
Reinstedt, Randall, A.
|
The Monterey Peninsula: An
Enchanted Land
|
Windsor Pubs., 1987, 128 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations
|
California History
|
A lavishly illustrated history of
Monterey and Carmel California. The photographs are very old but are reproduced
in excellent fashion. The text is uniformly delightful in praising the beauty
of the peninsula
|
Riffenburgh, Beau
|
Exploration Experience
|
National Geographic Society,
Washington D. C. 2007, 80 pgs., index, illustrations, large format
|
Geography, History, Exploration
|
This is a marvelous publishing
accomplishment. The illustrations are super, The text is great. The content is
organized first with the very early explorers and then by geographic region
from the Americas, to Asia to Antarctica.
|
Robertson, William Glenn
|
Counterattack on the Naktong,
1950
|
Combat Studies Institute,
USACGSC, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1985, 133 pgs., notes, bibliography, maps,
illustrations, paperback
|
American Military History
|
The book has many excellent maps.
It is a detailed tactical, operational level study of the actions of the 24th
Division in the Korean War.
|
Rosenblum, Joseph
|
A Reader's Guide to Shakespeare
|
Barnes & Noble, N.Y., 1998,
482 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Literature
|
Excellent reference to accompany
Shakespeare
|
Ruskin, John
|
The King of the Golden River and
other wonder stories
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1898,
98, paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Sarton, George
|
Ancient Science and Modern
Civilization
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1954, 111 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Science
|
Contains three essays -Euclid and
his Time - Ptolemy and His Time - The End of Greek Science and Culture
|
Schubert, Frank N.
|
Vanguard of Expansion: Army
Engineers in the Trans- Mississippi West 1819-1879
|
Historical Division, Office of
the Chief of Engineers, Wash. D. C. 1980, 160 pgs., index, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
A small book, but large topic, It
fills in much information about the role of Army engineers throughout the west,
for instance with Fremont and with the railroads.
|
Sears, Stephen W. Ed.
|
The Horizon History of the
British Empire
|
American Heritage Pub. N. Y.,
1973, 511 pgs., index, illustrations, large format
|
British History
|
The contents begins with
"Birth Empire" the early English explorers and continues through the
post World war Two losses of the Empire as colonies became independent..
|
Severy, Merle
|
Men, Ships and the Sea
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash. D.C., 436 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Maritime History
|
History in general chronological
order from ancient Athens and Egypt to pleasure sailing today.
|
Shakespeare, William
|
The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare
|
Abbey Library, London, 110 pgs.
|
Literature
|
Printed in rather small font
|
Shakespeare, William
|
As You Like it
|
Houghton Mifflin, N. Y., 1896,
117 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Published in the Riverside
Literature Series
|
Shakespeare, William
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream
|
Dover Pub., N. Y., 1992, 56 pgs.,
paperback
|
Literature
|
|
Shakespeare, William
|
A Midsummer Night's Dream
|
Ginn and Co., Boston, 1880, 114
pgs., index,
|
Literature
|
|
Shakespeare, William
|
The Sonnets of William
Shakespeare
|
Avenal Books., N.Y., 1961, 88
pgs., notes,
|
Literature
|
|
Sherlock, Kevin
|
The Scarlet Survey
|
Brennyman Books, Akron, Ohio,
1997, 272 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
American History
|
An accounting from courthouses,
health agencies, police blotters ,and morgues across America of women and girls
exploited by abortion on demand
|
Sherlock, Kevin
|
How to be your own Detective
|
Jj. Flores Pub. Miami, FL., 1997,
254 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Reference
|
A Step-by-step no-nonsense Guide
to conducting your own investigations.
|
Sherlock, Kevin
|
Ellis Island: when America did
Immigration Right
|
Brennyman Books, Akron, Ohio,
2010, 272 pgs., index, maps,
|
American History
|
A fascinating history of the
immigration process when it was conducted mainly through Ellis Island in New
York City harbor.
|
Skelton, R. A. & Thomas
Marston, Geoge Painter
|
The Vineland Map and the Tartar
Relation
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1965, 291 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps
|
Medieval History
|
A remarkable study of two
medieval documents, together. One is about the Viking voyages to Greenland and
beyond and the other is about the journey of Friar John de Plano Carpini to the
Mongol capital in Central Asia. One could not consider two such different
travels at that time. One document is a world map on vellum that includes thew
western ocean with Greenland, Iceland and Vineland. The other on velum and
paper, is the report of the Carpini mission by a friar who calls himself C. de
Bridia. Both are otherwise unknown. They were discovered much later. Both are
so unique and important that their real validity must be questioned. Are they
counterfeit? The editors here believe they are genuine, but recognize that they
may be contentious. This study includes other maps and texts for comparisons.
|
Spiller, Roger J. - ed.
|
Combined Arms in Battle Since
1939,
|
U. S. Army Comand and General
Staff College press, Ft. Leavenworth, 1992, 304 pgs., bibliography, notes,
maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Military History
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The book contains 36 essays on a
variety of topics related to military operations.
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Stearns, Peter N. ed.
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The Encyclopedia of World
History, 6th ed.
|
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,
2001, 1243 pgs. , index, maps, CD rom
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Reference
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Organized by geographic area and
then chronologically.
|
Steinbeck, John
|
Of Mice and Men
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Pan Books, London, 1979, 95 pgs.,
paperback
|
Literature
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Classic novel of the depression
in Monterey County California.
|
Stemp, Richard
|
The Secret Language of the
Renaissance: Decoding the hidden Symbolism of Italian Art
|
Duncan Baird Pub., London, 2006,
224 pgs., index, reading, chronology, bibliography, illustrations, large format
|
Art History
|
I do not believe the language was
secret or in code for contemporary viewers. They well knew their classical and
Biblical sources as well as artistic conventions. But for readers today such
descriptions are essential. The book is organized by topics with the excellent
illustrations provided as examples for teaching. For instance - color,
perspective, gesture, scholarship, allegory, Bible, Saints and many more.
|
Sumner, William Graham
|
Folkways: A Study of the
Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores and Morals
|
Ginn and Co. N. Y., 1906, 692
pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes
|
Sociology
|
Interesting to read the early
concepts of the new academic field, sociology, and how much influence there was
from German academics.
|
Swami Prabhavananda &
Frederick Manchester
|
The Upanishads: Breath of the
Eternal
|
New American Library, 1957, 128
pgs., paperback
|
Religion - Literature
|
The Principal Texts Selected and
Translated from the Original Sanskkrit - the wisdom of Hindu Mystics -portions
of 12 key documents.
|
Tashjean, John E.
|
A Concept of War: Clausewitz
Present and Future
|
Conflict Morphology, Arlington
VA., 1994, 32 pgs., appendices, references
|
Military Theory
|
One of the last essays by a noted
scholar of Clausewitz thought.
|
Tashjean, John E.
|
The Ideal General of General von
Clausewitz
|
RUSI - Journal of the Royal
Unites Services Institute for Defence Studies Vol 131 Dec 1986, 2 pgs.,. notes
|
Military Theory
|
The author notes that
'Generalship is the most important subject slighted in all our post-Vietnam
soul-searching and military reform initiatives." His essay draws attention
to Clausewitz's concept of generalship.
|
Tashjean, John E.
|
Modern Forms of Conflict
|
RUSI - Journal of the Royal
Unites Services Institute for Defence Studies, Dec 1977, 5 pgs.,. notes
|
Military Theory
|
The author urges recognition of
the evolutionary nature of war including its dialectic of national wills, the
dialectic of man and nature dramatized in mobility and firepower, and the
relations between these two types.
|
Taylor, Michael J. H. - ed.
|
Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
|
Portland House, N. Y., 1989, 956
pgs., index, illustrations
|
Aviation History
|
Over 2000 illustrations with
technical specifications and descriptions of aircraft around the world
|
Thorndike, Josepy - ed.
|
Life's Picture History of Western
Man
|
Time Inc. N. Y., 1951, 306 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations, large format
|
European History
|
The beautiful illustrations (on
full format folio sized paper) are the main point of this book. They begin with
the art and architecture of the Middle Ages - and continue to some of the great
paintings of 19th century United States.-
|
Tolkien, J. R. R.
|
The Hobbitt
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1965,
287 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
The book was a cult classic for
many years, but became world wide favorite after publication of the Lord of the
Rings. Peter Jackson recently used the book very loosely to create three whole
movies from the story.
|
Tolkien, J. R. R.
|
The Lord of the Rings - The
Fellowship of the Ring
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1965,
400 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
The story in three volumes of the
quest to destroy the ring of power that was found by Bilbo Baggins in the
Hobbitt
. |
Tolkien, J. R. R.
|
The Lord of the Rings - The Two
Towers
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1965,
447 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
continued
|
Tolkien, J. R. R.
|
The Lord of the Rings - The
Return of the King
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1965,
543 pgs., index paperback
|
Literature
|
continued
|
Tolkien, J. R. R.
|
The Silmarillion
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1977,
458 pgs., appendices, genealogy charts, index paperback
|
Literature
|
The stories of the first and
second ages of the earth - thousands of years prior to the Hobbitt
|
Tolkien, J. R. R. - ed
Christopher Tolkien
|
The Tale of the Children of Hurin
- Narn I Chin Hurin
|
Houghton Mifflin Co., N. Y.,
2007, 313 pgs., illustrations, list of names,. genealogies, appendices
|
Literature
|
This is posthumous work of J. R.
Tolkien edited by his son. It is a gruesome tale not for the young. The story
take place in the Elder Days era long before the Third Age, - the period
described in broader history in Silmarillion.
|
Tolkien, J. R. R. -
|
The Tolkien Reader
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1966,
251 pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
Five short stories, one in verse.
|
Tolson, Lt. Gen. John J.
|
Airmobility 1961-1971
|
Dept. of Army, Wash. D. C. 1973,
304 pgs., index, glossary, illustrations, paper back
|
Military History
|
A study of U. S. Army air
operations in Vietnam.
|
Toppe, Alfred
|
Night Combat
|
Dept of Army, Pamphlet 20-236,
Wash. D. C. 1953, 49 pgs., tables, paperback
|
German Military History
|
This is a report written by
German General Alfred Toppe while being interrogated by U. S. Army after World
War II. It is about combat on the Eastern Front. It is one of an extensive
series of German reports on experience in the war.
|
Toynbee, Arnold - ed.
|
Cities of Destiny
|
Weathervane Books, N. Y., 1967,
376 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations, large format
|
Urban History
|
Arnold Toynbee wrote a preface
and introduction. There are 19 chapters each on a major city written by experts
on the subjects. Each city is described at the height of its glory.
|
Twain, Mark
|
Life on the Mississippi
|
Airmont Pub. N. Y., 1965, 317
pgs., appendices, paperback
|
Literature
|
Great story
|
Twain, Mark
|
The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn
|
Dell Pub., N.Y., 1960, 351 pgs.,
paperback
|
Literature
|
The standard novel for high
school classes - that always generates controversy.
|
Van der Kemp, Gerald
|
Versailies
|
Park Lane, N. Y., 1981, 255 pgs.,
index, reading list, illustrations, genealogy table, plan, large format
|
Architecture Modern History
|
Lavish color illustrations. See
also Hibbert - Versailies
|
Van Doren, Charles - ed.
|
Webster's American Biographies
|
G & C. Merriam Co.,
Springfield, Mass, 1974, 1233 pgs., index
|
Reference - Biographies
|
Extremely valuable with
biographies of varying length.
|
Vazsonyi, Balint
|
America's 30 Years War
|
Regenery Press, Wash., D. C.
1998, 285 pgs., index
|
Contemporary Politics and Social
Commentary
|
The author lived under Communist
rule in Hungary. He is now an American citizen and is very concerned about the
direction of American culture and political policies.
|
Vazsonyi, Balint
|
America On My Mind
|
Potomac Foundation, Vienna VA.
,2003, 595 pgs., index
|
Contemporary Politics and Social
Commentary
|
A selection of the author's
essays and articles in news media from 1995 to 2003
|
Viollet-le-Duc, E. - trans.
Benjamin Bucknall
|
Annals of a Fortress
|
James R. Osgood and Co., Bostgon,
1876, 390 pgs., illustrations, technical terms, Xerox copy
|
Fortification
|
The author creates an interesting
history of a model fortification by beginning with a prehistoric hill earthen
enclosure on a mountain in southern France and then traces its development by
subsequent rebuilding and elaboration inclhjding its defense and attack,
through the centuries into the epoch of modern artillery. he was advisor on
military archecture to Emperor Napoleon III and responsible among other
projects to rebuilding Carcassone The book is such a classic that it is
available on line from Guttenburg - www.gutenburg.org/ebooks/41426 - and freom
Archieve org - https://archive.org/details/annalsoffortressvioluoft and other
places.
|
Wallison, Peter J.
|
Hidden in Plain Sight
|
Encounter Books, N.Y., 2015, 411
pgs., index, end notes
|
Economics, Investment, Financial,
Public Policy
|
This is a must read account of
the real causes of the financial crisis of 2008-9. The author shows
conclusively that it was due to U.S. government attempt to expand home
ownership to people who could not afford the mortgages they were talked into
buying. And the financial -bankingsystem was pushed to accomodate this effort.
|
Ward, Kaari
|
Jesus and His Times
|
Readers' Digest, N. Y., 1990, 336
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The text, by many writers,
combines Biblical information with descriptions of the land and its people.+
|
Webster, Graham
, |
Practical Archaeology
|
Adam & Charles Black, London,
1963, 164 pgs., index, foot notes, illustrations
|
Archaeology
|
Excellent basic text for students
or amateurs wanting to participate in these digs.
|
Weitzmann, Kurt
|
The Icon
|
George Braziller, London, 1978,
134 pgs., 48 color plates,
|
Art History
|
Beautiful full color
reproductions of icons from various locations - from 6th to 14th centuries -
all identified.
|
Wheeler, Mortimer - ed.
|
Splendors of the
East: Temples, Tombs, Palaces and Fortresses of Asia
Spring Books, London, 1970, 288 pgs., illustrations
|
Asian Architecture
|
There are 26 chapters each for
famous edifice - 4 in Iran, 3 in Pakistan, 6 in India, 3 in China, 4 in Japan
and one each in Uzbekistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Burma and Indonesia .The
illustrations are excellent.
|
Wilcox, Greg
|
The Relevance of Clausewitz to
the New Information Age
|
The Military Conflict Institute -
15th general working group meeting July, 1994. 13 pgs., notes
|
Military Theory
|
Interesting and informative
presentation followed by much discussion at the TMCI meeting
|
Wright, G. Ernest - ed.
|
Great People of the Bible and How
they Lived
|
Reader's Digest, Sidney,
Australia, 1974, 432 pgs., index, illustrations,
|
Ancient History
|
The book is divided into two
sections - Old and New Testaments and eight parts in chronological order. The
text is clear and the illustrations are extensive matching the text. See also
Pritchard.
|
The Great Courses - Lectures on DVD with accompanying text
book
|
|
Allitt, Patrick N.
|
The Art of Teaching: Best
Practices from a Master Educator
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 81 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
Teaching
|
In 24 lectures on DVD Professor
Allitt provides 'tricks of the trade' so to speak that result in effective
teaching.
|
Armstrong, Dorsey
|
Analysis and Critique: How to
Engage and Write about Anything
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 81 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
Literature
|
In these 24 lectures on DVD
Professor Armstrong combines reading, writing, analysis, and organization into
a course that provides practical ideas about writing.
|
Benjamin, Arthur T.
|
Discrete Mathematics
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 148 pgs., glossary, diagrams, bibliography, paperback
|
Mathematics
|
A set of 20 clear lectures
explaining a very complex subject.
|
Bowers, John M.
|
The Western Literary Canon in
Context - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 222, 229, 227 pgs., glossary, time line, bibliography,
paperback
|
Literature
|
The course consists of 36
lectures from the Bible to post-colonialism.
|
Brown, Kenneth G.
|
Influence: Mastering Life's Most
Powerful Skill
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 234, pgs., glossary, time line, bibliography,
paperback
|
Psychology
|
The course has 12 lectures on the
psychology of influencing decisions.
|
Bucholz, Robert
|
Foundations of Western
Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World - 4 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 296, 298, 300, 310 pgs., glossary, time line,
bibliography, paperback
|
Western History
|
In 36 highly illustrated lectures
on DVD the professor includes history from the Renaissance -1350 - to Europe in
2001. The first lectures provide background in geography and culture and the
importance of the West.
|
Cardulla, Frank
|
Chemistry: 2nd Ed
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. workbook 175 pgs., glossary, bibliography, exercises
with answers, paperback
|
Chemistry
|
The course has 36 lectures with
many examples and tests for students.
|
Chartier, Tim
|
Big Data; How Data Analytics is
Transforming the World
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 416 pgs., bibliography, notes, paperback
|
Mathematics, computers
|
A dynamic set of 24 lectures
designed to encourage the student to prepare for the future by learning to use
the mass of data being generated and the advanced tools developed to analyze it
for practical purposes and solving problems.
|
Cook, William
|
The Cathedral
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 145 pgs., bibliography, glossary, illustrations,
diagrams, lists of cathedrals, paperback
|
Architecture
|
An excellent set of 23 lectures
by a dynamic expert on the middle ages.
|
Cook, William & Donald B.
Herzman
|
Dante's Divine Comedy - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 198 & 218 pgs., bibliography, time line, glossary,
paperback
|
Literature
|
The two dynamic speakers converse
in a fascinating manner. They explain not only the first part- Inferno - but
all three. The reader learns who the many individuals Dante mentions and why
the are where he places them.
|
Dalleader, Philip
|
The High Middle Ages - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 216 & 211 pgs., bibliography, time line, glossary,
paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The course has 24 excellent,
illustrated lectures.
|
Edwards, Bruce H.
|
Mathematics Describing the Real
World: Precalculus and Trigonometry
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 245 pgs., world book, bibliography, paperback
|
Mathematics
|
The course has 36 lectures that
fully describe the subjects with illustrations. The workbook contains questions
and solutions.
|
Fagan, Garrett G.
|
The History of Ancient Rome - 4
parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 198,208, 212 & 214 pgs., bibliography, time line,
glossary, paperback
|
Ancient History
|
In 48 well illustrated lectures
Professor Fagan describes all aspects of ancient Rome from its mythical origin
to its 'fall'.
|
Fagan, Garrett G.
|
Great Battles of the Ancient
World - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 267,273 pgs., bibliography, time line, glossary,
paperback
|
Ancient History
|
In 24 well illustrated lectures
Professor Fagan describes ancient warfare from Mesopotamia and Egypt through
Greece to Rome up to the Gothic victory at Adrianople.
|
Filippenko, Alex
|
Skywatching: Seeing and
Understanding Cosmic Wonders
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. bibliography, time line, glossary, paperback
|
Astronomy
|
The course has 12 illustrated
lectures by an astronomer.
|
Freeman, Seth
|
The Art of Negotiating the Best
Deal
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 497 pgs., bibliography, time line, glossary, paperback
|
Psychology
|
The course has 24 lectures on the
psychology of deal making.
|
Guelzo, Allen C.
|
The History of the United States,
2nd ed - 7 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. pgs., 7 course guidebooks, bibliography, time line,
glossary, paperback
|
American History
|
This excellent course has 84
illustrated lectures by a super professor. The course begins with the earliest
explorations by Spain, France and Netherlands. it concludes with lectures on
the administrations of President Clinton, Reagan and Carter.
|
Guelzo, Allen C.
|
Making History: How Great
Historians Interpret the Past
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 98 pgs., bibliography, time line, glossary, paperback
|
History
|
In 24 lectures Prof. Guelzo
discusses the role and men throughout of history and its interpretation
including specifics about many famous historians from Herodotus and Xenophon to
recent Americans
|
Hale, John R.
|
The Great Tours: Greece and
Turkey from Athens to Istanbul
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 430 pgs, bibliography, illustrations
|
Travel, ancient civilizations
|
A great set of 24 lectures by an
historians who has visited all the locations repeatedly and is enthusiastic
about describing them in detail.
|
Hall, James
|
Tools of Thinking: Understanding
the World through Experience and Reason - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 194, 195 pgs, bibliography, illustrations
|
Philosophy -=Psychology
|
The course has 24 illustrated
lectures on reason, thinking - explanation of the categorical syllogism,
systematic doubt, Modern logic.
|
Harl, Kenneth W.
|
The Era of the Crusades - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 266,280,280 pgs, bibliography, maps, glossary, time
line, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
This is an excellent course in 36
well illustrated lectures by an excellent professor.
|
Kloss, William
|
Dutch Masters in the Age of
Rembrandt - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 218, 212, 214 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes,
illustrations
|
Art History
|
One of the best lecture series in
36 lectures by a dynamic speaker who knows his subject and makes it exciting.
The color illustrations are excellent also.
|
Kloss, William
|
Great Artists of the Italian
Renaissance - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 225, 233, 246 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes,
illustrations
|
Art History
|
Another excellent series in 36
lectures that are full of great color illustrations including art in chapels
and churches that one would never see in the US.
|
Kloss, William
|
A History of European Art - 4
parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 258, 238, 258, 268 pgs., glossary, bibliography,
notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Art History
|
Another excellent series in 48
lectures that are full of great color illustrations including art in chapels
and churches that one would never see in the US. This series is more
comprehensive in both regions and time periods.
|
Landon, Brooks
|
Building Great Sentences:
Exploring the Writer's Craft
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 410 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
English writing
|
In 24 excellent lectures
Professor Landon gives examples as he describes the techniques for writing
clear prose.
|
McGee, Tim
|
How to Become a SuperStar Student
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 62 pgs., glossary, paperback
|
Education
|
The course is in 12 lectures that
give the student guidance for study, preparing reports, taking notes, and
developing a plan for active learning.
|
McInerney, Jeremy
|
Ancient Greek Civilization - 2
parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 52, 58 pgs., time line, biographies, glossary,
paperback
|
Ancient History
|
A well illustrated course in 24
lectures from Minoean Crete to Alexander the Great
|
McInerney, Jeremy
|
Alexander the Great and the
Hellenistic Age - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 199, 200 pgs., time line, bibliography, glossary,
paperback
|
Ancient History
|
The course in 24 lectures
continues from Alexander's youth through his conquests to the Hellenistic
Successors until the Romans come.
|
McWhorter, John
|
Understanding Linguistics: The
Science of Language - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 214, 217, 229 pgs., time line, bibliography, glossary,
paperback
|
Linguistics
|
The course in 36 lectures is
really wonderful, by a great teacher who is expert in the subject. He describes
many fascinating aspects of language development
|
Muller, Jerry Z.
|
Thinking about Capitalism - 2
parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 281, 279 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
Economics
|
The course has 36 lectures on
some major theories related to what capitalism really is.
|
Murphy, Edward M.
|
Our Night Sky
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 172 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
Astronomy
|
The course consists of 12
illustrated lectures.
|
Neagoy, Monica
|
Algebra I - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. workbook 157 pgs., paperback
|
Mathematics
|
The course has 30 lectures that
are effective for teaching students.
|
Noble, Thomas F. X.
|
The Foundations of Western
Civilization - 4 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 258, 262, 262, 274 pgs., glossary, bibliography,
notes, paperback
|
Western History
|
In 48 fully illustrated lectures
on DVD Professor Noble covers our history from Sumner to the Reformation and
Counter-Reformation
|
Noggle, James
|
High School Level Geometry
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com.
|
Mathematics
|
The course has 30 illustrated
lectures .
|
Novella, Stephen
|
Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific
Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 229 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes, paperback
|
Philosophy - Psychology
|
This is 24 illustrated lectures
on the process of thinking. It includes some neuroscience, argument,
perception, conspiracy thinking, and delusions
|
Roberto, Michael A.
|
Transformational Leadership: How
Leaders Change Teams, Companies, and Organizations
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 117 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes, paperback
|
Psychology
|
This is 24 lectures with ideas
about how to be a leader in business and other managerial positions.
|
Saccio, Peter
|
William Shakespeare: Comedies,
Histories and Tragedies - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 182, 198, 186 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes,
time line, illustrations, paperback
|
Literature
|
The course on DVD and in 3
volumes is 36 lessons including multiple lectures on many plays of each type.
|
Salemi, Michael K.
|
Money and Banking: What Everyone
Should Know
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 619 pgs., glossary, bibliography, notes, paperback
|
Investment, finance, banking
|
Thi is 36 lectures on 6 DVD
disks. A very thorough description of the banking industry plus what an
investor can learn about the stock and bond markets by study of what is going
on in banking.
|
Siegel, Murray H.
|
Basic Math - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. workbook 92 pgs, paperback
|
Mathematics
|
The course has 30 lectures
|
Siegel, Murray H.
|
Algebra II - 3 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. workbook 95 pgs., paperback
|
Mathematics
|
The course has 30 lectures
|
Spurgin, Timothy
|
The Art of Reading
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 109 pgs., glossary, bibliography, time line, paperback
|
Literature
|
Professor Spurgin gives 24
lectures on DVD that enhance one's enjoyment as well as underestanding from
reading.
|
Starbird, Michael
|
Change and Motion: Calculus Made
Clear - 2 parts
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 217, 200 pgs. bibliography, glossary, notes, paperback
|
Mathematics
|
Very clear descriptions with
examples
|
Stevens, Scott P.
|
Mathematical Decision Making:
Predictive Models and Optimization
|
The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 576 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
|
Mathematics
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A set of 24 lectures by a very
dynamic expert in the application of mathematics and computers to solving
problems in business, government and life.
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Thompson, Linwood
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World History - The Fertile
Crescent to the American Revolution - 3 parts
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The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 61 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
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World History
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The course has 30 illustrated
lectures by a very dynamic professor.
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Tobin, Harold, J.
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Oceanography: Exploring Earth's
Final Wilderness
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The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 576 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
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Oceanography
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Professor Tobin presents 36
lectures on DVD that include all aspects of the study of oceans based on his
personal experience.
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Voth, Grant L.
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Myth in Human History - 2 parts
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The Great Courses: Chantilly, VA.
www.thegreatcourses.com. 294, 293 pgs., glossary, bibliography, paperback
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Literature
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The course consists of 36
illustrated lectures discussing myth and its role in human culture - examples
mostly are from Near Eastern and Greek-Roman era but also there are Native
American and African examples.
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Zhang, Lin
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The Qin Dynasty Terra-cotta Army
of Dreams
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Xian Press, 2005, 129 pgs.,
illustgrations, maps, paperback
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China=Travel - History
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The famous Terra-cotta army and
description of the emperor's tomb.
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Zhang, Liping - photographer -
Liu Kunzun - translator
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Guilin - Fantastic Dreamland
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Guangxi People's Pub. 2000,
illustrations
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China - Travel
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Marvelous photography of the
unique scenery around Guilin and the Li River.
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