This groundbreaking book brings to life a forgotten chapter in the history of Canada and Russia - the journey of 4,200 Canadian soldiers from Victoria to Vladivostok in 1918 to help defeat Bolshevism. Combining military and labour...
Soviet Union
- Author:Isitt, BenjaminSummary:
- Author:Isitt, BenjaminSummary:
- Author:Byron, RobertSummary:
Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Stalin's dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror...
- Author:Follett, Ken.Summary:
Edge of Eternity, the finale, covers one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the 1960s through the 1980s, encompassing civil rights, assassinations, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment,...
- Author:Kengor, PaulSummary:
In this startling, intensively researched book, bestselling historian Paul Kengor shines light on a deeply troubling aspect of American history: the prominent role of the "dupe." From the Bolshevik Revolution through the Cold...
- Author:CUSSLER, CliveSummary:
For the President of the United States, the crisis point is approaching fast. With his new Soviet initiative entering its most crucial phase, the President suddenly finds himself faced with a pollution disaster of potentially...
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
Brilliant CIA analyst Katharine Rule fights to force her superiors and her government to act against a Soviet plot involving vanished KGB general Majorov and a military base hidden on the coast of Latvia.
- Author:Butler Hallett, MichelleSummary:
Constant Nobody takes readers deep into the brutal hearts of darkness of both civil war Spain and Soviet Russia during Stalin's purges. In those hellish places, men and women struggle with duty and survival while tormenting their...
- Author:Overstreet, JasonSummary:
In this riveting and emotionally powerful historical drama, an ex-FBI agent plunges into the darkest shadows of 1930s Europe, where everything he loves is on the line. International consultant Prescott Sweet's mission is to bring...
- Author:Szedlecki, AnnSummary:
Ann Szedlecki was a Hollywood-film-loving fourteen-year-old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 and she fled to the Soviet Union with her older brother, hoping to return for the rest of her family later. Instead, she ended up spending...
- Author:Bidini, DaveSummary:
On the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, a personal and poetic journey into the heart of hockey in Canada. As summer turned to fall in 1972, Canada was redefining itself and its place in the world. Politically, a spirited...
- Author:Wein, ElizabethSummary:
Early in World War II, Josef Stalin made the Soviet Union the first country to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments faced intense pressure and obstacles. Many were in their teens when they...
- Author:Kellogg, PaulSummary:
Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, the arctic settlement of Vorkuta was the site of a notorious Gulag that held former Trotsky followers and members of the Left Opposition. This coal-mining town was a witness, first to the last...
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