"Analyzes the intellectual roots and philosophy of Ayn Rand. Second edition adds a new preface and an analysis of transcripts documenting Rand's education at Petrograd State University" ... Provided by publisher.
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Army of the Sky addresses the development of military aviation from 1904 to 1914 in order to explore the relationship of modernization and Russian Imperial officer culture. Utilizing archival material, army reports, the military and popular press, published tracts, and comparati…
Army of the Sky addresses the development of military aviation from 1904 to 1914 in order to explore the relationship of modernization and Russian Imperial officer culture. Utilizing archival material, army reports, the military and popular press, published tracts, and comparati…
Draws on firsthand accounts in a portrait of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, offering insight into Putin's political history, his brutal suppression of dissenters, and his aspirations for a post-Communist Russia.
"Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Abroad, Putin has used Russia's energy resources as a foreign policy weapon, while at home he has cracked down on…
"Film lovers all over the world are familiar with the masterpieces of Eisenstein and Tarkovsky. These directors' unique achievements were part of a powerful process that began under Russia's last tsar and underwent several periods of blossoming: the bourgeois cinema in the 1910s…
"Film lovers all over the world are familiar with the masterpieces of Eisenstein and Tarkovsky. These directors' unique achievements were part of a powerful process that began under Russia's last tsar and underwent several periods of blossoming: the bourgeois cinema in the 1910s…
"This study provides a narrative survey and critical analysis of a rich but overlooked tradition of geographical exploration by Russians and others in Russian service since 1580. This work introduces Russia into the history of world exploration and connects the Russian experienc…
"This study provides a narrative survey and critical analysis of a rich but overlooked tradition of geographical exploration by Russians and others in Russian service since 1580. This work introduces Russia into the history of world exploration and connects the Russian experienc…
"A magisterial, richly detailed history of the Kremlin, and of the centuries of Russian elites who have shaped it ... and been shaped by it in turnThe Kremlin is the heart of the Russian state, a fortress whose blood-red walls have witnessed more than eight hundred years of poli…
Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam -- Igor Evgenjevich Tamm -- Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov -- Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov -- Mikhail Aleksandrovich Leontovich -- Aleksandr L'vovich Mintz -- Niels Hendrik David Bohr -- Werner Karl Heisenbeg -- What Brought Hitler to Power? And Who? -- Lev…
