Russian Planetary Exploration: History, Development, Legacy and Prospects

Russian Seapower and 'The Eastern Question' 1827-41
This book covers the formative period of modern Russian naval development from Navarino, to the second Turko-Egyptian Crisis and the Straits Conventio...

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, 2nd Edition
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System explores key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four b...

Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing
Originally published in 1989, this ground-breaking ethnographic exploration of tattooing - and the art world surrounding it - covers the history, anth...

Russian Foreign Policy
The study of the history of the development of Russian foreign policy doctrine, and its heritage and miscalculations. Analysis of the achievements of...

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Legacy of Ashes is a detailed history of the Central Intelligence Agency from its creation after World War II, through the Cold War years and the War...