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1946: The Making of the Modern World by Victor Sebestyen
24.99 NZD
Category: History
With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the second half of the twentieth century, but continue to affect our world today and impact on its future. In 1946 the Cold War began, the state ...Show more
Lenin the Dictator by Victor Sebestyen
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine 'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl Marx The cold, one-dimensional figure of Lenin the political fanatic is only a partial truth. Drawing on extensive material that has only rece ...Show more
Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait by Victor Sebestyen
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Victor Sebestyen's intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century. In Russia to this day Lenin inspires adulation. Everywhere, he continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and who created a new kind of ...Show more
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen
39.99 NZD
Category: History
For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic ...Show more
Twelve Days : Revolution 1956 - how the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters by Victor Sebestyen
69.99 NZD
Category: History
The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers.
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