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2011 Best of Indie: War


Cover art for DEMYANSK
INDIE
Released: June 3, 2011

"Darkly entrancing tales whose pages bleed struggle, trauma and madness."
A new edition of the late author's macabre stories set along the Eastern Front during World War II. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE INSURGENCY IN CHECHNYA AND THE NORTH CAUCASUS
INDIE
Released: Feb. 18, 2011

"A tour de force in breadth and depth."
Schaefer's debut is an in-depth critical assessment of the Russo-Chechen conflict that reflects a deep understanding of counterinsurgency in general and how it relates to that region specifically. Read full book review >
Cover art for AMIDST LATVIANS DURING THE HOLOCAUST
INDIE
Released: Dec. 27, 2010

"A testament of remarkable clarity and humanity, wrung from dark experience."
A Jewish teenager views World War II from a very precarious perch—Nazi-occupied Latvia—in this quietly harrowing memoir. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SCHOOLMASTER SPY
INDIE
Released:

"A fine, gripping page-turner infused with a deep historical sensibility."
A Czech spy-chief battles the rising Nazi menace in this engrossing thriller. Read full book review >