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2011

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Afgantsy - The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-1988

Shortlist

Those shortlisted for the 2011 award are:

MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949
By Keith Jeffrey

Professor of British History, Queen's University Belfast 

Published by Bloomsbury

Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General
By Major General Mungo Melvin

Senior Directing Staff (Army), Royal College of Defence Studies

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson

The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present
By Beatrice Heuser

Professor of International Relations, University of Reading

Published by Camride University Press

Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
By Ben Macintyre

Author and columnist for The Times

Published by Bloomsbury

Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979–89
By Rodric Braithwaite

Writer and formerly British Ambassador to Moscow

Published by Profile Books

Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story fo the Last Great Stand of Empire
By Fergal Keane

Journalist and Author

Published by Harper Press

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