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Bhutto Dynasty The Struggle for Power in Pakistan
ISBN: HB: 9780300246674, Yale University Press, September 2020
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 colour illus.
The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, widely regarded as the most talented politician in the country's history, was removed from power in 1977...
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£20,00
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Yemen and the World Beyond Insecurity
ISBN: HB: 9781849049665, Hurst Publishers, October 2018
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Contemporary Yemen has an image problem. It has long fascinated travellers and artists, and to many embodies both Arab and Muslim authenticity; it stands at important geostrategic and commercial crossroads. Yet, strangely, glob...
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£35,00
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First Jihad Khartoum, and the Dawn of Militant Islam
ISBN: PB: 9781612005935, Casemate, February 2018
256 pp., 19.8x12.8 cm, 16 pages of black&white illus.
The First Jihad tells the story of Muhammad Ahmad, a Muslim religious leader in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and the uprising he led against British and Egyptian forces in the late nineteenth century. In 1881, Ahmad declared himself the Mahdi – the "Expec...
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£9,00
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Tough Sell Fighting the Media War in Iraq
ISBN: HB: 9781612349008, Casemate, Potomac Books, May 2017
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Like the War on Terror, the Media War rages on. More than ever, America's ability to fight and win against ISIS requires that we understand how best to communicate about war in the digital age. Tom Basile takes readers behind the scenes during his ti...
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£25,00
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Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity
ISBN: PB: 9781611683219, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2012
128 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the gro...
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£20,00
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Violent Image Insurgent Propaganda and the New Revolutionaries
ISBN: HB: 9781849041911, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Fast-moving, self- propelled 'violent images' have radically changed the nature of insurgency in the modern world. The global media has revolutionised the way ideas, messages and images are disseminated, and the speed with whic...
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£45,00
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Afghanistan How the West Lost Its Way
ISBN: HB: 9780300154573, Yale University Press, April 2011
304 pp., 23.4x15.8 cm, 30 black&white illus.
In October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to Western interests, was swiftly achieved. However, stabilizing the country in the ensuing yea...
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£19,99
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