Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown – the first woman ever to hold the position – and an able military general. This new biography explores Matilda's achievements as military and political le...

For sale in CIS only! Pakistan's transformation from supposed model of Muslim enlightenment to a state now threatened by an Islamist takeover has been remarkable. Many account for the change by pointing to Pakistan's controversial partnership with t...

For sale in CIS only! The plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims has made global headlines in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, amidst serious allegations of genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against...

Given on January 5, 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine Address forever changed America's relationship with the Middle East. Announcing that "a greater responsibility now devolves upon the United States" in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis, President Eisen...

For sale in CIS only! Barely literate, and supporting his mother and sisters from the age of ten, Abu Chaker built up a business empire – despite twice losing everything he had. Diana Darke follows his tumultuous journey, from instability in Syria a...

For sale in CIS only! This volume is an historical survey of advisory and mentoring missions from the 1940s onwards, starting from the Soviet missions to the Kuomintang and ending with the mission to Iraq. It focuses on Afghanistan during the Soviet...

For sale in CIS only! Madawi Al-Rasheed is Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at LSE and Research Fellow at the Open Society Foundation. She was Professor of Anthropology of Religion at King's College, London between 1994 and 2013. Previou...

For sale in CIS only! In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the...

One of the keys to dealing with militant Islamic groups is understanding how they work with, relate to, and motivate their constituencies".Mobilizing the Faithful" offers a pair of detailed case studies – of the Egyptian groups al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya...

How have the dominant histories of the Indian subcontinent been constructed and how do they deal with the subject of Muslims and Dalits or 'Untouchables"? Taking a subaltern approach – the view from below – "Muslims, Dalits, and the Fabrications of H...