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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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Battle for Syria International Rivalry in the New Middle East
ISBN: PB: 9780300249910, Yale University Press, August 2020
384 pp., 19.6x12.7 cm
Updated with two new chapters, this book exposes the profound influence of the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar in Syria's bloody conflict and explores the implications of the perceived decline of American power in the Mid...
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£12,99
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Bibi The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu
ISBN: HB: 9781849049887, Hurst Publishers, May 2018
432 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! For many in Israel and elsewhere, Benjamin Netanyahu is anathema, an embarrassment; yet he continues to dominate Israeli public life. How can we explain his rise, his hold on Israeli politics, and his outsized role on the world...
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£20,00
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Boko Haram Reader From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State
ISBN: PB: 9781849048842, Hurst Publishers, May 2018
384 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Since it erupted onto the world stage in 2009, people have asked, what is Boko Haram, and what does it stand for? Is there a coherent vision or set of beliefs behind it? Despite the growing literature about the group, few if an...
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£25,00
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Black Banners of Isis The Roots of the New Caliphate
ISBN: HB: 9780300228359, Yale University Press, September 2017
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
With tremendous speed, the Islamic State has moved from the margins to the center of life in the Middle East. Despite recent setbacks, its ability to conquer and retain huge swaths of territory has demonstrated its skillful tactical maneuvering, ambi...
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£20,00
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Baluch, Sunnism and the State in Iran From Tribal to Global
ISBN: HB: 9781849047081, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
352 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Since 2002 Sunni jihadi groups like Jaysh al-'Adl have been active in Iranian Baluchistan, yet the region remains relatively stable. Dudoignon's book shows that the key reason for this is Tehran's cultivation of good relations...
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£60,00
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Babel in Zion Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948
ISBN: HB: 9780300197488, Yale University Press, December 2014
328 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 7 black&white illus.
The promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew, traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study, was a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the years following World War I. Viewing twentieth-century history through the l...
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£52,00
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Beyond the Arab Spring The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East
ISBN: PB: 9781849043472, Hurst Publishers, September 2014
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The Arab Spring occurred within the context of the unravelling of the dominant 'ruling bargain' that emerged across the Middle East in the 1950s. This is being replaced by a new and inchoate system that redefines sources of aut...
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£25,00
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Bride and the Dowry Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
ISBN: PB: 9780300198508, Yale University Press, October 2013
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
Israel's victory in the June 1967 Six Day War provided a unique opportunity for resolving the decades-old Arab-Zionist conflict. Having seized the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights, Israel for the first time in its...
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£39,00
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Beyond Swat History, Society and Economy along the Afghanistan-Pakistan Frontier
ISBN: HB: 9781849042062, Hurst Publishers, March 2013
352 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Written by anthropologists and historians with long-standing research experience in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as expertise in one or more of the region's languages, each chapter explores varying yet interconnected dimen...
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£50,00
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