Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Paperback - Stig Jarle Hansen

Reducere. Since early 2007 a new breed of combatants has appeared on the streets of Mogadishu and other towns in Somalia: the 'Shabaab', or youth, the only s...

The 1998 attaThe 1998 attacks against US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam attest to al-Qaeda's durable presence in Africa, yet Islamist-inspi...

One of the most powerful Islamic militant groups in Africa, Al-Shabaab exerts Taliban-like rule over millions in Somalia and poses a growing threat...

Marshall examines the ideological structuring of current planning models and the interplay of political interests. He analyses attempts at planning...

Al-Qaeda, through its surrogate insurgent force al-Shabaab remains a major player in Somalia, receiving its support from Iran, today a close ally o...

An unsparing and revealing portrayal of Somalia, from the Siad Barre decades to Al-Shabaab, seen through the eyes of 'Tarzan', a formidable Mogadis...

Aesthetics and Ideology of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and T. S. Eliot explores the correlation between the aesthetic and the ideological in Mo...

Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, IncAuthor(s): Caline NasrallahNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 228 x 14Cover type...

A Quietist Jihadi: The Ideology and Influence of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi - Dr Joas Wagemakers

Reducere. During the Gilded Age, Dupont Circle was Washington's undisputed center of wealth, power and status. Over twenty years, it evolved from small farms...

Reducere. On Christmas Eve 1881, a horrible crime shook the small town of Ashland, Kentucky, and captivated the entire nation. Three children were brutally m...

The relationship among Judaism, Gnosticism, and Christianity perpetually eludes easy description. While it is clear that by the second and third ce...

Publisher: AK PressAuthor(s): Abel PazNumber of pages: 282Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 203 x 153 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Craig (St Thomas Aquinas College, USA) MartinNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 1...

Contributor(s): Author: Oso SabioThis introduction to ""Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism in the Middle East"" looks...

This book explores the impact of indigenous ideology and thought on everyday life in Northeast Africa. It shows that for millennia complex indigeno...

Reducere. On Christmas Eve 1881, a horrible crime shook the small town of Ashland, Kentucky, and captivated the entire nation. Three children were brutally m...

Publisher: Gilgamesh PublishingAuthor(s): Baria AlamuddineIllustration(s): 15 Diagrams and graphsNumber of pages: 250Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

DescriptionBefore the Arabs conquered northwest Africa in the seventh century, Ramzi Rouighi asserts, there were no Berbers. There were Moors (Maur...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 1890, an army of teenage women with swords drawn and rifles at the ready marched resolutely toward the state capitol to...

The young slave has become a warrior and now leads the clan. The Dragon Heart has come of age and sets off with his Ulfheonar to fight the Saxons. ...

A comprehensive introduction to gemstones with stunning colour photographs, written by Natural History Museum curator Robin Hansen.Publisher: The N...

Reducere. In 2001, Tombstone Pictures released the movie Pearl Harbor. Following the Japanese attack on the military installations on Oahu, the movie depicts...

In the last three decades, Somalia has been associated with such horrible terms as 'state collapse', 'civil wars', 'foreign intervention', 'warlord...

Terry Eagleton's witty and acerbic attacks on contemporary culture and society are read and enjoyed by many, and his studies of literature are rega...

Reducere. War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-eight eminent historians, Volume 2 of The Cambr...

Reducere. "Profesorul Stephen Hawking a avertizat la un moment dat ca orice interactiune intre extraterestrii si umanitate ar putea rezulta intr-o semnificat...

Reducere. While recurrent drought, war with neighboring Ethiopia, and a staggering refugee crisis have recently propelled the African nation of Somalia into ...

Reducere. DescriptionPresented in one comprehensive volume, this is the Civil War as it really was-the forces and events that caused it, the soldiers and civ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Hugh Trevor-RoperIllustration(s): 11 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Richard (University of Strathclyde, UK) FinlayIllustration(s): 5 bw illusNumber of pages: ...

This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia and explains the transformat...

Reducere. DescriptionVice Admiral Albert Gleaves offers his first-hand account of naval troop transports during World War One, showing how crucial these were...

Reducere. Samba Gadjigo presents a unique personal portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. Though Sembène has persistent...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 3 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 22Cov...

Reducere. Antonio Escohotado's General History of Drugs is undoubtedly the best general history of drugs. This is the first English edition of Volume Two Par...

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum PressAuthor(s): Stig HjarvardNumber of pages: 294Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 239 x 160 x 19Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. DescriptionSince its publication twenty-five years ago, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men has been recognized as a classic, an indispensable contribu...

Description Far from the image of an apolitical, "clean" Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organ...

Far from the image of an apolitical, "clean" Wehrmacht that persists in popular memory, German soldiers regularly cooperated with organizations lik...

Reducere. 'Science and the Church Militant' is an exploration of the idea that science needs more Christians and that Christianity needs more scientists. As ...

Features a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, It demo...

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonAuthor(s): Mikhail SuslovNumber of pages: 302Collection: Soviet and Post-Soviet Polit...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Silk Road is iconic in world history; but what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty d...

Reducere. „In cateva din lucrarile sale, Charles-Andre Gilis explica ce trebuie sa intelegem prin formularea: «noua religie (aparuta spre finele ciclului uma...

Craig Owen Jones interrogates the long-held theory that the native princes' approach to castle-building in medieval Wales was characterised by igno...