Rise of Islamic State, Paperback

The essential 'on the ground' report on the fastest growing new threat in the Middle East. 'Quite simply, the best Western journalist at work in Ir...

Reducere. Though capable of staging spectacular attacks like 9/11, jihadist organizations were not a significant force on the ground when they first became n...

From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East's disintegration The Age of Jihad charts the tur...

This edited volume argues that the rise of Islamic conservatism poses challenges to Indonesia's continued existence as a secular state, with far-re...

This comprehensive history traces the complex development of Kurdish distinctiveness from the beginnings of Islam through the decline of the Ottoma...

A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam to the decline of nomads in the twentieth century. This offers a viv...

Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid offers character-driven reportage on the human impact of war on Syrian people, showing new forms of resista...

The Syrian Civil War in all its ghastly twists and turns, from initial optimism to barrel-bombing and the rise of Islamic State, are among the subj...

The Terror Years is a collection of ten powerful pieces by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright, first published in The New Yorker, charting the p...

An observatory and a lighthouse form the nexus of this major new investigation of science, religion, and the state in late Ottoman Egypt. Astronomy...

Reducere. Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History provides a wide-ranging examination of war in human history, from the beginning of t...

For more than a century successive US and UK governments have sought to thwart nationalist, socialist and pro-democracy movements in the Middle Eas...

Reducere. In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in ``a rollicking good story`` (Justin M...

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

DescriptionAimed at undergraduate-level courses, this brand-new textbook provides an overview of Middle Eastern politics, offering in-depth examina...

Reducere. Since the first wave of uprisings in 2011, the euphoria of the "Arab Spring" has given way to the gloom of backlash and a descent into mayhem and w...

DescriptionIran has emerged from decades of isolation and struggle to become a leading, if not the pre-eminent, regional power. Iran projects its i...

Reducere. A Fresh Look at 4, 000 Years of Jewish History--Authoritative, Complete...Funny Through witty, illustrated narrative, celebrated artist Stan Mack w...

This core text is the first to provide a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to international studies. Emphasizing the interconnected nature of ...

Recent years have seen renewed interest in the study of revolution. Spurred by events like the 2011 uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, ...

Reducere. In this holistic study of the integration of faith and learning, Dr. Sarinah Lo challenges the Western tendency to privilege knowing over being and...

A journalistic account of Trump's wars in the Middle East from a highly acclaimed journalist who has been reporting on the area for decades In this...

DescriptionRoger Scruton looks at where Britain has found itself, and ponders where it should go next.Addressing one of the most politically turbul...