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  • A History of Jordan

    by Philip Robins ...
    Since the publication of the first edition, substantial changes have occurred in the political landscape of Jordan and the Middle East. King Abdullah II has cemented his rule amidst an onslaught of threats which have faced his kingdom since he succeeded his father in 1999. The Syrian civil war has fundamentally shifted the political context of its neighbouring countries, with Jordan experiencing a ... Read more

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  • Tigers, Mountains and Pagodas

    The story of a special and adventurous life

    Tigers, Mountains and Pagodas The story of a special and adventurous life At the end of 1923 Stanley Robins passed out of Sandhurst as a prize-winning cadet. He was commissioned into the North Staffordshire regiment, at the time based in British India. Stanley was "thrilled" at this posting as he saw army service in India as the gateway to a "special and adventurous life"; and so it turned out to ... Read more

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  • The Role, Position and Agency of Cusp States in International Relations

    Edited by Marc Herzog, Philip Robins ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    This work seeks to develop a new concept with which to analyse the actions and activities of states that tend to be relatively ignored by the discipline of International Relations (IR).As a discipline, IR has a tendency to lean towards the analytically safe. Given the current and recent dynamism of the international system that is both surprising and undesirable. Arranged around the concept of the ... Read more

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  • The Middle East

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Philip Robins ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    The wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East promised to pave the way for democracy. It brought down dictators and captured the popular imagination, but for most of the region, peace and stability remain as elusive today as they have ever been.In this fully revised introduction, Oxford University’s Philip Robins takes a close look at the issues plaguing the region. With each ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Middle East

    by Philip Robins ...
    Narrated by Richard Aspel ...
    Series series Bolinda Beginner Guides

    Unabridged

    8 hours 38 min

    The Middle East is notoriously complex and difficult. This compact audiobook on the topic by the University of Oxford's leading expert does not shirk the challenge. Organised thematically, and dealing with all the pivotal issues in the region, from oil and religion, to gender and conflict, this comprehensive primer is both easy to listen to and full of insight. Stuffed with historical background, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

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    Grand explanations of how to understand the complex twenty-first-century world have all fallen short–until now. In The Second World, the brilliant young scholar Parag Khanna takes readers on a thrilling global tour, one that shows how America’s dominant moment has been suddenly replaced by a geopolitical marketplace wherein the European Union and China compete with the United States to shape world ... Read more

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  • Turkey and the Arab Spring: Leadership in the Middle East

    The Middle East in the 21st century has witnessed a game-changing rollercoaster ride that has transformed relationships across the boards. Turkey underwent the most dramatic changes of its democratic history, propelling it into the role of major regional actor. The "Arab Spring" cast the region into political and social turmoil. US-led wars devastated the lands and peoples of several countries ... Read more

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  • The Red Fort

    by James Leasor ...
    ‘This is a battle piece of the finest kind, detailed, authentic and largely written from original documents. Mr. Leasor has a formidable gift of narrative. Never has this story of hate, violence, courage and cowardice been better told.’ Cecil Woodham-Smith in the New York Times A year after the Crimean War ended, an uprising broke out in India which was to have equal impact on the balance of ... Read more

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  • The Battle for the Arab Spring

    Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era

    This "lucidly written" account of the 2011 wave of revolutions "includes a wealth of astute analysis on the politics of the region, from Morocco to Oman" (Paul Hockenos, The National).Sparked by the protest of a single vegetable seller in Tunisia, the flame of revolutionary passion swept across the Arab world in what has come to be called the Arab Spring of 2011. Millions took to the streets in ... Read more

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  • The Power of Identity

    Series Book 14 - Information Age Series
    In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy.Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio ... Read more

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  • The Rise of Islamic Capitalism

    Why the New Muslim Middle Class Is the Key to Defeating Extremism

    by Vali Nasr ...
    Leading authority on the Islamic world and influential advisor to the Obama administration Vali Nasr shows that the West’s best hope of winning the battle against Islamic extremists is to foster the growth of a vibrant new Muslim middle class. This flourishing of Muslim bourgeoisie is reshaping the mind-set, politics, and even the religious values of Muslims in much the same way the Western ... Read more

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  • First Overland

    London-Singapore by Land Rover

    Why not? No-one had ever done it: one of the longest of all overland journeys, from the English Channel to Singapore. Several expeditions had tried. Some had reached the Persian deserts; a few, the Indian plains. But none had gone further: over the jungle-clad Assamese mountains, across northern Burma, to Thailand and Malaya. It was 1955. For the final 3,000 miles, it seemed, there were 'too many ... Read more

    $14.29 USD