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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “roxane farmanfarmaian”
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  • Blood & Oil

    A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah

    by Manucher Farmanfarmaian, Roxane Farmanfarmaian ...
    PEN/West Award Finalist" Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles TimesIran was the first country in the Middle East to develop an oil industry, and oil has been central to its tumultuous ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Media and Politics in the Southern Mediterranean

    Communicating Power in Transition after 2011

    Edited by Roxane Farmanfarmaian ...
    Series series History and Society in the Islamic World
    This edited volume presents ground-breaking empirical research on the media in political transition in Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco. Focusing on developments in the wake of the region’s upheavals in 2011, it offers a new theoretical framework for understanding mediascapes in the confessional and hybrid-authoritarian systems of the Middle East.In this book, media scholars focus on three themes: the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • War and Peace in Qajar Persia

    Implications Past and Present

    Edited by Roxane Farmanfarmaian ...
    Series series History and Society in the Islamic World
    With new and existing evidence being reconsidered, this edited collection takes a multidisciplinary approach to discussing the Qajar system within the context of the wars that engulfed it and the periods of peace that ensued. It throws new light on the decision-making processes, the restraints on action, and the political exigencies at play during the Qajar years. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Last Days of the Civil War

    The Enormous Silence

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning history A Stillness at Appomattox, an electrifying account of the end of the Civil War—Grant and Lee’s final maneuvers as four years of internecine conflict inched to a close.“The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky.” Here is the triumphant close of Bruce Catton’s history of ... Read more

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  • Frontline Turkey

    The Conflict at the Heart of the Middle East

    by Ezgi Basaran ...
    Turkey is on the front line of the war which is consuming Syria and the Middle East. Its role is complicated by the long-running conflict with the Kurds on the Syrian border - a war that has killed as many as 80,000 people over the last three decades.In 2011 President Erdogan promised to make a deal with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party), but the talks marked a descent into assassinations, ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • A Declaration On Peace

    In God's People the World's Renewal Has Begun

    by Douglas Gwyn, George Hunsinger, John Howard Yoder ...
    Many Christians have become increasingly sensitive to the destructiveness of war. They are recognizing war's limited ability as a public policy instrument. They are acknowleding the social, economic, and spiritual consequences of preparing to wage war. These concerns have begun to revive the conscience of the church in new ways.This text contends that peacemaking is essential to Christian ... Read more

    $3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Trucks Stop Running

    Energy and the Future of Transportation

    by A.J. Friedemann ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    In lively and engaging language, this book describes our dependence on freight transport and its vulnerability to diminishing supplies and high prices of oil. Ships, trucks, and trains are the backbone of civilization, hauling the goods that fulfill our every need and desire. Their powerful, highly-efficient diesel combustion engines are exquisitely fine-tuned to burn petroleum-based diesel fuel. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Nuclear Multilateralism and Iran

    Inside EU Negotiations

    by Tarja Cronberg ...
    Drawing on the author’s personal experience, this book presents an insider’s chronology and policy analysis of the EU’s role in the nuclear negotiations with Iran.The European Union strives to be a global player, a “soft power” leader that can influence international politics and state behavior. Yet critics argue that the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) remains largely ineffective ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Energy Security for the EU in the 21st Century

    Markets, Geopolitics and Corridors

    Edited by José María Marín Quemada, Javier García-Verdugo, Gonzalo Escribano ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    Recent developments like the rising trend in crude oil price, the international economic crisis, the civil revolts in Northern Africa and the Middle East, the nuclear threat in Japan after the tsunami, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the economic growth of emerging countries like China and India have a direct relation to the security of energy supply anywhere in the world. This book ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Defence Reform in Croatia and Serbia--Montenegro

    by Timothy Edmunds ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    This book examines defence reform in Croatia and Serbia-Montenegro since 2000, focussing particularly on the institution and consolidation of democratic and civilian control of the armed forces, the reform of conflict-era forces structures, and the influence of the West including defence assistance and political conditionality. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Energy Trading and Investing

    Trading, Risk Management and Structuring Deals in the Energy Market

    by Davis W. Edwards ...
    “The essential training manual for anyone who expects to profi tably engage the energy market while avoiding the devils lurking in the details.”Kurt Yeager, former President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute and coauthor of Perfect PowerShrinking fossil fuel supplies, volatile prices, deregulation, and environmental conservation have transformed the energy market into a major arena ... Read more

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