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  • Afghan Crucible

    The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan

    de Elisabeth Leake ...
    A new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - an invasion whose consequences are still felt in Afghanistan and across the wider world. On 24 December 1979, Soviet armed forces entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last almost a decade and creating a political crisis that shook the world. To many observers, the Soviet invasion showed the lengths to which one of the ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • The Defiant Border

    The Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands in the Era of Decolonization, 1936–1965

    de Elisabeth Leake ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations
    The Defiant Border explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls from the colonial period into the twenty-first century. This book looks at local Pashtun tribes' modes for evading first British colonial, then Pakistani, governance; the ongoing border dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan; and continuing interest in the region from Indian, US, ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Decolonization and the Cold War

    Negotiating Independence

    Edición de Leslie James, Elisabeth Leake ...
    Series series New Approaches to International History
    The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. This volume brings together an international line-up of experts to explore how these transformations took place and expand on some of the latest threads of analysis to help inform our understanding of the links between the two phenomena.The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and economics as Cold War ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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  • A Road Unforeseen

    Women Fight the Islamic State

    de Meredith Tax ...
    A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic StateIn war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society—based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality—has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders.A Road Unforeseen recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Palestine

    A Socialist Introduction

    de Sumaya Awad, Brian Bean ...
    This essay collection presents a compelling and insightful analysis of the Palestinian freedom movement from a socialist perspective.In Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, contributors examine a number of key aspects in the Palestinian struggle for liberation. These essays contextualize the situation in today's polarized world and offer a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Washington's Long War on Syria

    de Stephen Gowans ...
    When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The United States had waged a long war against Syria from the very moment the country’s fiercely independent Arab nationalist movement came to power in 1963. Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad were committed ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A History of Modern Palestine

    One Land, Two Peoples

    de Ilan Pappe ...
    Ilan Pappe's book traces the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this troubled region. The second edition of Pappe's book has been updated to include the dramatic events of the 1990s and the early twenty-first century. These years, ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • The Origins of Alliances

    de Stephen M. Walt ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    "The Origins of Alliances offers a different way of thinking about our security and thus about our diplomacy. It ought to be read by anyone with a serious interest in understanding why our foreign policy is so often self-defeating."―New RepublicHow are alliances made? In this book, Stephen M. Walt makes a significant contribution to this topic, surveying theories of the origins of international ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Sowing Crisis

    The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East

    de Rashid Khalidi ...
    Acclaimed historian and political commentator Rashid Khalidi presents the compelling case that U.S. and Soviet intervention in the Middle East not only exacerbated civil wars and provoked the breakdown of fragile democracies, but continues to this day to shape global conflict in the region. Examining the strategic interplay of cold war superpowers, Khalidi explains how the momentous events that ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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  • Angry Nation

    Turkey since 1989

    de Kerem Öktem ...
    Series series Global History of the Present
    Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East, economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, yet a staunch NATO ally, it has been eyed with suspicion by both 'East' and 'West'. The momentous changes in the regional and world order after 1989 have catapulted ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • A History of the Modern Middle East

    Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues

    de Betty S. Anderson ...
    A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on Turkey, Iran, and the Arab countries of the Middle East, as well as areas often left out of Middle East history—such as the Balkans and the changing ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • The PKK

    Coming Down from the Mountains

    de Doctor Paul White ...
    Series series Rebels
    The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is infamous for its violence. The struggle it has waged for Kurdish independence in southeastern Turkey has cost in excess of 40,000 lives since 1984. A less-known fact, however, is that the PKK now embraces a non-violent end to the conflict, with its leader Abdullah Öcalan having ordered a ceasefire and engaging in a negotiated peace with the Ankara government. ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD