I.B. Tauris, 2021. — 208 p. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ruled Mosul from 2014-2017 in accordance with its extremist interpretation of sharia. But beyond what is known about ISIS governance in the city from the group's own materials, very little is understood about the reality of its rule, or reasons for its failure, from those who actually lived under it. This...
Scarecrow Press, 2005. — 341 p. Turkmenistan is known for its huge oil and gas resources, as well as for the rich, complex, and captivating history of the Turkmen people. For centuries they were known as skillful and courageous warriors who left deep marks in the histories of other countries, such as India, Russia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Egypt. As craftsmen, they...
Routledge, 2015. — 304 p. This book examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan, particularly since 1947, and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army's corporate interests and U.S.-Pakistan relations. It includes profiles of leading Pakistani militant groups with details of their origins, development, and capabilities. The author begins with an historical...
Yale University Press, 2023. — 325 p. The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors. Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan—a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan,...
Brill Academic Publishers, 2003. — 380 p. — (African Dynamics 2). Revolts and violence have always been features of African history but questions frequently still remain as to what and who the targets of resistance were. This volume reviews the subject of resistance in the light of current scholarly thought. Were political forms of resistance directed at the imposition or...
University of Chicago Press, 1946. — 287 p. Khaizuran. Mistress of the Harem. Power behind the Throne. Humiliation. Triumph. Zubaidah. Royalty and Romance. Heirs to Harun's Empire. War and Peace. In the Hail of Fame. Table of Family Relationships.
Ithaca Press, 1988. — 265 p. A detailed scholarly account of early Yemeni islam political history. The only sober detailed scholarly study of early Yemeni history. Anyone seriously interested in the country should own this copy. During the 6th century, the Yemen was involved in the power struggles between the Christian Byzantine Empire and the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire....
Mizan Press, 1983. — 300 p. Foreword. Preface: Evaluating Islamic movements from the Western perspective. Syria: Its Make-up and Recent History. The Regime of Hafiz Asad. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamic Front in Syria. The Ideology and Program of the Syrian Islamic Front. Postscript Appendix Notes.
American University in Cairo Press, 2009. — 246 p. For generations, travelers have been lured by the beauty and mesmerizing stillness of Egypt’s deserts, leaving behind the comfort of what is familiar in a quest for adventure, knowledge, and escape, and for others still, a taste of eternity. Traveling Through the Deserts of Egypt is a compilation of some of the most fascinating...
Random House, 1968. — 457 p. This book Egypt: Military Society' is the full historical story of fifteen years (1952-1967) - the final stage of Egypt's national revolution--and of the military political regime of Nasser's Egypt, full of contradictions, contentions, repression of the Left.
Routledge, 1994. — 318 p. The Islamic Movement in Egypt focusses on the global vision of the various components of the Islamic movement in Egypt from 1967 to 1981. This is a detailed case study of the perception of foreign policy issues and the international system by the Islamic movement in Egypt during that specific period. While acknowledging that the subject matter has...
I.B. Tauris, 2016. — 384 p. In the years following Nasser's rise to power, the demographic landscape and the economy of Egypt underwent a profound change. Related to the migration of diverse communities, that had a distinguished role in Egyptian economy, from Egypt, these shifts have mostly been discussed in the light of postcolonial studies and the nationalisation policies in...
Third Edition. — Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2018. — 648 p. Tajikistan is the poorest and only Persian-speaking country among the post-Soviet independent states. Historically, the Tajiks of Central Asia and Afghanistan along with the Persians of modern Iran came from a related ethnic group. When the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established in late 1924,...
Third Edition. — Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2018. — 648 p. Tajikistan is the poorest and only Persian-speaking country among the post-Soviet independent states. Historically, the Tajiks of Central Asia and Afghanistan along with the Persians of modern Iran came from a related ethnic group. When the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established in late 1924,...
Routledge, 2014. — 212 p. This accessible guide has been fully updated to take into account the Iraq War and subsequent developments, whilst retaining its character as a non-partisan and approachable text for students and interested readers alike. The twentieth century witnessed the transformation of the area known currently as Iraq from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire,...
Routledge, 2019. — 162 p. The traditional view of the Hong Kong colonial economy is that it was dominated by Western companies, notably the great British merchant houses, and that these firms enlisted support from Chinese middlemen – the compradors – who were effectively agents working for the Western firms. This book, which presents a comprehensive overview of the compradors...
Springer, 2018. — 210 p. This book discusses the political economy of African state formation, using Ethiopia as a case study. This book advances the argument that the Achilles' heel of Ethiopian, and more generally African, state formation is the chronic failure to nurture an independent economic base for hegemonic state elites in order to fully consolidate central authority....
Springer, 2023. — 356 p. This edited volume examines the cases of four African military leaders who had enormous impact on the continent and beyond. These military officers, and later heads of state -- Jerry Rawlings of Ghana; Moammar Gaddafi of Libya; Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso; and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt – were provocative and polarizing figures, beloved domestically...
Rowman and Littlefield, 2017. — 465 p. This clear and nuanced introduction explores the Philippines’ ongoing and deeply charged dilemma of state-society relations through a historical treatment of state formation and the corresponding conflicts and collaboration between government leaders and social forces. Patricio Abinales and Donna J. Amoroso examine the long history of...
I.B. Tauris, 2020. — 224 p. Censorship pervades all aspects of political, social and cultural life in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Faced with strict state control of cultural output, Iranian authors and writers have had to adapt their work to avoid falling foul of the censors. In this pioneering study, Alireza Abiz offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of how...
Naval Institute Press, 2012. — 228 p. Naval Institute Press and the United States Army Journal, Armor is pleased to offer a unique collection of essays highlighting Iraq's social, political and military history from a purely Iraqi perspective. Dr. Ali al-Wardi (1913-1995) attended the American University of Beirut in 1943 and then traveled to the United States to attain his...
Cambridge University Press, 2021. — 220 p. Focusing on the turbulent twenty-eight months between April 1951 and August 1953, this book, based on recently declassified CIA and US State Department documents from the Mossadeq administration tell the story of the Iranian oil crisis, which would culminate in the coup of August 1953. Throwing fresh light on US involvement in Iran,...
Cambridge University Press, 2021. — 220 p. Focusing on the turbulent twenty-eight months between April 1951 and August 1953, this book, based on recently declassified CIA and US State Department documents from the Mossadeq administration tell the story of the Iranian oil crisis, which would culminate in the coup of August 1953. Throwing fresh light on US involvement in Iran,...
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. — 288 p. Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had roots in Inner Asia, and its rulers...
Seven Stories Press, 2003. — 252 p. In The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power, Professor As`ad Abu Khalil confronts the contradictory nature of Saudi Arabia—questions that both the Saudi government, long shrouded in mystery, and the United States government, ever protective of its own interests, seem unwilling to answer. In this unsparing probe...
Unimal Press, 2015. — 130 p. This book analysed the role of Indonesian Military in the province of Aceh, in curving the long-lasted insurgence in the Province, that was known as the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh Movement). It is assumed that the brutality of the forces that had caused serious violation of human right has gained international attention which simultaneously...
Scarecrow Press, 1998. — 269 p. The Lebanese civil war has made the study of Lebanon a difficult endeavor. The complexity of Lebanese society is the result of a unique political system and a richly diverse populace. This volume will help those who wish to delve beyond the superficial journalistic accounts of Lebanese society and culture. Entries encompass information about various...
I.B. Tauris, 2020. — 352 p. As the situation in Israel/Palestine seems to become ever more intractable and protracted, the need for new ways of looking at recent developments and their historical roots is more pressing than ever. Bearing this in mind, Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Abigail B. Bakan discuss the historic and contemporary dynamics in Israel/Palestine, and their...
Rowman and Littlefield, 2016. — 335 p. The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military...
University of California Press, 2013. — 212 p. Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the last five centuries.Imagined Empires charts modes of subaltern rebellion against the destructive policies of colonial intruders and collaborating local elites in the...
Columbia University Press, 2017. — 336 p. Egypt's army portrays itself as a faithful guardian "saving the nation." Yet saving the nation has meant militarizing it. Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt's semi-autonomous military to hegemonize the country's politics, economy, and society over the past six decades. The Egyptian army has...
Haymarket Books, 2014. — 309 p. Efforts to achieve a "two-state solution" have finally collapsed, and the struggle for justice in Palestine is at a crossroads. As Israeli society lurches toward greater extremism, many ask where the struggle is headed. This book offers a clear analysis of this crossroads moment and looks forward with urgency down the path to a more hopeful future.
Cambridge University Press, 1987. — 470 p. Building on the two previous editions of his History of the Maghrib, Professor Abun-Nasr has written a completely new history of North Africa within the Islamic period which begins with the Arab conquest and brings the story up to the present day. He emphasises the factors which led to the adoption of Islam by practically the entire...
Routledge, 2022. — 172 p. This book investigates the role of social groups in mobilizing resources for protests in repressive contexts. In particular, it examines the impact of organizations and informal groups on individual engagement in the protests developed in 2010–2011 in Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria. Empirical analysis draws on a wave of events and protests that took place...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 259 p. This volume will explore the role of India and China in regional geopolitics, with a focus on Southeast Asia. It highlights some of the key events and turning points in the evolving equations since the times of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first prime minister. In six chapters, it shows how Indias prominent position in devising the regional...
Stanford University Press, 2016. — 240 p. 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 war. The revolution has been overwhelmed by clashes between rival counter-revolutionary forces: resilient old regimes on the one hand and Islamic fundamentalist contenders on the other. In...
I.B. Tauris, 2022. — 232 p. The veiling and unveiling of women have been controversial issues in Turkey since the late-Ottoman period. It was with the advent of local campaigns against certain veils in the 1930s, however, that women's dress turned into an issue of national mobilisation in which gender norms would be redefined. In this comprehensive analysis of the anti-veiling...
Second Edition. — Scarecrow Press, 2010. — 750 p. There are two Armenias: the current Republic of Armenia and historic Armenia. The modern state dates from the early 20th century. Historic Armenia was part of the ancient world and expired in the Middle Ages. Its people, however, survived, and from its residue recreated a new country. The history of the Armenians is the story of...
Second Edition. — Scarecrow Press, 2010. — 750 p. There are two Armenias: the current Republic of Armenia and historic Armenia. The modern state dates from the early 20th century. Historic Armenia was part of the ancient world and expired in the Middle Ages. Its people, however, survived, and from its residue recreated a new country. The history of the Armenians is the story of...
Fourth Edition. — Scarecrow Press, 2011. — 665 p. Afghanistan has long been a coveted land of great strategic importance. Early in its history it served as a gateway to India, impinging on the ancient Silk Road, which carried trade from the Mediterranean to China. In the 16th century the Persian Safavid Empire in the west, the Turkic Uzbek state to the north, and the Moghul...
Fourth Edition. — Scarecrow Press, 2011. — 665 p. Afghanistan has long been a coveted land of great strategic importance. Early in its history it served as a gateway to India, impinging on the ancient Silk Road, which carried trade from the Mediterranean to China. In the 16th century the Persian Safavid Empire in the west, the Turkic Uzbek state to the north, and the Moghul...
Scarecrow Press, 2005. — 450 p. Since its foundation in 1747, Afghanistan has seen seemingly limitless wars waged by the central government to consolidate its control over the country as well as rampant tribal warfare. There have been three Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-42, 1878-79 and 1919); a Russian-backed Marxist government in Kabul battled a coalition of tribal armies, which was...
Quercus, 2011. — 224 p. The pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India's independence movement, pioneer of non-violent resistance through mass civil disobedience, and the man honoured in India as 'father of the nation', Mohandas K. Gandhi has inspired civil rights and liberation movements the world over. Yet he was also a man of many contradictions: a lifelong pacifist...
Quartet Books, 1984. — 218 p. A new and powerful influence has emerged on the world scene, involving two of the world’s most improbable allies: Israel, a state founded by a people in flight from racism, and South Africa, a state founded on ideas of racial superiority. James Adams gives the first detailed account of this strange alliance. He shows how, for very different...
Lexington Books, 2020. — 402 p. The post-independence integration endeavor of the East African Community has been punctuated with challenges, culminating into the collapse of the 1967-1977 regional organization. The renaissance of the integration agenda since the re-establishment of the regional organization in 1999 has rekindled epistemological debate among scholars and...
Naval Institute Press, 2016. — 224 p. The Dust of Kandahar represents a unique contribution to USNI's growing number of books on the conflict in Afghanistan, largely because it views events primarily from a civilian perspective. Attached to the Third Infantry Division based in Kandahar during its year-long deployment in southern Afghanistan, the author served as a link between...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — 256 p. This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic consolidation in the country.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. — 215 p. The nature of the state and the ideological thrust of state policies continue to shape the character of the economy and social relations in Nigeria. This book analyzes how neo-liberal state economic policies and political reforms have impacted on state-society relations, economic and class configurations, social composition of power, social...
Routledge, 2008. — 282 p. The state of Israel is one of the most controversial countries in the world. Yet, its unique creation and rise to power in 1948 has not been adequately explained either by its friends (mainstream Zionists) nor by its detractors (Arabists and post-Zionists). Using a variety of comparative methodologies; from contrasting the Jewish state to other...
ABC-CLIO, 2017. — 362 p. This history-rich volume details the sociopolitical, economic, and artistic aspects of African kingdoms from the earliest times to the second half of the 19th century. Africa has a long and fascinating history and is a place of growing importance in the world history curriculum. This detailed encyclopedia covers the history of African kingdoms from...