Ali A. Allawi—a respected Iraqi statesman and thinker who has served the postwar government in several posts—offers a bold analysis of today’s crisis in the Islamic world. He offers proposals that will surprise some and anger others, but they cannot be ignored by anyone concerned about the future of Islamic civilization.

This probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the West today.

This probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the West today.

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the intervention in Afghanistan, a major reassessment of military strategy and the work of "nation-building" in this most unstable of countries

In this illuminating account of Kenya's first fifty years of independence, an authority on African history analyzes how ethnic violence, government corruption, inequality, and other difficult issues hinder national prosperity and justice.

In this timely and important book, Stephen Chan explores the political landscape of southern Africa, examining how it's poised to change over the next years and what the repercussions will be across the continent.

In this timely and important book, Stephen Chan explores the political landscape of southern Africa, examining how it's poised to change over the next years and what the repercussions will be across the continent.

Untangling Yemen’s history before examining the country’s role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement today, Victoria Clark presents a lively, clear, and up-to-date account of a little-known state whose chronic instability is increasingly engaging the general reader.

Against the panorama of political, economic, social, and cultural change, religious and secular forces emerge and compete to shape two centuries of late Ottoman and republican Turkish history.

This new examination of the dissolution of Yugoslavia offers the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of American and European foreign policy on the conflict and on the violent tactics of the regime of Slobodan Milošević.

Far more than merely a straightforward history of the Cold War, this book presents the first account of politics and decision making at the highest levels of Soviet power: how Soviet leaders saw political and military events, what they were trying to accomplish, their miscalculations, and the ways they took advantage of Western ignorance. Russia’s Cold War fills a significant gap in o...

Far more than merely a straightforward history of the Cold War, this book presents the first account of politics and decision making at the highest levels of Soviet power: how Soviet leaders saw political and military events, what they were trying to accomplish, their miscalculations, and the ways they took advantage of Western ignorance. Russia’s Cold War fills a significant gap in o...

Based on vivid eyewitness accounts and pertinent case studies, a much-needed behind-the-scenes survey reveals an emerging Asian power in a period of breathtaking social and economic change.

This important book is the first to explore the common human desire for dignity and the consequences when dignity is either violated or honored. The author offers guidelines to help individuals and communities understand the power of dignity and how it can lead to a more peaceful world.

This important book is the first to explore the common human desire for dignity and the consequences when dignity is either violated or honored. The author offers guidelines to help individuals and communities understand the power of dignity and how it can lead to a more peaceful world.

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, dispels many conventional views, particularly concerning the Munich Crisis, Nazi occupation, Prague Spring and Velvet Revolution.

From “the man on whom nothing was lost,” a uniquely engaging guide to the elements of statecraft, fusing literature and international relations through spirited interpretations of classic literary works.

A retired U.S. Army colonel and military historian takes a fresh look at Dwight D. Eisenhower’s lasting military legacy, in light of his evolving approach to the concept of unified command.

This brave and groundbreaking book tells the story of Palestinian partition from both the Arab and Jewish perspectives.

In this thoughtful and compellingly readable book, Frank Ledwidge examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. With the aid of copious research, interviews with senior officers, and his own personal experiences, he looks in detail at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to defeat in Britain's latest "small wars." This is an ey...

In this thoughtful and compellingly readable book, Frank Ledwidge examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. With the aid of copious research, interviews with senior officers, and his own personal experiences, he looks in detail at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to defeat in Britain's latest "small wars." This is an ey...

Former U.S. ambassador to the USSR Jack F. Matlock demolishes central myths behind America's present foreign policy—including the idea that the U.S. destroyed Communism and ended the Cold War—and makes bold recommendations for the Obama administration.

In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. This is an essential guide to one of the Middle East’s most important but least understood states.

In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state.

In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state.

In this uniquely wide-ranging portrait of Israel, students and general readers will find accurate information on such important topics as its history, land and people, politics, society, economics, and culture.

The acclaimed author James Scott adopts a radically different approach to history to tell the story of the deliberately stateless peoples who occupy a vast track of land in Asia called Zomia.

This timely and insightful history of Tibet spans from the seventh century to modern times, in a lively narrative that sheds light on the country's complex relationship with China, and it explores what it means to be Tibetan today.

This book is the first in English to explore Belarus’s complicated past from medieval times through the Soviet years, the years since independence, and its current situation under a corrupt, authoritarian, and surprisingly tenacious president.

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