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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
This latest volume in The Idea of Iran series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty - the Parthians - the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE.
They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism,...
The Grand Delusion
Britain After Sixty Years of Elizabeth II
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Written in the public glow surrounding the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, The Grand Delusion is a critical history of Britain's post-war 'establishment' - with the Queen and her Prime Ministers at its heart. It explores the key questions: has Elizabeth II's reign been good for the UK? Or has it represented...
Radetzky
Imperial Victor and Military Genius
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
History remembers Wellington's defeat of Napoleon, but has forgotten the role of Field Marshal Radetzky in the battles which led to Napoleon's abdication and first exile in 1814. As Chief of Staff to the Allied Coalition of 1813-1814, Field Marshal Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz determined the shape...
Crisis Among the Great Powers
The Concert of Europe and the Eastern Question
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
In 1840, conflict within the Ottoman Empire gave rise to a serious all-European crisis which led to a diplomatic rupture between France and the other Great Powers. The crisis was given the name of the natural frontier which divided France from the rest of Europe: the Rhine. Although the Rhine Crisis...
Emperor of the Five Rivers
The Life and Times of Maharajah Ranjit Singh
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
In 1801, at the age of just 20 years old, Ranjit Singh became the Maharaja of the Punjab Empire and subsequently became one of the greatest figures in the history of India. He was a fiercely brave leader, capturing the city of Lahore before becoming Maharaja and overcoming a variety of challenges...
The Boer War
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the...
Kashmir in Conflict
India, Pakistan and the Unending War
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2010
After 20 years of insurgency, Kashmir continues to be a major flashpoint and decisive factorin destabilising regional relations. Resolving the dispute over the state of Jammu andKashmir is crucial to achieving peace and stability, without which the US Af-Pak strategy isunlikely to succeed. With international...
Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy
Conflict and Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
As the only oil producer with sufficient spare capacity to shape the world economy, Saudi Arabia is one of the most significant states in twenty-first century geopolitics. Despite the enormous potential for Saudi Arabia to play a more robust regional and international role, the Kingdom faces serious...
Inside the Seraglio
Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This is the story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries, an empire that once stretched from central Europe to North Africa and from Persia to the Adriatic. The capital of this empire was Istanbul, ancient Byzantium, a city that stands...
Winter is Coming
The Medieval World of Game of Thrones
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by PhD students asking...
Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace
Dialogue, Transformation and Global Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level, he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan, where it still has its headquarters, but which now claims 12 million adherents around the world. At another level, he is a globetrotting figure whose formal conversations with diverse...
Palermo, City of Kings
The Heart of Sicily
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Palermo – the capital of Sicily – is a destination with a difference. The city is a treasure trove of original monuments and works of art, combined with architecture of grand proportions. Yet it also has a grittier side, shown by the continuing influence of the mafia. Jeremy Dummett here provides...
The Last Storytellers
Tales from the Heart of Morocco
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has...
Progressive Politics after the Crash
Governing from the Left
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Those who hoped the collapse of financial markets would usher in the end of neoliberalism and rehabilitate support for traditional social democratic policies programmes have been disappointed. It is not only the irrationality of markets which is the focus of public discontent, but the inefficiency...