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The Spymaster of Baghdad: The Untold Story of the Elite Intelligence Cell that Turned the Tide against ISIS
Paperback,
24/02/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
The US War Against ISIS: How America and its Allies Defeated the Caliphate
Paperback,
27/01/2022,
£21.99
£19.79
Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel
Paperback,
25/01/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
Highly readable and compelling account of British colonial policy in Palestine and its role in the creation of Israel. New updated edition now available in paperback.
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground
Paperback,
15/02/2022,
£12.99
£11.69
In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler's road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future.
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
Hardback,
00/04/2022,
£21.99
£19.79
Sinostan: China's Inadvertent Empire
Hardback,
00/04/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
China's geo-economic vision is transforming the Eurasian continent. Acclaimed foreign policy experts recount their travels across Central Asia, bearing witness through interviews and personal experience to the growing Chinese influence in the region, and what this means for those both within and beyond the boundaries of its 'inadvertent empire'.
Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence
Hardback,
04/11/2021,
£20.00
£18.00
Becoming Kim Jong Un: Understanding North Korea's Young Dictator
Paperback,
24/02/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
The first book from a former intelligence community insider
The Daughters of Kobani: The Women Who Took On The Islamic State
Paperback,
03/02/2022,
£9.99
£8.99
The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won.
War and Peacekeeping: Personal Reflections on Conflict and Lasting Peace
Paperback,
£10.99
£9.89
Following a sixty-year journey from war to peace, from soldier to UNICEF ambassador, Martin Bell reflects on war and peacekeeping, and where they stand today
The Chinese Conundrum: Engagement or Conflict
Paperback,
22/06/2023,
£9.99
£8.99
In The Chinese Conundrum, Vince Cable provides an answer to these and many other topical questions of global politics and economy, examining the long history of relationships between China and the West, as well as the change in attitudes on both sides of the divide.
The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
Hardback,
01/09/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC's long-serving correspondent in the region.
Butler to the World: The book the oligarchs don't want you to read - how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals
Hardback,
10/03/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
Bestselling author Oliver Bullough reveals the scandalous reality of Britain's new position in the world.
Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War
Paperback,
14/04/2020,
£10.99
£9.89
How the West's obsession with Vladimir Putin prevents it from understanding Russia
Dissidents among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia
Paperback,
18/01/2022,
£19.99
£17.99
How have the fall of the USSR and the long dominance of Putin reshaped Russian politics and culture?
We Uyghurs Have No Say: An Imprisoned Writer Speaks
Paperback,
15/03/2022,
£14.99
£13.49
The words of China's most famous political prisoner
Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls
Hardback,
11/04/2022,
£15.99
£14.39
The full story of political opinion polls, from the nineteenth century to today's controversies.
Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia
Paperback,
20/03/2022,
£9.99
£8.99
The roots of Islamophobia run deep and affect us all. We must resist it together
Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan
Hardback,
28/04/2022,
£25.00
£22.50
This book offers a new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, exploring the conflict both within and beyond the framework of the Cold War, and focusing on many of the different groups involved in and impacted by the war of the 1980s.
Malawi: Economy, Society and Political Affairs
Paperback,
21/04/2022,
£28.99
£26.09
The first comprehensive study of contemporary Malawi, providing insight into the origins of its present poverty
A Vanishing West in the Middle East: The Recent History of US-Europe Cooperation in the Region
Paperback,
21/04/2022,
£17.99
£16.19
Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond 3ed
Paperback,
24/03/2022,
£14.99
£13.49
Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea
Hardback,
01/08/2022,
£22.99
£20.69
Critical Revolutionaries
Hardback,
26/04/2022,
£20.00
£18.00
Terry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literature
China in the World: Culture, Politics, and World Vision
Paperback,
22/03/2022,
£20.99
£18.89
Ban Wang traces the shifting concept of the Chinese state from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how the Confucian notion of tianxia-"all under heaven"-influences China's dedication to contributing to and exchanging with a common world.
Staging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond
Paperback,
15/07/2022,
£20.99
£18.89
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World
Paperback,
02/06/2022,
£10.99
£9.89
Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground
Paperback,
01/11/2004,
£16.99
£12.00
Collected essays and journalism from one of our foremost writers: from cultural commentary to the war in Iraq
How Population Change Will Transform Our World
Hardback,
28/07/2016,
£14.99
£13.49
In How Population Will Transform Our World , Sarah Harper looks at fertility rates and age structures of populations in different regions of the world against the backdrop of urbanization and climate change, drawing out the profound implications and challenges for societies, economies, and the environment in the decades to come.
Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule
Paperback,
22/12/2015,
£8.99
£8.09
A manifesto for Tibetan resistance, from the voice of the Tibetan movement
Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory
Paperback,
27/01/2012,
£21.99
£19.79
Explores ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba, dealing with the issue within the context of Palestinian oral history, 'social history from below', narratives of memory and the formation of collective identity.
Destined for War: can America and China escape Thucydides's Trap?
Paperback,
13/07/2017,
£18.99
£17.09
Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Hardback,
01/05/2017,
£7.99
£7.19
Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden
Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952
Paperback,
02/05/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
The definitive account of Richard Nixon's congressional career, back in print with a new preface
Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit and America's Trump
Paperback,
10/08/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
In 2016 two surprising explosions of popular contempt for the existing order drove Britain into Brexit and paved the way for Trump's presidency of the United States. This is an account of how and why this happened.
Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change
Paperback,
14/12/2006,
£27.99
£19.59
* An up-to-date primer and key reference source for students and professionals studying the processes of social change and development in 'third world' countries. * Builds on the success of From Modernization to Globalization, published by the editors in 2000.
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