21st Century History: from c 2000

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Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from s...

Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or fa...

'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the Wests policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David Pet...

Offers a radical political interpretation of history that generates fresh insights into the emancipatory potential of ordinary Nigerians and their ...

Seen through the lens of the outsider, Pakistan has often been reduced to a caricature. Its diversity and resilience have rarely figured in the sin...

The efficiency of the Hutu killers in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 exceeded that of even the Nazi Holocaust. It happened in front of the world's ey...

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A Spectator Book of the Year 2020 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 A Mail on Sunday Book ...

Twenty-five years after Gorbachev came to power and two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the questions that were behind the reform e...

Azad (Free) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)) is that part of Kashmir within Pakistan, separated by a Line of Control from Indian territory. This book i...

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elect...

Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 ele...

The Arab Spring occurred within the context of the unraveling of the dominant 'ruling bargain' that emerged across the Middle East in the 1950s. Th...

At the outset of the twenty-first century and in the midst of the Arab Spring, tribe-state relations are a useful frame of reference through which ...

Long a taboo topic, as well as one that has alarmed outside powers, sectarian conflict in the Middle East is on the rise. The contributors to this ...

The twenty-first century will doubtless be that of Asia, which by 2030 will be home to three of the four world's mightiest economies, including Ind...

While the 'New Taliban' looms large in the global media, little is known about how it functions as an organisation. How united is it? Are its struc...

As a teenager, Joseph Sebarenzi fled Rwanda, escaping a campaign of genocide that saw 800,000 Tutsis murdered in just ninety days. He returned to ...

The republics of Central Asia re-emerged as independent actors in the global interstate system in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the...