21st Century History: from c 2000

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present introduces students to five distinct historical themes in 20th century history - politics, economi...

Tony Blair was the political colossus in Britain for thirteen years, winning three elections in a row for New Labour, two of them by huge majoritie...

Lebanon is the prisoner of its geography and its history, a prize for invaders since ancient times, a small multi-denominational state still recove...

The Afghan war will be remembered for its politics more than its combat. There were few, if any, major battles. The longest war in American history...

Based on extended interviews conducted from the Pakistani countryside to Washington, AP Foreign Correspondents in Action: World War II to the Prese...

Reinventing Indonesia presents an insider's view of the tumultuous transition that took place in Indonesia from 1997 to 2004. This was a period of ...

Traditionally, in British society, the milkman has been a family friend, a sex symbol and a cheerful chappie. He has been the eyes and ears of the ...

The post-9/11 War on Terror has spectacularly failed and this book argues that we now need a radically new approach to dealing with international t...

Five years in the making, Cameron at 10 is the gripping inside story of the Cameron premiership, based on over 300 in-depth interviews with senior ...

In the 1980s and 90s, renowned Polish economist Tadeusz Kowalik played a leading role in the Solidarity movement, struggling alongside workers for ...

The Mayor of Mogadishu tells the story of one family's epic journey through Somalia's turmoil, from the optimism of independence to its spectacular...

This new edition of Frank Ledwidges eye-opening analysis of British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan unpicks the causes and enormous costs of mi...

China is rising. But how should the West - and the United States in particular - respond? This could be the key geopolitical question of the twen...

This history of Americas recent past focuses on the importance of the United States interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accoun...

Based on his experience as a scholar and diplomat stationed in China, Jean-Luc Domenach consults a wealth of archival and contemporary materials to...

Patterns of Modern Chinese History offers a broad narrative - introductory but detailed - of the period starting with the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) ...

An assessment of how Israels extraordinary population growth undermines the countrys environment, social equity, and quality of lifeand what must b...

This updated, expanded edition of Where the Domino Fell recounts the history of American involvement in Vietnam from the end of World War II, clari...