21st Century History: from c 2000

An original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE...

A life story which is mostly about Africa, including Zambia before and after independence and the authors time as Director of the Africa Centre. He...

With contributions from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former New York Governor George Pataki, 9/11: Stories of Courage, Heroism and ...

Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and stat...

This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization o...

In this vivid first-person narrative, a Special Operations Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) and his commanding general give fascinating and ...

An established introductory textbook that provides students with a compelling overview of the growth of the mass movement from its origins after th...

An established introductory textbook that provides students with a compelling overview of the growth of the mass movement from its origins after th...

Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the warand why ...

With over 260 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of the late Queen Elizabe...

This collection of lyric essays by award-winning poet Kim Moore explore the dynamics of performing poetry as a female poet confronting the implica...

In this extraordinary debut called gripping by The Times of London Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congos ...

The war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the...

At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world''s most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smalle...

How a plucky coterie of Louisiana shrimp-boat captains faced down the most destructive hurricane in U.S. historyonly to realize that the struggle t...

Yemen is an intriguing, strategically located country that is the perennial poor relation of the wealthy oil monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula an...

''An ambitious, riveting and essential book that has much to teach us about the recent history of this region, and about the human impulse towards ...

Since 2003, obstetrician Alice Rothchild has traveled annually to Israel/Palestine with other concerned Americans, to learn about health and human ...