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In this unprecedented account of the intensive air and ground operations in Iraq, two of America's most distinguished military historians bring clarity and depth to the first major war of the

Belknap Press - 9780674012806

Based on the debates of bishops, church councils, and scholars who reflected on policy alternatives and theological and ethical perspectives on the Gulf crisis, the authors focus on moral issues surrounding the

Westminster John Knox Press - 9780664253011

In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall, distinguished author of numerous books on the British Empire and former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, provides a unified interpretation of British

Oxford University Press, Usa - 9780199278954

A Modern History of Oman details the British influence in Oman from early contacts with the Sultan of Muscat in 1800. The discovery of oil in the region in 1932, following earlier

I. B. Tauris - 9781860646171

Southeast Asian Affairs 2007 provides an informed and readable analysis of the events and developments in the region in 2006. In the regional section of this volume, the first two articles provide

Institute Of Southeast Asian Studies - 9789812304421

On the eve of the establishment of the state of Israel, the governments of Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon, among others, began persecuting the Jews who had lived in these countries for

Praeger Publishers - 9780275971342

Greenwood Press - 9780313222436

The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social

Cambridge University Press - 9780521892964

On the night of December 3, 1984, a cyanide cloud drifted over the streets of Bhopal, India, set loose by a leak in a nearby chemical plant. When the deadly fog lifted

Grand Central Publishing - 9780446530880

Vince Boudreau compares strategies of repression and protest in post-war Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines because these alternative strategies shaped the social bases and opposition cultures available to dissidents and, in turn,

Cambridge University Press - 9780521839891

Anthem Press - 9781843310594

The Japanese garden is held in great esteem throughout the world, but it succeeds by blending opposites - an energy of line and material worked with great restraint; nature expressed in the

Japan Publications Trading - 9784889960556

Carcanet Press Ltd - 9781857540352

This is a funny and intelligently written memoir of a Vietnam veteran's search for self. It is an account of Vietanm veteran Richard Chamberlin's meandering journey to fulfillment during the 60's and

Spinoza Publishing - 9780978909307

There is no single history of the development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are two. The Israeli historical narrative speaks of Zionism as the Jewish national movement, of building a refuge from

Left Coast Press - 9781598740127

Afghanistan, written in 1973, looks at this age old land and country as it was before the Soviet invasion. It contains two epilogues; one written in 1978 and the other in 1980

Oxford University Press, Usa - 9780195776348

How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications

Cambridge University Press - 9780521432436

Yemen's modern history is unique and deserves to be better understood. While the borders of most Middle East states were defined by colonial powers after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a

Cambridge University Press - 9780521794824