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Paperback. As Iraqi troops surged into Kuwait in 1990, British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alan Munro played a vital role in both forging and maintaining a formidable coalition to evict them. Never before had Western and Arab states fought side by side against another Arab country. This book reveals the behind-the-scenes manouevring that made this possible. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111281
- ISBN
- 9781845111281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.80
€ 30.99
€ 25.80
Hardback. The Six Day War was the climax in the deterioration of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This study deals with such issues as: the relevance of the Filastin problem as key to understanding the descent to war; the pivotal Syrian water struggle as a key motivating factor; and, the Hashemite regime's response to Palestinians' heightened national awakening. Num Pages: 345 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191887
- ISBN
- 9781845191887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.60
€ 129.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones. 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172644
- ISBN
- 9780691172644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.46
€ 53.24
€ 42.46
Paperback. * A timely publication as Arab nationalism is being challenged by the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism and the impact of a host of religio--ethnic problems. * The only book to provide such a breadth of Arab nationalist history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1HB; GTB; HBJF1; HPDC; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217299
- ISBN
- 9780631217299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New with a new chapter on the twenty-first-centur
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169156
- ISBN
- 9780691169156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Many think of Muslims in Europe as a twentieth century phenomenon. This book presents a lost community of Arabs who lived through war, revolution, and empire in early nineteenth century France. It tells the story of the several hundred men, women, and children who followed the French army back home after Napoleon's occupation of Egypt. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260641
- ISBN
- 9780520260641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Paperback. Conflict in the Middle East has caused observers to ask if Muslims and Christians can coexist. History suggests that relations between those two groups are not predetermined, but are the product of particular social and political circumstances. This book examines Muslim-Christian relations during an earlier period of political and social upheaval. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409247
- ISBN
- 9781474409247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardcover. Shows how Arab Christians struggled to balance religious and nationalist identities in Palestine between 1917 and 1948. This title focuses on the relationship between Arab Christians and the nationalist movement in Palestine as the British Mandate unfolded throughout the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502. Communalism and Nationalism, 1917-1948. 232 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. Shows how Arab Christians struggled to balance religious and nationalist identities in Palestine between 1917 and 1948. This title focuses on the relationship between Arab Christians and the nationalist movement in Palestine as the British Mandate unfolded throughout the first half of the 20th century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight: 502.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748676033
- ISBN
- 9780748676033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22€ 119.62
€ 124.22
€ 119.62
Paperback. "This is one of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field. Professor White has done justice to the complexity of her subject."-Anne Firor Scott, Duke University Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393314816
- ISBN
- 9780393314816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.54
€ 18.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Enhance and expand your students' knowledge and understanding of their AQA breadth study through expert narrative, progressive skills development and bespoke essays from leading historians on key debates. Series: AQA A Level History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 217 x 277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471837807
- ISBN
- 9781471837807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
Paperback. Enhance and expand your students' knowledge and understanding of their AQA breadth study through expert narrative, progressive skills development and bespoke essays from leading historians on key debates. Series: AQA A Level History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 277 x 15. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471837586
- ISBN
- 9781471837586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Paperback. In April 1478, a plot to murder the two heads of the powerful Medici family miscarried dramatically in the cathedral of Florence. A bloodbath followed in reprisal. All Italy was affected as it emerged that the Pope, the King of Naples and the Duke of Urbino were deeply implicated in the plot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667876
- ISBN
- 9780712667876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Matthaus, Jurgen. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199772537
- ISBN
- 9780199772537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.73
€ 44.99
€ 44.73
Hardback. Explores how the conception of Africa and its history has changed over time and narrates the story of this vast continent over the past 10,000 years. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19, 19 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010636
- ISBN
- 9781847010636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
A revisionist narrative of Appomattox, the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199751716
- ISBN
- 9780199751716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine and examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the centre of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve? Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780990468615
- ISBN
- 9780990468615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.00
€ 13.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 33 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBF; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340062
- ISBN
- 9780764340062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.75
€ 20.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. This is an account of an Indian people's struggle to maintain an identity in American society. Also included is a study of "The Mohawks in High Steel" by Joseph Mitchell. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 330 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625643
- ISBN
- 9780815625643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.29
€ 27.29
Paperback. An account of the impact of the Vietnam War on American intellectual life. Aiming to shed light on the demise of Cold War liberalism and the development of the New Left, the book examines the steady growth of a conservatism that used Vietnam and anti-war sentiment as a rallying point. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780814782620
- ISBN
- 9780814782620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
hardcover. Apocalypse Management explains Dwight Eisenhower's eight years of self-defeating cold war policies by analyzing the pattern of Eisenhower's private and public discourse, a pattern that still dominates U.S. foreign policy, keeping us in the same state of national insecurity that marked the Eisenhower era. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758079
- ISBN
- 9780804758079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
Paperback. An exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand - and with it the "Great Battle," prophesied by both Sunni and Shi'i tradition, which many believers expect will begin in the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands. It uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272644
- ISBN
- 9780520272644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Hardcover. An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933242
- ISBN
- 9780861933242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. Highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. This title reveals the expectations of the festival planners and how the festival was engineered and the ANC and other non-Europeans mounted opposition to it. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 17 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216137
- ISBN
- 9780253216137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
This fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa integrates histories of resistance with the analysis of power - asking not only why apartheid was defeated, but how it came to survive for so long. Series: Oxford Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBLW; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199550661
- ISBN
- 9780199550661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.30
€ 150.30