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Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 260 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982734
- ISBN
- 9781909982734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 41.99
€ 53.47
€ 41.99
Paperback. From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007337712
- ISBN
- 9780007337712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.30
€ 12.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Grounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country's past, this title features scholars of Afghan history, politics, society, and culture who show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a complex, and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by modern international politics. Editor(s): Crews, Robert D.; Tarzi, Amin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HRAM2; HRAM6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032248
- ISBN
- 9780674032248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
hardcover. Examining politics in a small Afghan town that managed to remain relatively peaceful in the years following the fall of the Taliban, this book calls examines how and when violence erupts and calls into question the international community's approach to developing stability in Afghanistan. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776714
- ISBN
- 9780804776714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
hardcover. Murder is an effective way to gain power over others. Kill its leaders, and a country can be yours. Kill the people or ruthlessly intimidate them, and you can control their territory. Kill the journalists-or the story-and the truth of what is happening can be buried. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; AJRD; BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971249
- ISBN
- 9781597971249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Hardback. Since the United Nations adopted the principle of self-determination in 1945, great powers have found that military strength is no guarantee of success in small wars fought against insurgents who use guerrilla and terrorist tactics. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975377
- ISBN
- 9781597975377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.54
€ 32.54
hardcover. Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia that has been under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev since independence in 1991, has proven that a mostly Muslim nation can be active on the international scene. Num Pages: 228 pages, 6 b 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597977319
- ISBN
- 9781597977319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.65
€ 37.65
Hardcover. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462. The British, Russian, and American Invasions. 304 pages, illustrations. This book examines how dependent development and struggles for power within and outside the state apparatus led to formation of alliances with imperial powers and how the latter used these alliances to manipulate political development in Afghanistan to their own advantage. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPS. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103894
- ISBN
- 9780230103894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. 260 pages, Illustrations. Tlostanova examines Central Asia and the Caucasus to trace the genealogy of feminism in those regions following the dissolution of the USSR. The forms it takes resist interpretation through the lenses of Western feminist theory and woman of color feminism, hence Eurasian borderland feminism must chart a third path. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 19. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108424
- ISBN
- 9780230108424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This book examines how the International Monetary Fund engages in the politics of ideas to shape domestic institutional change. Drawing on case studies from post-Soviet Central Asia, Andre Broome explains that how governments interpret their policy options mediates the IMF's influence over economic reform during periods of crisis and uncertainty. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; KCBM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240056
- ISBN
- 9780230240056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This book utilises the growing phenomenon of British soldier narratives from Iraq and Afghanistan to explore how British soldiers make sense of their role on these complex, multi-dimensional operations. It aims to intervene in the debates within critical feminist scholarship over whether soldiers can ever be agents of peace. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JFSJ; JPS; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282261
- ISBN
- 9780230282261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JPSL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294271
- ISBN
- 9780230294271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Written for practitioners and practitioners-in-training of education development, this book reviews education issues in developing countries and provides in-depth case studies from Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; 1HBE; JNF; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340176
- ISBN
- 9780230340176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Stressing the relationship between tsarism's service-state ethos and its utilization of subjects, this study argues that economic and political, rather than judicial or penological, factors primarily conditioned Siberian exile's growth and development. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FCS; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536937
- ISBN
- 9780230536937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardback. This description of the military struggle for Afghanistan concerns the objectives, operations, tactics and effectiveness of the forces involved in that struggle. The aim is to describe the war as objectively and in as much detail as possible. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333514771
- ISBN
- 9780333514771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
hardcover. This study of Central Asian history relates Asia to China Russia, India and Western Europe and to wider themes of world history. An introductory chapter defines Central Asia in time, place and ecology with chapters relating Central Asia history to the eight world institutions. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333578278
- ISBN
- 9780333578278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.56
€ 194.56
Hardback. An analysis of household living standards in Central Asia. This text deals with methodological issues of measuring household welfare in transition, quantifies living standards in various ways, and also looks at support given by the state, firms, other households and NGOs. Editor(s): Falkingham, Jane; etc.; Klugman, Jeni (Economist, Europe and Central Asia Department, World Bank); Marnie, Sheila (Research Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy); Micklewright, John (Professor of Economics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy). Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FC; JKSB; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674338
- ISBN
- 9780333674338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. A collection of essays by leading Chinese and Russian scholars which explore the political, economic, diplomatic and strategic responses of Russia and China to newly independent states in Central Asia as both countries search for a post communist and post cold war order. Editor(s): Zhang, Yongjin; Azizian, Rouben. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FC; 1FPC; JFSL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333694671
- ISBN
- 9780333694671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
hardcover. This work analyzes the pattern of security concerns of the Central Asian successor states. The main contention of the book is that the security problems of these states are similar to those that faced other "Third World" countries after they attained independence. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCD; 1FCK; 1FCT; 1FCU; 1FCZ; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333733592
- ISBN
- 9780333733592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. This text looks at the Caspian Caucasus region in the context of oil. The oil potential of this colossal territory is so significant that the analytical centres of the world's largest oil and refining companies consider it to be more long term than the unstable Persian Gulf. Editor(s): Gokay, Bulent. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FC; JPS; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333739730
- ISBN
- 9780333739730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76