For sale in CIS only! While much current research on political Islam revolves around militant Islamism, the genesis of this ideology remains little understood. "A System of Life" is a pioneering examination of the earliest attempt at a systematic ou...

For sale in CIS only! Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small Wes...

For sale in CIS only! Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, "Lost Horizon", remains an inspirational fantasy, a modern morality play about the failure of brutality to subd...

For sale in CIS only! Since the end of the Cold War, scholars, military historians and analysts have struggled to agree a workable definition of contemporary warfare with reference to the conflicts that have erupted since 1989, whether in the former...

For sale in CIS only! The story of the Bosnian Muslims in World War II is an epic frequently alluded to in discussions of the 1990s Balkan conflicts, but almost as frequently misunderstood or falsified. This first comprehensive study of the topic in...

For sale in CIS only! When anthropologist Delwar Hussain arrived in a remote coal mining village on the Bangladesh/India border to research the security fence India is building around its neighbour, he discovered more about the globalised world than...

For sale in CIS only! Although most Arab countries remain authoritarian, many have undergone a restructuring of state-society relations in which lower- and middle-class interest groups have lost ground while big business has benefited in terms of it...

For sale in CIS only! Iberia is a special place of colliding myths over its Islamic past and the Christian reconquista, the Inquisition and massive expulsion of Muslims and Jews some five centuries ago. Long a land of emigrants and explorers, it has...

For sale in CIS only! In 1920, a massive uprising took place against British occupation of Mesopotamia. This initiated a struggle for democracy that pitted nationalist leaders against the British, their local political allies and a newly-installed m...

For sale in CIS only! During the decade prior to the Arab Spring dozens of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels were established across the Middle East, advocating different forms of religiosity and shaping public perceptions through thei...