For sale in CIS only! Prisoners of war have featured in virtually every conflict that the US has engaged in since its revolutionary beginnings. Today visitors to Washington will frequently see a black POW flag flying high on government buildings or...

For sale in CIS only! This study offers a detailed analysis of the problems which have beset Pakistan's nation-building enterprise since its birth in 1947. It explores why authoritarianism has prevailed over attempts to establish democracy and how f...

For sale in CIS only! The Persian (or Arab) Gulf countries produce about 30 per cent of the planet's oil, and keep in the ground around 55 per cent of its crude oil reserves, hence the stability of the region's autocratic regimes is vital to the wor...

For sale in CIS only! Olivier Roy argues that the unintended and unforeseen consequences of the 'war on terror' have artificially conflated conflicts in the Middle East such that they appear to be the expression of a widespread 'Muslim anger' agains...

For sale in CIS only! While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or jeopardising basic liberties is...

For sale in CIS only! Cambodia, Somalia, Mozambique, Bosnia, Haiti, Sierra Leone – all have been the subjecct of interventions by armed UN units sent to stabilise societies riven by political and ethnic antagonism. Apart from anecdotal reportage, li...

For sale in CIS only! "A Postcolonial People" is a lively, critical survey of contemporary South Asian Britain that fills a conspicuous gap in the literature. This specially commissioned book combines conceptually innovative analysis with empiricall...

For sale in CIS only! Islamism is often portrayed as a reaction against, or at best a belated accommodation to, modernization. Refuting this dismissive opinion, Bj?rn Utvik explores the movement through the lens of its engagement with social and eco...

For sale in CIS only! Privatisation is supposed to bring about the retreat of the state. But what happens when the state privatises itself and even its core functions – tax collection, internal security, customs – are auctioned to the highest bidder...

For sale in CIS only! The story of the political and military activities of SOE, especially its relationship with British policy-makers, the Foreign Office and the military high command. It also analyzes SOE's relationship with the Yugoslav guerrill...