In The Syrian Rebellion, Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and the differences in skills between former dictator Hafez al-Assad and his successor son, Bashar, Ajami explains how an irresistible fo…
"Human Conflict: Disagreement, Misunderstanding, and Problematic Talk" distinguishes between effective and ineffective forms of face-to-face interaction in cases where agreement, disagreement, understanding, or misunderstanding prevail. Following an in-depth look at the interpla…
Paul Hirst was one was one of the most original thinkers of his generation. This book is being published post-humously after his tragic death in 2003. Written with verve and lucidity, it is a scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in whi…
Hegel's conception of civil society endorses a market economy and adheres firmly to a liberal outlook. But his conception of the state culminates in an authoritarian prince who acts as protector of the constitution. However, the tensions and contradictions that plague Hegel's li…
A detailed yet engaging study showing that the vast majority of Palestinian resistance over the last 100 years has been peaceful and creative.
The war for Korea, 1945-1950: a house burning
Undersøgelse og analyse af de internationale og indenrigspolitiske begivenheder i Korea 1945-1950, der førte til Koreakrigen 1950 - 1953.
Beskrivelse af Sri Lankas (Ceylon) politiske historie med særligt henblik på borgerkrigen mellem regeringshæren og De Tamilske Tigre gennem de seneste 25 år
Traces the early history of Nigeria from inception to civil war, and the complex events that defined the conflict in Biafra, revealing how and why this awful event played out, and the scars that it has since left on the psyche of the disunited federation that has continued to ex…
Beskrivelse af stammefolk, der beboede det østlige Afrika, deres levevis og forhold til andre stammefolk, arabiske slavehandlere og europæiske kolonimagter herunder de konflikter og kampe, de blev inddraget i samt deres militære styrke, taktik og våben. De beskrevne stammefolk e…
The very name of the Israel Defence Forces suggests that its primary mission is the defines of the country's territory. This work reveals how the key planks of the army's protective program have in fact served to accelerate acquisition of Palestinian land, cripple all normal pol…
This collection of essays by British, American and French scholars uses the records of the law in Western Europe from the fall of Rome to the nineteenth century in an attempt to outline a social history of the West considered as a history of human relations. The primary themes a…