Frantz Fanon has influenced the work of thinkers from Edward Said and Homi Bhabha to Paul Gilroy. Key works such as Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth established his position as a leading anticolonial thinker, but his work is still frequently misunderstood. T…
The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed. Several years on, however, it has caused limited shifts in structures of power, leaving much of the old political an…
The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed. Several years on, however, it has caused limited shifts in structures of power, leaving much of the old political an…
Describes the efforts of negotiators to gain the release of the Americans held in the embassy in Iran.
In The Battle for Algeria Jennifer Johnson reinterprets one of the most violent wars of decolonization: the Algerian War (1954-1962). Johnson argues that the conflict was about who - France or the National Liberation Front (FLN)-would exercise sovereignty of Algeria. The fight b…
1945: the most significant year in the modern history of Vietnam. One thousand years of dynastic politics and monarchist ideology came to an end. Eight decades of French rule lay shattered. Five years of Japanese military occupation ceased. Allied leaders determined that Chinese…