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  • Making the Modern Middle East

    Second Edition

    by T. G. Fraser, Andrew Mango, Robert McNamara ...
    A century ago, as World War I got underway, the Middle East was dominated, as it had been for centuries, by the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition, as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and Zionism led to a redrawing of borders and shuffling of alliances—a transformation whose consequences are ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Contested Lands

    A History of the Middle East From the First World War to the Present

    by T. G. Fraser ...
    A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East.Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. Its collapse, coupled with the subsequent clash of European imperial policies, unleashed a surge of political feelings among the people of the Middle East as they vied for national self-determination. Over the century that followed, the region ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The First World War and Its Aftermath

    The Shaping of the Modern Middle East

    Edited by T. G Fraser ...
    Gathers together leading scholars in the field to examine the impact of World War I on the Middle East, which is crucial to understanding the region’s current problems and the rise of groups like the Islamic State.In addition to recounting the crucial international politics that drew fierce lines in the sands of the Middle East—a story of intrigue between the British, Russians, Ottomans, North ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Chaim Weizmann

    The Zionist Dream

    by T. G Fraser ...
    Series series Makers of the Modern World
    The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most defining features of recent world history, flaring up into open war fare yet again in Gaza at the end of 2008 and provoking large-scale demonstrations in the streets of cities across the world. The decision in 1919 by the Paris Peace Conference to award the Mandate for Palestine to Great Britain—which had announced its commitment to the creation ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Ireland in Conflict 1922-1998

    by T.G. Fraser ...
    Series series Lancaster Pamphlets
    Ireland in Conflict, 1922-1998 sets out the main political, economic and social developments in Ireland, north and south of the border, since the 1922 treaty.This book explains the troubles in their context and examines the underlying tensions which led to prolonged violence after a period of relative civil peace and rising prosperity.Ireland in Conflict discusses:* the Civil War, its legacy for ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Europe and Ethnicity

    The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic Conflict

    Edited by Seamus Dunn, T.G. Fraser ...
    The 1990s have seen an upsurge in ethnic tensions in many parts of Europe. Europe and Ethnicity suggests the main reasons are to be found in the decisions taken during the first world and at Versailles.* An introductory chapter analyzes the context of the war with particular reference to regions and states where the national and ethnic questions were particularly complex and intransigent* ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Peacemaking in the twenty-first century

    Edited by John Hume, T.G. Fraser, Leonie Murray ...
    This book, now available in paperback after selling out in record time in its initial hardback release, provides a range of unique insights into the issues surrounding peacebuilding, delivered by major international figures with direct experience in this area at the highest level, including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan and Garret Fitzgerald. Based on a series of lectures on the theme ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Syria

    A History of the Last Hundred Years

    by John McHugo ...
    "A fluent introduction to Syria's recent past, this book provides the backstory to the country's collapse into brutal civil conflict" (Andrew Arsan, author of Lebanon: A Country in Fragments).The fall of Syria into civil war over the past two years has spawned a regional crisis with reverberations growing louder in each passing month. In this timely account, John McHugo seeks to contextualize the ... Read more

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  • The Last Ottoman Generation and the Making of the Modern Middle East

    by Michael Provence ...
    The modern Middle East emerged out of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, when Britain and France partitioned the Ottoman Arab lands into several new colonial states. The following period was a charged and transformative time of unrest. Insurgent leaders, trained in Ottoman military tactics and with everything to lose from the fall of the Empire, challenged the mandatory powers in a number of ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Turkey and the War on Terror

    'For Forty Years We Fought Alone'

    by Andrew Mango ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    Since the 1970s, Turkey has suffered 35,000 deaths through terrorism, yet the PKK terror group was only recognized as such by the European Union in 2002.The realization that terrorism poses a world-wide threat is now forcing a keen reassessment of the struggle which Turkey has had to wage with terror for over thirty years while the world looked on. Terror is clearly now a key part of the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour

    by Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered what a tough enemy the Afghans are after nearly a decade of conflict from 1979 to 1989. When not fighting foreign invaders, Afghanistan was torn ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

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  • African History: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Parker, Richard Rathbone ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD