This unique micro-history of the Absons charts the family's stewardship of a slave factory in Dahomey, their intermarriage with African neighbours, and their ultimate decline.
An insider's view of Pakistan's vicissitudes over the last two decades, by the former head of the country's renowned intelligence agency.
A vivid biography of an African Edwardian chronicler of London, in a time of social upheaval.
FEATURED ON THE SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018
A remarkable 'ordinary person's' story that captures the day-to-day reality of life during the bloody conflict that divided Nigeria in the late 1960s.
How have global and local forces thwarted eradication of polio, one of the world's most important and ambitious health campaigns?
Is Tehran on the cusp of achieving regional hegemony or are forecasts of its rise to dominance in the Middle East overblown?
A thrilling account of the extraordinary efforts of Allied intelligence in gaining control of Belgian Congo's uranium mines and keeping them from Hitler and Stalin.
Kamrava traces the fateful odyssey of domestic Arab politics from the early 1950, through he upheavals of the Arab Spring, to the present day.
A sweeping, erudite, and accessible cultural history of the lands of the Near East, from the Sumerians to beyond the end of World War II.
Scathing indictment of clothing trade in global world
A critical examination of liberation/pan-Africanist ideologies and the ambitions of many of the key players in Zaire/DRC's long-running civil war that helps explain why neighbouring countries intervened in the conflict
This volume recounts the history of a society on the margin of Europe as well as on the margin of reaching the size and wealth of a proper state - Iceland.
A marvellous account of the boundless ambition of small town India and the extraordinary lives of those who pursue their dreams. A FINANCIAL TIMES POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, chosen by Gideon RachmanSHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW INDIA FOUNDATION BOOK PRIZE, 2019
A frank reassessment of agency in the West African slave trade, exposing how local polities, not European interlopers, called the shots.
Assesses government and civil society responses to the digital revolution in the Middle East.
Offers readers a rare insight into the lives of the Yemeni elite and their personal and political vicissitudes after the revolt of 1948
A new biography of the Bengali philosopher and social reformer who sought to incorporate Christian theology within Hindu thought.
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An empathetic account of a large and little understood population: Russia's 20 million Muslims.
A chilling reassessment of the Soviet Union's advances in biological warfare, and the West's inadvertent contributions.
A synoptic history of Imperial and Soviet Russian conquest and colonisation of the North Caucasus.
Japan's navy is three times the size of France's and Britain's combined, yet most people think it a defenceless nation. This book unravels that paradox.
A cool analysis of authoritarian tendencies among the Balkans' entrenched elites and the hollowness of existing 'democratisation' approaches. ONE OF 'THE SPECTATOR' BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018, CHOSEN BY KAPIL KOMIREDDI
A striking insight into how well-meaning outsiders have repeatedly misunderstood the conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and inadvertently exacerbated the violence.
A beautifully written biography of a giant of the nineteenth century, explorer of Latin America and founder of biogeography.
Laessing's fast-paced, on-the-ground narrative reveals what really happened in the run up to and aftermath of Gaddafi's ouster.
Drawing on an A-list of Middle East experts, this book assesses the relative merits of the thwarted paths to democracy in the 'Arab Spring' states.
The first history of one of the nineteenth century's greatest natural calamities, its political context and its impact on colonial India.
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