Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
"Tibet, Tibet"A Personal History of a Lost Land
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In 1982 while still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its plight. This title offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries and illuminates one of the most persistently troubling of international issues. With maps. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 200 x 130 mm. Weight: 250g.
Author: French, Patrick
ISBN: 0007177550
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China"
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"Yale Agrarian Studies" series; Drawing on more than a quarter century of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state from the 1960s to the start of the twenty-first century. It also captures the struggles, pains and achievements of villagers across three generations of social upheaval. With 46 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 524g.
Author: Friedman, Edward Pickowicz, Paul G. Selden, Mark
ISBN: 030012595X
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Indonesian Destinies"
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Story of Indonesia over last 50 years, examining those factors that have created it and those that continue to impact on it. With 60 colour illustrations, 50 halftones & 13 tables. New ed. Paperback, 640 pages. Size: 153 x 231 mm. Weight: 1026g.
Author: Friend, Theodore
ISBN: 0674018346
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Suez"The Double War
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2006 is the 50th anniversary of the Suez Crisis. An updated edition of this succinct and well-rounded account of the political, diplomatic and military aspects of the affair. An updated edition of this successful book. With illustrated. Paperback, 234 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 408g.
Author: Fullick, Roy Powell, Geoffrey
ISBN: 1844153401
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The End of Iraq"How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
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Presents an account of the US and UK's catastrophic involvement in Iraq. This book reveals how US policies have produced a nearly independent Kurdistan in the north, an Islamic state in the south, and insurgency in the centre, and an incipient Sunni-Shiite civil war. It argues that Iraq cannot be reconstructed as a single state. Hardback, 272 pages. Size: 234 x 153 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Galbraith, Peter
ISBN: 0743295056
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The End of Iraq"How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
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Peter W. Galbraith served as the first Ambassador to Croatia from 1993 to 1998. He has also worked in East Timor for the UN, and has followed Middle East affairs closely since 1984. He has made fifteen trips to Iraq since 2003 and in 2005 observed Iraq's constitutional negotiations as a guest of the country's President. New ed. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 205g.
Author: Galbraith, Peter
ISBN: 1416526250
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Korea 1950-1953"Prisoners of War, the British Army
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Full title: 'Korea 1950-1953, Prisoners of War, The British Army'. New ed. Paperback, 56 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 83g.
Author: Gaston, Peter
ISBN: 1843420163
Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict"
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"Routledge Historical Atlases" series; Traces the history of the Arab-Jewish struggle since the early twentieth century, including the death of Yasser Arafat and various proposals for territorial settlement. This book also illustrates the move towards finding peace and the efforts to bring the horrors of the fighting to an end through negotiation and proposals for agreed boundaries. With 196 black & white illustrations. 9 rev ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 447g.
Author: Gilbert, Martin
ISBN: 0415460298
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The Changing Face of China"From Mao to Market
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Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by environmental catastrophe? This book aims to provide the information to help answer these questions. With 14 halftone plates. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Gittings, John
ISBN: 019280734X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop"The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007
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In March 2006, both Afghan and American officials were still claiming, just before a series of particularly ferocious clashes, that 'the Taliban are no longer able to fight large battles'. This book states that in reality, as early as 2003-5 there was a growing body of evidence that cast doubt on the official interpretation of the conflict. With illustrations, maps. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 315g.
Author: Giustozzi, Antonio
ISBN: 1850658730
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The Northern Front"A Wartime Diary
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Gives an account of the machinations of Iraqi leaders - Ahmad Chalabi, Abdel Aziz Hakim, Massoud Barzani and Jelal Talabani - to control the country before their opponents seized the initiative. This book also recounts what went wrong when the US, along with Britain, imposed its will on people unlikely to accept foreign designs for their future. With illustrations. Paperback, 283 pages. Size: 210 x 135 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Glass, Charles
ISBN: 0863567703
Publisher: Saqi Books
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Prisoners"A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
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Jeffrey Goldberg moved from Island to Israel. The Israeli army sent him to serve as a prison guard at Ketziot, the largest jail in Middle East. Realizing that among the prisoners were the future leaders of Palestine he began an extended dialogue with a prisoner named Rafiq. This book presents an account of life in that prison and of that dialogue. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 229g.
Author: Goldberg, Jeffrey
ISBN: 033048818X
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"The Generals' War"The Inside Story of the First Gulf War
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Offering portraits of the top military commanders, this book aims to challenge the performances of Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf and their generals, and gives information about the struggles within the American high command. It attempts to explode the myths that surrounded strategy and operations in the war that failed to topple Saddam Hussein. With illustrations, maps, ports.. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Gordon, Michael Trainor, Bernard
ISBN: 1843543540
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"Israel's Occupation"
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Presents the history of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Looking at a wide range of topics, from control of water and electricity to health care and education and surveillance and torture, this title reveals a fundamental shift from a politics of life to a macabre politics characterized by an increasing number of deaths. With illustrations. Paperback, 344 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 466g.
Author: Gordon, Neve
ISBN: 0520255313
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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"A Stupid, Unjust and Criminal War"2001-2007
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A personal critique of the decision to go to war on Iraq. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 227 x 152 mm. Weight: 327g.
Author: Greeley, Andrew M.
ISBN: 1570757321
Publisher: Orbis Books (Usa)
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Asian / Middle Eastern History: Postwar, From C 1945
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