Iranian Ways of War
From Cyrus the Great to Qassam Soleimani
ISBN: HB: 9781787380349,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2027
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
This book traces the long history of Iran's wars, and the evolution of the Islamic Republic's military trajectory since 1979. Ahmed Hashim draws on Farsi, Arabic and European sources to explore Iran's efforts to create modern armed forces, the devast...
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Small Wars
Too Big to Ignore
ISBN: HB: 9781849040822,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2027
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The end of the Cold War and the (then) receding threat of global nuclear conflagration were meant to usher in a "peace dividend": concomitantly warfare would decline as states devoted themselves to making money and providing for their respective soci...
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Darfur Sultanate
A History
ISBN: PB: 9781805267027,
ISBN: HB: 9781850658535,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2027
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
This text presents an analytical narrative of Darfur, from the beginnings of its recorded history to the present. Three themes dominate: Darfur's complex history and its equally complex ethnic and ecological issues. The various phases of Darfur's his...
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Mystic and Modern
Sufism and the Politics of National Identity in Pakistan
ISBN: PB: 9781805266877,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Evaluates the instrumentalisation of Sufism in the politics of Pakistan and its consequences for the nation.
Pakistan, historically known for its veneration of Sufi saints and shrines, has long struggled to reconcile this heritage with a governing d...
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Great Groundnut Fiasco
Colonial East Africa and the Downfall of a Labour Government
ISBN: HB: 9781805266730,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 black&white illus.
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 black&white illus.
The fascinating story of Labour's efforts to feed post-war Britain by leveraging its African colonies - and the enduring political consequences of the Scheme's failure
Britain in 1946 was a bruised and miserable nation. Despite its victory in World...
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Split Lives
Jerusalem and Berlin Divided, 1948-1967
ISBN: PB: 9781805266815,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
280 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
280 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Drawing parallels with Cold War Berlin, "Split Lives" examines the divided city of Jerusalem to show the global context of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
This is the first comprehensive social history of Jerusalem between the 1948 and Six-Day wars - fro...
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Circassian
A Life of Esref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent
ISBN: PB: 9781805267171,
ISBN: HB: 9781849045780,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 21 illus.
400 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 21 illus.
A fascinating biography, based on private family papers, of the Young Turks' very own "Lawrence of Arabia", who later fell from grace with Kemal Ataturk.
Esref Kuscubas? remains controversial in Turkey over fifty years after his death. Elsewhere the...
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Parallel Roads to Ruin
Islamism, Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine
ISBN: HB: 9781805266679,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Examines the entwined destinies of Zionists and Islamists and the political outcome of their deadly embrace.
Zionism and Islamism both emerged in response to oppression and injustice, and started with the best intentions to bring dignity, freedom an...
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Bitter Sweet
The Story of West Africa Through the Kola Nut
ISBN: HB: 9781805266686,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
248 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
248 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
The beautifully written history of a uniquely West African nut with a truly global story.
The kola nut is a seed indigenous to West Africa, a seed that ancient caravan travellers chewed to survive their harsh desert journeys, the "Cola" in Coca-Cola...
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Skull in the Versailles Treaty
Chief Mkwawa, Human Remains and the Violence of Empire
ISBN: PB: 9781805265689,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 black&white illus.
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 16 black&white illus.
How the looted skull of Tanzanian Chief Mkwawa became a tool to justify colonial power and silence anticolonial resistance.
In 1891, Tanzanian Chief Mkwawa began an epic war of resistance against German colonialism. After defeating in battle the lar...
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