In Search of the River Jordan
A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
ISBN: HB: 9780300244151,
Yale University Press,
March 2023
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 16 colour illus.
304 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 16 colour illus.
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River – exploring the long conflict over water supply.
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals...
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Return of the Taliban
Afghanistan after the Americans Left
ISBN: HB: 9780300267884,
Yale University Press,
March 2023
320 pp., 21,6x13,5 cm, 15 colour illus., 2 tables, 2 maps
320 pp., 21,6x13,5 cm, 15 colour illus., 2 tables, 2 maps
The first account of the new Taliban – showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors.
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan – a scenario few Western commentators antic...
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Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan
ISBN: HB: 9781787388017,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2023
304 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
304 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A searing indictment of how Afghan elites and the Western powers pulled the rug on the Afghan people, abandoning them to their fate.
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for...
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Polarized and Demobilized
Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine
ISBN: PB: 9781787388246,
ISBN: HB: 9781787382138,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2022
240 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
240 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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After the 1994 Oslo Accords, Palestinians were hopeful that an end to the Israeli occupation was within reach, and that a state would be theirs by 1999. With this promise, international powers became increasingly involved in Pa...
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Jerusalem Falls
Seven Centuries of War and Peace
ISBN: HB: 9780300255140,
Yale University Press,
October 2022
384 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 24 black&white illus., 7 maps
384 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 24 black&white illus., 7 maps
The first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century.
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked as often and as savagely. This was no less true...
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Erdogan's War
A Strongman's Struggle at Home and in Syria
ISBN: HB: 9781787387980,
Hurst Publishers,
October 2022
332 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
332 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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An authoritative account of the Turkish president's wars at home and abroad, and how each of these power games has shaped both policy and strategy.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's pugnacious president, is now the country's long...
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30.00 GBP
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Islam and the Arab Revolutions
The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy
ISBN: PB: 9781787388222,
ISBN: HB: 9781787383944,
Hurst Publishers,
September 2022
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for "bread, freedom and dignity". With the pass...
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Cairo 1921
Ten Days that Made the Middle East
ISBN: HB: 9780300256741,
Yale University Press,
July 2022
264 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 20 black&white illus.
264 pp., 23,5x15,6 cm, 20 black&white illus.
Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The summit established the states of Iraq and Jordan as part of the Sher...
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Football in the Middle East
State, Society, and the Beautiful Game
ISBN: PB: 9781787387133,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2022
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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A tour d'horizon exploring how the world's best-loved game is affecting people, societies and governments across the region.
Far and away the most popular sport in the world, football has a special place in Middle Eastern soci...
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Hazaras and the Afghan State
Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition
ISBN: PB: 9781787387744,
ISBN: HB: 9781849047074,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2022
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
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The Hazaras of Afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. The history of their relationship with the Afghan state has been punctuated by fre...
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