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Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire(2011) LUTTWAK, EDWARD N.This book is a broad, interpretive account of Byzantine strategy, intelligence, and diplomacy over the course of eight centuries that will appeal to scholars, classicists, military history buffs, and professional soldiers.Vezava: Mehka41,31 € -
Josiah the Great(2011) MACINTYRE, BENThe amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Yemen(2010) CLARK, VICTORIAYemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Untangling Yemen's history before examining the country's role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement, this title presents an account of a little-known state whose chronic instability is increasingly eVezava: Mehka32,30 € -
3 Para(2008) BISHOP, PATRICKAfghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Rules of Engagement(2006) COLLINS, TIMMemoirs of the Iraq war hero whose stirring pre-battle speech so inspired his troops - and the worldVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Sources of Chinese Tradition(2001)Features source readings on history, society, and thought in China. This book aims to bring together source texts from more than three centuries of Chinese history, with opening essays by China authorities providing context for readers not familiar with tVezava: Mehka62,48 € -
India(2010) KEAY, JOHNThe most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India aVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
China(2006) FAIRBANK, JOHN KING,GOLDMAN, MERLEJohn King Fairbank was the West's doyen on China, and this book is the full and final expression of his lifelong engagement with this vast ancient civilization. The distinguished historian Merle Goldman brings the book up to date and provides an epilogueVezava: Mehka47,68 € -
Hidden Bhutan(2012) UITZ, MARTINDescribes how the Bhutanese, in pursuit of the principle of Gross National Happiness, are carefully moving towards a more modern future, including a constitution and democracy, whilst preserving their traditional society and attempting to conserve the envVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of the Arab Peoples(2013) HOURANI, ALBERTIn a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the presVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Levant(2011) MANSEL, PHILIPThe first English-language history of the Levant in the modern ageVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East(2016)A wide-ranging analysis of whether tribes and tribal identities are becoming more rather than less pronounced in the contemporary Middle East.Vezava: Trda68,91 € -
Trespassers on the Roof of the World(2006) HOPKIRK, PETER'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily TelegraphVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Games without Rules(2014) ANSARY, TAMIMBy the author of West of Kabul, East of New York and Destiny Disrupted: An enlightening, lively, accessible, history of Afghanistan from 1840 to today, from the Afghan point of view, that illuminates how Great Power conflicts have interrupted an ongoing,Vezava: Mehka22,80 € -
Lion and the Tiger(2005) JUDD, DENISTelling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whetherVezava: Mehka48,45 € -
Short History of Byzantium(2013) NORWICH, JOHN JULIUSConstantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence. In this book, the author provides the definitive inVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Songs of Blood and Sword(2011) BHUTTO, FATIMATells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords - the proud descendents of a warrior caste - who became powerbrokers in Karachi, Pakistan.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
