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Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'.

A critical account of Lukashenko of Belarus that covers the collapse of the Soviet Union until the present day.

Rory Miller analyses the stilted role Europe has played in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. He specifically considers how Europe's Muslim populations have influenced policy.

This volume examines the "Amazons", whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Breaking from the argument that, for Indians, the moment of colonial liberation was a false one as the colonised had internalised European practices, Deep Datta-Ray recognises the legitimacy of independent Indian diplomacy.

Concise history of the Sri Lankan people.

The Destruction of Hyderabad challenges the official narrative to demonstrate how Hyderabad was forcibly annexed to India against its will.

Shows the growing mutual relationship between the Persian Gulf countries and China, Japan and South Korea.

This is a comparative study of the reforms and revolutions that have swept through the former USSR and Balkan states in the past 25 years. The collection examines the struggle to modernise the economies and political systems of the former Soviet states and Eastern Europe. It specifically focuses on the mostly nonviolent Colour Revolutions.

Offers a critical look at the nexus of military strategy, justice and law.

Spanning the past century, the book unearths the complex realities of terrorist violence in a range of nations, including the US, UK, Ireland, France, Algeria, Russia, Japan, Argentina and Italy.

Providing an on-the-ground account of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Menchaem Klein argues that the aggressive Israeli settlement programme has shifted the Israeli-Palestine dispute from a border struggle to an ethnic conflict.

This is a provocative look at contemporary conflicts--wars taking place in resource rich countries filled with impoverished people. It focuses on three key resources: oil, diamonds, and timber. Th author is critical of the role of developed countries in such conflicts and offers solutions to end the plunder of Africa and Asia.

This is an analysis of international intervention into troubled territories in the post-Cold War period. The contributors ask, how we can make failed states into nations?

This is a global examination of jihadi thought. It considers Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Departing from the 'security' angle, the contributors consider jihadi thought in terms of history, geography, and philosophy.

This is a comparative study of French versus British approaches to aid.

This book considers security threats in the Gulf region. Examines both the traditional and the new challenges that the Gulf states face.

Stephen Ellis has written a sweeping new survey of modern Africa that goes beyond the stereotypes. He shines a positive light on Africa's potential in the post-colonial world and highlights its strength in resources. This is a guide to how money, power, religion and indigenous development will shape Africa's coming generations.

This is a timely study of 'small wars,' such as the current situation in Afghanistan. It is wide-ranging, from the Ancient World to Napoleon and beyond, from anti-colonial resistance to counter-insurgency struggles.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the Muslim world's only intergovernmental body-the largest such system operating outside of the United Nations. This is the first history of the OIC.

Offers the reader a subtler grasp of today's Islamic societies and their discontents, explaining how the autocratic policies of many states in the Middle East inadvertently bolster the popularity of political Islam. This work also explains the political role of Islam in particular countries and regions - Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, and Europe.

In the early '90s the Balkans was rocked by the collapse of communism and the violent break-up of Yugoslavia. This book explains how the political scene has moved from conflict to cooperation, and how the economic recovery has been driven by growing investment and trade opportunities.

How developing countries manage their climb to power--with case studies from China, Brazil and India.

Includes an introduction, annotated tactical case studies, and an appendix on the key principles of the hugely successful Surge campaign of 2007 in Iraq. This title is suitable for field officers and for students and the general readers.

Analyzing how economic crime was managed in Russia, from the Brezhnev era to the Yeltsin years, this book reveals the historical roots of the 'criminal problem' that has marked Russian politics since the late 1980s. It investigates the changing nature of criminal law and policing before and after the fall of the Soviet state.

Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its victims. This book investigates the courageous individuals who stand against the tide of mass killing and risk their lives to save the victims of genocide.

Mercenaries, allies or collaborators? This book provides a history of colonial auxiliaries. It looks at the post-colonial legacy of local forces trained up under Western models.

This book offers a fresh analysis of the role of exemplary violence and its psychological impact. It considers the role emotions such as shame and disgust play in facilitating a climate of extreme brutality and what lessons we can learn from the case of Sierra Leone in understanding the atrocities of other contemporary conflicts.

An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan

How football shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global football are the twin themes in this vividly written history. The Country of Football Gives an insight into the political significance of football in the 2014 FIFA World Cup's host nation and provides a wider perspective on the sport's role in society.