A prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the century"e;A reality check on Beijing's global infrastructure project.
A celebrated Israeli author explores the roots of the divide between religion and secularism in Israel today, and offers a path to bridging the divide Zionism began as a movement full of contradictions, between a pull to the past and a desire to forge a new future.
This compelling study of a previously overlooked vice industry explores the larger structural forces that led to the growth of prostitution in Japan, the Pacific region, and the North American West at the turn of the twentieth century.
'A rich history Harding writes with energy and insight, wearing a tremendous amount of learning lightly' - Rana Mitter, Financial Times This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away.
A comprehensive panorama of the religious and secular forces that shaped Ottoman and Turkish history over two centuriesTurkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity reveals the historical dynamics propelling two centuries of Ottoman and Turkish history.
A vivid portrait of a Scottish religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shapeWhen Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease.
The utilization of air power by the Communist regime in Russia during the revolutionary period and civil war to control its territories in Central Asia is an intriguing aspect of military history often overlooked in Western narratives.
This book traces the reception and resettlement of Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Israel during the 'boat people' crisis of 1975-79.
Harvey Ball, communications sergeant in Company L, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, served on the front lines in the Pacific during World War II.
Harvey Ball, communications sergeant in Company L, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, served on the front lines in the Pacific during World War II.
This book explores the major challenges of mediation during armed conflicts and post-conflict peacebuilding in an age of division, when the permanent members of the UN Security Council are fundamentally divided.
This book offers an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, covering the period 1968-2008 from the outbreak of conflict into the era of peace.
This book offers an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, covering the period 1968-2008 from the outbreak of conflict into the era of peace.
This book explores the major challenges of mediation during armed conflicts and post-conflict peacebuilding in an age of division, when the permanent members of the UN Security Council are fundamentally divided.
The Monster in Your Path is an original and provocative look at why the global Left stumbles when dealing with historical structures of subordination like caste or race.
The Monster in Your Path is an original and provocative look at why the global Left stumbles when dealing with historical structures of subordination like caste or race.
Edward Clare's "e;Harvest of Silence: Chronicles of the Persecution of Faith in China"e; is a thorough investigation into one of the most brutal human rights violations occurring in the People's Republic of China.
