National liberation and independence

The Gulf War inflicted dramatic environmental damage upon the fragile desert and shore environments of Kuwait and north eastern Saudi Arabia.

The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics.

The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics.

After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980?

After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the combatants at the end of it all back in exactly the same position from which they started in 1980?

This book connects the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe.

This book connects the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe.

The first study to use Jomo Kenyatta''s political biography and presidency as a basis for examining the colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya.

This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.

This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.

This study uses the private papers of Glubb Pasha to rethink the end of Britain''s imperial presence in the Middle East.

This study uses the private papers of Glubb Pasha to rethink the end of Britain''s imperial presence in the Middle East.

The book reveals how mid-twentieth-century African, Caribbean, Irish, and British poets profoundly affected each other in person and in print.

The book reveals how mid-twentieth-century African, Caribbean, Irish, and British poets profoundly affected each other in person and in print.

Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects.

Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects.

A History of New Zealand Literature explores the genealogy of New Zealand writing from the colonial period to the present day.

A History of New Zealand Literature explores the genealogy of New Zealand writing from the colonial period to the present day.

This History explores the genealogy of Anglophone verse in India from its nineteenth-century origins to the present day.

This History explores the genealogy of Anglophone verse in India from its nineteenth-century origins to the present day.

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

Williams traces the South West Africa People''s Organization of Namibia across three decades in exile in Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola.

Williams traces the South West Africa People''s Organization of Namibia across three decades in exile in Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola.

Using the princely state of Hyderabad as a case study, Sherman surveys the experience of Muslim communities in postcolonial India.

Using the princely state of Hyderabad as a case study, Sherman surveys the experience of Muslim communities in postcolonial India.

This book is a study of the interplay of vernacular and global languages of politics during Africa''s decolonization.

This book is a study of the interplay of vernacular and global languages of politics during Africa''s decolonization.

A wide-ranging account of French literature of the 1950s and 1960s showing how politically engaged leading writers were.

A wide-ranging account of French literature of the 1950s and 1960s showing how politically engaged leading writers were.

With essays on a range of contemporary writers, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics and aesthetics of contemporary writing.

With essays on a range of contemporary writers, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics and aesthetics of contemporary writing.

This book explores how the Romantic poetry of Byron, Shelley, and Keats engages with tales and themes of the Orient.

This book explores how the Romantic poetry of Byron, Shelley, and Keats engages with tales and themes of the Orient.

First published in 1930, this book sought to explain to western readers the vital necessity of approaching the 'Indian problem' from the emerging national standpoint in India, and of appreciating its ideals.

First published in 1930, this book sought to explain to western readers the vital necessity of approaching the 'Indian problem' from the emerging national standpoint in India, and of appreciating its ideals.

This book argues that the reason states become prosperous is more or less effective states.

This book shows how Eritrea and East Timor developed sophisticated strategies to liberate their countries from colonialism, and emphasizes that these insurgencies avoided terrorism.

This book shows how Eritrea and East Timor developed sophisticated strategies to liberate their countries from colonialism, and emphasizes that these insurgencies avoided terrorism.

Nelson Mandela called the Black Sash, founded in May 1955 to contest legislation that removed coloured South Africans from the common voters' roll in the Cape, the 'conscience of white South Africa'.

This 2004 book debates British exceptionalism in the period from the Glorious Revolution to the Congress of Vienna.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

Examines the Wampanoag Indians of Martha''s Vineyard and their interaction with the English settlements and religious culture.

An incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which it is argued arises out of weak political and state structures.

An incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which it is argued arises out of weak political and state structures.

This book surveys the history of armed conflict in Africa in the period since decolonization and independence.

This book surveys the history of armed conflict in Africa in the period since decolonization and independence.

How do different gender identities interact with the key challenge of decolonising higher education?

This book presents a comprehensive portrait of how Indians conceived of the idea of India.