A comprehensive analysis of the rise of Boko Haram from a small religious cult to a major terrorist group, placing them within the context of Nigerian politics and the international War on Terror.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
With the Iranian revolution as her focal point, Seliktar offers a systematic analysis of predictive failure in foreign policy at the paradigmatic, policy, and intelligence levels.
Es importante reflexionar sobre las dos décadas de resistencia impugnación y ofensiva de los movimientos sociales frente al régimen que surgió en los países andinos fruto de la doble transición: el retorno a la democracia liberal y el inicio del neoliberalismo.
Hannie Schaft, »das Mädchen mit den roten Haaren«, war knapp zwanzig Jahre alt, als sie von der Gestapo in Holland zum Staatsfeind Nummer eins erklärt wurde.
Haddour is a foremost interpreter of Fanon and here sheds important new light on this critical giant of the twentieth century, challenging the assumptions of many postcolonial readers Judith Still, Emeritus Professor, University of NottinghamFew works have more creatively and comprehensively explored Fanons perspective on gender relations, the family, and womens resistance to sexual violence .
In a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century examines the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the founding fathers.
Dieses Buch untersucht soziale und wirtschaftliche Kohäsionskräfte des langlebigen frühneuzeitlichen Herrschaftssystems in der alten Eidgenossenschaft.
This book, first published in 1979, is a representative sample of some of the best articles that have appeared in DISSENT, the American democratic socialist quarterly.
Constance Markievicz (1868-1927), born to the privileged Protestant upper class in Ireland, embraced suffrage before scandalously leaving for a bohemian life in London and then Paris.
Es gärt und brodelt überall: Syrien und der Irak versinken im grausamen Bürgerkrieg aller gegen alle, in der Türkei ringen islamistische und säkulare Kräfte um die Vormacht.
Als scharfer Beobachter der Aufstände im Nahen Osten seit dem Arabischen Frühling wagt der renommierte Politikwissenschaftler Marc Lynch starke Thesen: Es gibt keinen Weg zurück zu den alten autokratischen Systemen.
Si observamos de cerca las manifestaciones sociales de octubre de 2019 en Latinoamérica podremos ver que los pueblos originarios tuvieron una presencia protagónica.
Die berühmten Augenzeugenberichte und Reportagen John Reeds von der Russischen Revolution 1917 sind gerade heute angesichts der revolutionären Entwicklungen in den arabischen Ländern hochaktuell.
Die berühmten Augenzeugenberichte und Reportagen John Reeds von der Russischen Revolution 1917 sind gerade heute angesichts der revolutionären Entwicklungen in den arabischen Ländern hochaktuell.
En octubre de 1978, la conducción de Montoneros decidió iniciar la llamada Contraofensiva Estratégica frente al temor de que la organización armada dejara de representar una alternativa política para la sociedad argentina, luego de dos años de exilio orgánico y represión dictatorial.
'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The TimesThere can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848.
Embark on a timeless journey through love and turmoil with "e;A Tale of Two Cities"e; by Charles Dickens, a captivating novel that masterfully weaves together the lives of its unforgettable characters amidst the chaos of the French Revolution.
Allegiance in Church and State (1928) examines the evolution of ideas and ideals, their relation to political and economic events, and their influence on friends and foes in seventeenth-century England - which witnessed the beginning of both the constitutional and the intellectual transition from the old order to the new.
From Revolution to Revolution (1973) examines England, Scotland and Wales from the revolution of 1688 when William became King, to the American Revolution of 1776.
Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the damage done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous artistic losses England suffered from their activities.
