Yemen Endures - Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia (Hill Ginny)(Pevná vazba)

Yemen Endures - Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia (Hill Ginny)(Pevná vazba)

The war in Yemen is finally coming under scrutiny as the West considers its controversial dealings with Saudi

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State (Lackner Helen)(Pevná vazba)

Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and the Western and Arab supporters of the regime has resulted in thousands killed and three million displaced. Those who remain suffer severe food shortages and a collapsed economy.The struggle for

Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World (Blumi Isa)(Paperback)

Since March 2015, a Saudi-led international coalition of forces--supported by Britain and the United States--has waged devastating war in Yemen. Largely ignored by the world's media, the resulting humanitarian disaster and full-scale famine threatens millions. Destroying Yemen offers the first

Secrets of the U.S. Civil War (Leboutillier Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The U.S. Civil War was a war that changed the face, body, and heart of the United States forever. Secrets of the U.S. Civil War reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our

Who's in Charge? Systems of Power: Saudi Arabia (Newland Sonya)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating exploration of structures of government and rule around the

From Sheikhs to Sultanism - Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Davidson Christopher M.)(Pevná vazba)

Muted Modernists - The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia (Al-Rasheed Madawi)(Pevná vazba)

Challenges traditional notions of Saudi conservatism by highlighting the long tradition of engagement with modernism

The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship (Willis Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War (Baumgartner Alice L.)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States

No Tradesmen and No Women - The Origins of the British Civil Service (Coolican Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Unique new title examining the history and future of the British civil

Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads (Rundell David)(Pevná vazba)

'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.'General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central Command and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Future War and the Defence of Europe (Allen John R.)(Pevná vazba)

Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global

Company Aytch or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War (Watkins Sam R.)(Pevná vazba)

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War: The definitive Civil War classic as Sam wanted it revised complete with his edits, new perspectives, authoritative text, and images of his changes. Company Aytch has reigned as one of the most memorable and honest depictions of the American

The War Criminal's Son: The Civil War Saga of William A. Winder (Singer Jane)(Pevná vazba)

The War Criminal's Son brings to life hidden aspects of the Civil War through the sweeping saga of the firstborn son in the infamous Confederate Winder family, who shattered family ties to stand with the Union. Gen. John H. Winder was the commandant of most prison camps in the Confederacy,

Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18 (Johnson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A new study of Captain T.E. Lawrence 'of Arabia,' his ideas on warfare, and the context of the military campaigns and peace settlements and the legacies that followed. One hundred years ago, Captain Lawrence and an unlikely band of Arab irregulars captured the strategic port of Aqaba after an epic

When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Woolard Jim R.)(Pevná vazba)

A lyrical, visceral epic set in the final months of the Civil War and filled with vivid historical details, gripping adventure, and raw human drama, this powerhouse of a novel from award-winning author and master historian Jim R. Woolard follows a young man's harrowing coming-of-age journey from

A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War (Byrd James P.)(Pevná vazba)

In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that both sides read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. He wasn't speaking metaphorically: the Bible was frequently wielded as a

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

A Strife of Tongues: The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War (Maizlish Stephen E.)(Pevná vazba)

Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia (Jones Toby Craig)(Pevná vazba)

Oil and water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil's abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom's ruling family. The other bedrock element was

Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf (Krane Jim)(Pevná vazba)

After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies--Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain--went from being among the world's poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide

Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations (Myers Phillip E.)(Pevná vazba)

A provocative reinterpretation of Civil War-era diplomacy Click here to read a review from The British Scholar 'Phillip E. Myers's Caution and Cooperation places Anglo-American relations during the Civil War within the broader context of the whole nineteenth century, arguing convincingly for the

The Meanest and 'Damnest' Job: Being the Civil War Exploits and Civilian Accomplishments of Colonel Edmund Winchester Rucker During and After the War (Rucker Michael P.)(Pevná vazba)

Most Civil War histories focus on the performance of top-level generals. However, it was the individual officers below them who actually led the troops to enact the orders. Some of these were remarkably effective. One such officer was Edmund Winchester Rucker. He was a force to be reckoned with,

A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863 (Kennedy A. Gibert)(Pevná vazba)

Hope, sacrifice, and restoration: throughout the American Civil War and its aftermath, the Foster family endured all of these in no small measure. Drawing from dozens of public and privately owned letters, A. Gibert Kennedy recounts the story of his great-great-grandfather and his family in A South