World History - Page 55

Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonisation and World Order

As late as the last quarter of the twentieth century, there were expectations that Islam’s political...

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Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

‘BRILLIANTLY ARRANGED AND RICH WITH FRESH INSIGHTS’ AKALA‘A RADICAL, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN UNDERSTANDI...

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Hope and Fear: Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History

Is a secret and corrupt Illuminati conspiring to control world affairs and bring about a New World O...

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Opium’s Orphans: The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs

Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the ‘war on drugs’. A no-holds-bar...

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The Hong Kong Diaries

The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the hand...

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Persians: The Age of The Great Kings

THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world’s first superpower.The Gre...

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The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West

Has the West’s terrorist obsession left it vulnerable to its more traditional enemies? In 1993,...

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Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents

A lavishly illustrated history of diplomatic gifts, from the infamous Trojan Horse to the much-loved...

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Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security

How the collapse of empires helps explain the efforts of China, Iran, Russia, and Turkey to challeng...

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Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the United States Shaped the Global Periphery

How did Western imperialism shape the developing world? Atul Kohli tackles that question by analyzin...

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance...

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Spooked: The Secret Rise of Private Spies

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s revelatory look inside the sinister world of private spies.A s...

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Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of History

Horizon-expanding tales of how translators altered the course of world events 'Full of lively sto...

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The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

"If you want to get beyond gestures and slogans and to the truth, this is the book to get you there"...

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Outsourcing Empire: How Company-States Made the Modern World

From Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building...

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