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Southern Africa

  • Adaptable Autocratsby Joshua Stacher

    Stanford University Press 2012; US$ 24.95

    The decades-long resilience of Middle Eastern regimes meant that few anticipated the 2011 Arab Spring. But from the seemingly rapid leadership turnovers in Tunisia and Egypt to the protracted stalemates in Yemen and Syria, there remains a common outcome: ongoing control of the ruling regimes. While some analysts and media outlets rush to look for... more...

  • Afrikaby Rüdiger Glaser; Klaus Kremb; Axel Drescher

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 26.08

    Hauptbeschreibung Mit der fünfbändigen, nach Erdteilen gegliederten Reihe ?Planet Erde? gelingt den Herausgebern erstmals eine Gesamtschau möglicher geoökologischer Probleme an regionalen Beispielen. Die Autoren, allesamt renommierte Geographen, betrachten die Krankheitsbilder der Erde im regionalen Kontext und legen besonderen Wert auf die Konsequenzen... more...

  • Americans in Egypt, 1770–1915by Cassandra Vivian

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 55.00

    The voices of Americans have long been absent from studies of modern Egypt. Most scholars assume that Americans were either not in Egypt in significant numbers during the nineteenth century or had little of importance to say. This volume shows that neither was the case by introducing and relating the experiences and attitudes of 15 American personalities... more...

  • Anthropology and the Bushmanby Alan Barnard

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2007; US$ 99.95

    The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. This book reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. more...

  • Ashraf Marwan, Israel’s Most Valuable Spyby Ephraim Kahana

    The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 139.95

    This biography of Ashraf Marwan provides valuable information about the Israeli intelligence community. In particular, it examines how Mossad recruits and manages agents. more...

  • Battle of Tofrekby William Galloway

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 26.49

    A reprint of a limited edition of only 500 copies of William Galloway's detailed account of the Battle of Tofrek, fought on March 22nd 1885, an engagement which only narrowly avoided becoming another Isandhlwana - a British military disaster. Tofrek was fought between the advance guard of General Graham's Suakin Field Force under General John... more...

  • The Black Nileby Dan Morrison

    Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 26.95

    "A supremely entertaining work, and also an important one." -David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z Upon hearing the news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a friend who'd never left America, and set out from Uganda, paddling the Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny... more...

  • Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East 1952-1967by Robert McNamara

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 190.00

    A multi-archival documentary history of British policy towards Nasser's Egypt under the Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Home and Wilson governments. The primary focus of the study is an enquiry into the causes of the Anglo-Egyptian Cold War from 1952 to 1967. more...

  • British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929by C. W. R. Long

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95

    With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the Wafd party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee Stack and the Allenby ultimatum. He sheds new light on... more...

  • British in Egyptby Lanver Mak

    I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 104.00

    Egypt during the British occupation (1882-1922) was a strategically important site for securing British interests in the region. Most studies of Britons in Egypt during the occupation focus on the lives and activities of law-abiding British military and political elites. Using a variety of primary sources, this book deepens our understanding of the... more...