The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials Transitional Justice Challenged Kjetil Tronvoll; Charles Schaefer; Girmachew Alemu Aneme (Edited by) James Currey 2009 Paperback
In nine essays, this volume explores juridical, historical, anthropological and political aspects of the trials of officials charged with atrocities dIn nine essays, this volume explores juridical, historical, anthropological and political aspects of the trials of officials charged with atrocities during the 'Red Terror', 1976-78, in Ethiopia under the Derg regime. ...more
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Ataturk's Children Turkey and the Kurds Jonathan Rugman; Roger Hutchings Cassell 1996 Paperback
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Taliban The True Story of the World's Most Feared Guerrilla Fighters James Fergusson Bantam 2010 Hardback Illustrated
In Taliban, journalist James Fergusson, who has long been reporting on Afghan affairs, argues for a negotiated settlement to the current conflict in AIn Taliban, journalist James Fergusson, who has long been reporting on Afghan affairs, argues for a negotiated settlement to the current conflict in Afghanistan. He explains the historical background to the Nato-led mission, from the formation of the Taliban in 1994 and the defeat of the mujahideen to the subsequent establishment of a theocracy based on Sharia law. The book offers an illuminating insight into the country's seemingly intractable problems and the West's misunderstanding of the Taliban. ...more
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The Great Slump Capitalism in Crisis 1929 - 1933 Goronwy Rees House Of Stratus 2001 Paperback
Throughout the 1990s, a series of incidents hinted at disturbing geopolitical developments. The storm broke on September 11 2001. Since then, the worlThroughout the 1990s, a series of incidents hinted at disturbing geopolitical developments. The storm broke on September 11 2001. Since then, the world has seen invasions, battles, riots and terrorist attacks, in which hundreds of thousands have died. Burke, a seasoned Middle East war correspondent, has interviewed hundreds of participants - soldiers, refugees, insurgents and intelligence officers - cutting through myth and propaganda to produce a lucid and coherent analysis of the first global conflict of the 21st century. Slightly off-mint. ...more
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Castles Made of Sand A Century of Anglo-American Espionage and Intervention in the Andre Gerolymatos St. Martin''s Press 2010 Hardback
For more than a century, Western powers have played an intricate game in the Middle East, installing and deposing regimes to secure control of resourcFor more than a century, Western powers have played an intricate game in the Middle East, installing and deposing regimes to secure control of resources and advance their geopolitical goals. Timely, provocative and meticulously researched, this definitive account of covert operations in the region, from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the 2003 Iraq War, dramatically brings to life the men and women whose successes and failures set the stage for today's seemingly intractable conflict. ...more
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Nothing But the Truth Selected Dispatches Anna Politkovskaya Vintage 2011 Paperback
Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, winning international fame for her reporting on thUntil her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, winning international fame for her reporting on the Chechen wars and, more generally, on Russian state corruption. This collection of her best writing shows one of the great reporters of recent years writing on topics from death on the frontline in Chechnya to Tango Por Dos - performing in London but provoking a reflection on love in Russia. Translated from the Russian by Arch Tait. ...more
The Dead Hand Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race David E Hoffman Icon 2009 Paperback
For almost half a century, the Cold War held the planet in fear, and never was the tension greater than in its final decade. Drawing on classified KreFor almost half a century, the Cold War held the planet in fear, and never was the tension greater than in its final decade. Drawing on classified Kremlin documents and exclusive interviews in Russia and the US, this Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative history charts the nerve-racking stand-off that brought the world to the brink of disaster and back, and uncovers the deadly secret of a Soviet anthrax factory on an island in the dried-up Aral Sea....more
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Seeds of Terror How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda Gretchen Peters Oneworld 2009 Paperback
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The Diary of Mary Berg Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto SL Shneiderman; Susan Lee Pentlin (Edited by) Oneworld 2006 Hardback Illustrated
'Today I am 15 years old. I feel very old and lonely . . . Everyone is afraid to go out. The Germans are here.' The diary of Mary Berg, written betwee'Today I am 15 years old. I feel very old and lonely . . . Everyone is afraid to go out. The Germans are here.' The diary of Mary Berg, written between 1940 and 1944, is one of the most important, and startling, eye-witness reports of life in the Warsaw Ghetto. Originally published in the United States as Warsaw Ghetto in 1945, the diary has now been reissued with a new introduction and notes by Susan Lee Pentlin....more
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After the Peace Loyalist Paramilitaries in Post-Accord Northern Ireland Carolyn Gallaher Cornell University Press 2007 Paperback
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement promised to release the citizens of Northern Ireland from the grip of armed sectarianism, yet the UVF did not stand dowThe 1998 Good Friday Agreement promised to release the citizens of Northern Ireland from the grip of armed sectarianism, yet the UVF did not stand down for a decade, and the UDA held out even longer. Drawing on interviews with current and former paramilitaries, community workers and government officials, this important book explains the deep-seated divisions that continue to hinder the peace process, and asks searching questions about the role of former combatants in a post-conflict society....more
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The Ottoman Road to War in 1914 The Ottoman Empire and the First World War Mustafa Aksakal Cambridge University Press 2008 Hardback
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Why Do People Hate Me So? The Strange Interlude between the Two Great Wars in the Britain of Stanley Baldwin Jeremy Dobson Matador 2009 Hardback
A deeply conservative, Christian countryman, Stanley Baldwin seems an unlikely prime minister to have led Britain into the terrifying new world of depA deeply conservative, Christian countryman, Stanley Baldwin seems an unlikely prime minister to have led Britain into the terrifying new world of depression and dictatorship that emerged in the 1930s, and his reputation has been blighted by accusations of appeasement. Yet as this sympathetic biography makes clear, he was deeply in tune with a war-weary nation still traumatized by memories of the previous conflict and he played a vital role in Britain's material and psychological rearmament. ...more
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