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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

March 22, 2015

Published with a new afterword from the author–the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts–including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis, and the violent challenges posed by Iraq’s competing sects–are rooted in the […]
British Relations with Sind 1799-1843: An Anatomy of Imperialism

March 22, 2015

One of the major paradoxes of the nineteenth century was the continued growth of the British Empire at a time when the home authorities opposed expansion. The annexation of the Indian state of Sindh in 1843 is a notable examples of forces which abetted this situation. Huttenback’s study of British relations with an independent Sindh […]
Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story Of Five American Airmen, A Doomed Plane, And The Will To Survive

March 22, 2015

Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen–flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as “The Hump”–were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel. To their astonishment, they found they had landed in the heart of Tibet. There they had to confront […]
A vocabulary of Malay medical terms

March 22, 2015

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe […]
Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba

March 22, 2015

Lashkar-e-Taiba is among the most powerful militants groups in South Asia and increasingly viewed as a global terrorist threat on par with al-Qaeda. Considered Pakistan’s most powerful proxy against India, the group gained public prominence after its deadly ten-person suicide assault on Mumbai in November 2008. By the time the last Lashkar terrorist was dead […]
A vocabulary of the English, Bugis, and Malay languages, containing about 200 words

March 22, 2015

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected […]

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