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Freedom at Midnight

March 25, 2015

The electrifying story of India’s struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants – from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire […]
Assignment Vietnam

March 25, 2015

Vietnam – for a generation of Americans it is a country and a name that holds a certain fascination and a host of baggage – much of it negative and full of remorse. It is the name of a war that the U.S. experienced from 1955-75 that energized a generation of Americans and led to […]
Reaching Across the Waters: Facing the Risks of Cooperation in International Waters (Directions in Development)

March 25, 2015

This volume reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by decision makers in countries responding to a specific prospect of cooperation. For each basin, the analysis centered on tipping points, or periods in time when policymakers in the countries involved were faced with a […]
Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within (Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks)

March 25, 2015

Based on 30 years of research and analysis, this definitive book is a profound, multi-layered, and historical analysis of the nature and role of the Pakistan army in the country’s polity as well as its turbulent relationship with the United States. Shuja Nawaz examines the army and Pakistan in both peace and war. Using many […]
A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand

March 25, 2015

Following the success of the first edition of A Field Guide To The birds Of Thailand, a new edition has been compiled, incorporating Thai plate names and index. Thailand continues to attract increasing numbers of birdwatchers on a regular basis who appreciate its vast diversity of bird life. This book, with its meticulous colour artworks […]
The Dark Defile: Britain’s Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842

March 25, 2015

Convinced in 1838 that Britain’s invaluable empire in India was threatened by Russia, Persia, and Afghan tribes, the British government ordered its Army of the Indus into Afghanistan to oust from power the independent-minded king, Dost Mohammed, and install in Kabul the unpopular puppet ruler Shah Shuja. Expecting a quick campaign, the British found themselves […]
Political Legitimacy and Housing: Singapore’s Stakeholder Society

March 25, 2015

Singapore’s successful public housing programme is a source of political legitimacy for the ruling People’s Action Party. Beng-Huat Chua accounts for the success of public housing in Singapore and draws out lessons for other nations. Housing in Singapore, he explains in this incisive analysis, is seen neither as a consumer good (as in the US) […]
Tibet: Reflections from the Wheel of Life

March 25, 2015

According to Tibetan belief, existence is an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, and in this exquisitely illustrated volume authors Carroll Dunham and Ian Baker take us through the Tibetan wheel of life, from birth and childhood through adolescence and midlife to old age and death. We meet a pregnant woman who is married […]
In Afghanistan: Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation

March 25, 2015

Afghanistan has been a strategic prize for foreign empires for more than 200 years. The British, Russians, and Americans have all fought across its beautiful and inhospitable terrain, in conflicts variously ruthless, misguided and bloody. This violent history is the subject of David Loyn’s magisterial book. It is a history littered with misunderstandings and broken […]
Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 1: From Early Times Through the 16th Century (Introduction to Asian Civilizations)

March 25, 2015

Drawn from Peter H. Lee’s Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Volume I, this abridged introductory collection offers students and general readers primary readings in the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of Korea from ancient times through the sixteenth century. Sources of Korean Tradition is arranged according to the major epochs of Korean history, including sections on: […]

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