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The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Wonders of the World)

March 22, 2015

For 1,400 years, two colossal figures of the Buddha overlooked the fertile Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. Witness to a melting pot of passing monks, merchants, and armies, the Buddhas embodied the intersection of East and West, and their destruction by the Taliban in 2001 provoked international outrage. Llewelyn Morgan excavates the […]
The Other War: Winning and Losing in Afghanistan

March 22, 2015

As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation’s front pages to become the “other war,” supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. That July, Ronald […]
Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-Pop (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture)

March 22, 2015

From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with a much-needed release, channeling their desires, fears, and frustrations into a pleasurable and fluid art. Pop music allowed Japanese artists and audiences to assume various identities, reflecting the country’s uncomfortable position under […]
Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History

March 22, 2015

Charlie Wilson’s War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller. In the early 1980s, a Houston socialite turned the attention of maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson to the ragged band of Afghan “freedom fighters” who continued, despite overwhelming odds, to fight the Soviet invaders. Wilson, who […]
THE HEART OF ASIA. A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times

March 22, 2015

CONTENTSPART 1FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATIONCHAP. I. EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER II. BACTRIANS AND PARTHIANS III. THE HUNS AND THE YU&-CHI IV. THE SASANIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS V. THE RISE OF ISLAM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS VI. THE FIRST EASTERN CAMPAIGNS OF KUTAYBA IBN MUSLIM VII. […]
Indo-Persian Historiography up to the Thirteenth Century

March 22, 2015

This book discusses the origin and growth of Indo-Persian historiography with specific emphasis on India’s contribution to the literary heritage of the Persian world. The relative merit of some of the works discussed in this book have been analysed in the context of contemporary works/narratives produced in neighbouring countries. Indo-Persian Historiography up to the Thirteenth […]

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