From the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear.
An in-depth study of the policing practices of an insecure state, foregrounding the experiences of officers on the frontline of Pakistan's armed conflicts.
Analyses how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
The Hazaras, numbering some 2.5 million, have for centuries faced persecution from Afghanistan's majority Sunni population -- politically, socially and economically. This book examines how and why.
Argues that an understanding of the origins of ethnic politics in Nigeria requires a rigorous historical and sociological study of the ethnicisation of the colonial army.
From the ancient Sumerian beer goddess to Black South African micro-brewers today, a page-turning history of women and drink.
A sober and frank account of the strategic options and constraints affecting NATO.