This book looks at the production of postcards in the colonial era and argues that, in many ways, colonial postcards replicated and perpetuated Eurocentric understandings about human society and the natural world in the colonised East.
By providing a comparative study of NATO’s armies, this volume provides both a long-needed historical assessment and essential understanding of the problems facing the alliance and its members today.
Climate Security and the Military: Concepts, Strategies and Partnerships reviews the climate Security Nexus from the military angle and proposes the design of climate security strategies and how they can contribute to adaptation to and mitigation of the related challenges.
Reflections on the Russia-Ukraine War adopts a distinctively interdisciplinary approach, thus offering uniquely comprehensive and timely insights into the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict.
This book presents a previously unpublished historical translation of a Naxi manuscript by a Dutch missionary translator,... Læs mere
Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19 makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis.
The poet Parvin E’tesami (1907-1941) transgressed Iranian-Muslim gender norms and acquired a special place in Persian culture. This first in-depth study of her poetry investigates E’tesami’s presence from school textbooks to the current political scene under the Islamic Republic.
Towards a Data-Driven Military: A Multidisciplinary Perspective assesses the use of data and information on modern conflict from different... Læs mere
Wars Overseas is the first comprehensive overview of Dutch military action in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
The task of ending famine in India was taken up by many at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This volume explores the role of images in contemporary Islam by turning to the act of provocation.