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AFGHANISTAN
₨ 996Afghanistan dominates the news today, as it often did during the Soviet occupation two decades ago. But even in the 19th and early 20th centuries at the height of the Great Game, Afghanistan was the focal point of East-West relations. Squeezed between Russia, China, India and Persia, its tortured history provides an extraordinary glimpse into the patterns of world politics. Today, Afghanistan sits at the pivot of a region where a new Great Game is taking shape, pitched between America, its rivals and the peoples of Central Asia.
ISBN: 1850438579
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS₨ 4,006 -
AFTER THE CONFLICT
₨ 9,257What have been the experiences and lessons learned from reconstruction activities which have followed wars over the past ten years? With recent events both in Afghanistan and Iraq and frequent talk of on-going conflicts, this question preoccupies politicians, aid donors and the media as never before. “After the Conflict” draws together the main issues and arguments on the subject into a single volume emanating from the University of York’s Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), renowned as the world’s leading research centre dedicated to the study of the aftermath of war. Examining case studies from war and post-war reconstruction scenarios around the world, this book sets out a philosophy of reconstruction that has emerged from extensive original research at PRDU. This has concluded that solutions to successful post-war reconstruction needs are to be found locally, within the communities affected by conflict and that therein lies the best hope of achieving lasting, sustainable outcomes.<
ISBN: 1850434638
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS₨ 13,883 -
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BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND STATE
₨ 7,714This book examines the most important writings of a tenth century Islamic theologian and jurist who were one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Nu’man’s works constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shi’i literature, an emergence necessitated by the Fatimids’ transition from revolutionary movement to statehood, and by their desire to establish their authority as a Shi’i alternative to the Sunni Abbasid caliphate. Al-Nu’man, already famous in the Fatimid era, produced a legacy which consists of a school of law, historical and biographical works, new interpretations of Ismaili doctrine, and the formulation of a ceremonial language achieved through his work on court protocol.
ISBN: 185043882X
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