Modern History

History of the Caucasus

Volume 1: At the Crossroads of Empires Christoph Baumer In the first volume of this richly illustrated 2-volume series, historian and explorer Christoph Baumer charts the history of the Caucasus region from the emergence of the earliest human populations, through Neolithic, Iron and Bronze Age culture to the arrival of the great transnational Empires of Greece and Rome. The book includes more than 200 full-colour images and maps bringing the changing cultures of these lands vividly to life.

UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 400 pages • 225 colour illus HB 9781788310079 • £30.00 / $40.00 ePub 9780755639687 • £27.00 / $34.48 ePdf 9780755639694 • £27.00 / $34.48 I.B. Tauris

The Palestinian National Movement in Lebanon

A Political History of the 'Ayn al-Hilwe Camp Erling Lorentzen Sogge Hosting over 50,000 inhabitants and governed by competing militias, 'Ayn al-Hilwe in the south of Lebanon is one of the most contested refugee camps in the Middle East. It is known as the 'Capital of the Palestinian Diaspora' and has endured a long history of internal power struggles and external influence and intervention. Based on extensive ethnographic research in the camp - focused on the actors who have shaped its modern political trajectory – this book looks at the role of exile leaderships, camp-based militia commanders and shape-shifting networks of patronage in the political landscape of the Palestinian movement in Lebanon. ePdf 9780755602841 • £76.50 / $94.85

Arab Intellectuals and American Power

Edward Said, Charles Malik, and the US in the Middle East M.D. Walhout, Seattle Pacific University How did Edward Said, the famous Palestinian American scholar and activist, arrive at his famous maxim to ‘speak truth to power’? This dual biographical study examines the lives of Said and the eminent Lebanese philosopher and diplomat Charles Malik, a relative 30 years his senior whom Said was influenced by. Exploring issues of religion, nationalism, and the effect of the US involvement in the Middle East had on Arab intellectuals, M. D. Walhout shows how Said came to reject much of what Malik stood for: Christian faith, hardline anti-Communism and the benign nature of American power.

A Modern History of the Kurds

David McDowall In this new and revised edition, David McDowall analyses the momentous transformations affecting Kurdish socio-politics in the last 20 years. With updates throughout and substantial new material included, this fourth edition of the book reflects the developments in the field and the areas which have gained importance and understanding, such as the role of political Islam in Kurdish society and issues surrounding women and gender. New maps are included as well as an entire new section that engages with pioneering research. This is the foundational text for Kurdish Studies and details the changing situation of the Kurds across the Middle East.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 576 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9780755600755 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9780755600793 • £70.00 / $95.00 ePub 9780755600779 • £20.69 / $25.86 ePdf 9780755600786 • £20.69 / $25.86

UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 272 pages HB 9780755602834 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755602858 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris

Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris

In Search of Greater Syria

The History and Politics of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party Christopher G Solomon, Exovera, Washington D.C, USA The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) has been both heavily persecuted and the perpetrator of violence in the Middle East since before Syria and Lebanon’s independence all the way to its present engagement in the Syrian Civil War. Yet the SSNP’s story remains largely untold. This book outlines the party's early history and its power today, showing how its political impact resonates throughout the region’s secular and progressive parties.

UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 256 pages HB 9781838606404 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838606428 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781838606435 • £76.50 / $94.85

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UK October 2020 • US October 2020 • 304 pages HB 9780755634149 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755634163 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755634156 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris

Britain, Egypt and Iraq During World War II

The Decline of Imperial Power in the Middle East Stefanie Wichhart, University of Niagra Falls, Canada In this book Stephanie Wichhart explores the tumultuous war years through the lens of the British Embassies in Cairo and Baghdad, demonstrating the role that the Second World War played in shaping the political and social map of the contemporary Middle East. The war served as a catalyst for seismic changes in Arab society and the emergence of new movements that provided powerful critiques of British intervention and of the governments that facilitated it, making the war a critical turning point in Britain’s empire in the Middle East.

UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 224 pages • 8 b&w illus HB 9780755634521 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755634545 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755634538 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris