Iranian Ways of War
From Cyrus the Great to Qassam Soleimani
ISBN: HB: 9781787380349,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2027
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
This book traces the long history of Iran's wars, and the evolution of the Islamic Republic's military trajectory since 1979. Ahmed Hashim draws on Farsi, Arabic and European sources to explore Iran's efforts to create modern armed forces, the devast...
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30.00 GBP
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Small Wars
Too Big to Ignore
ISBN: HB: 9781849040822,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2027
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The end of the Cold War and the (then) receding threat of global nuclear conflagration were meant to usher in a "peace dividend": concomitantly warfare would decline as states devoted themselves to making money and providing for their respective soci...
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Darfur Sultanate
A History
ISBN: PB: 9781805267027,
ISBN: HB: 9781850658535,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2027
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
368 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
This text presents an analytical narrative of Darfur, from the beginnings of its recorded history to the present. Three themes dominate: Darfur's complex history and its equally complex ethnic and ecological issues. The various phases of Darfur's his...
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24.99 GBP
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40.00 GBP
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Orban Enigma
How a Former Liberal Turned Hungary into a Global Illiberal Laboratory
ISBN: PB: 9781805265801,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2027
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
352 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Exposes the inner workings of Orban's Hungary and assesses how his style of politics has affected states and electorates worldwide.
How did a simple boy from the Hungarian countryside end up leading political life in his country for decades? How, as...
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25.00 GBP
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Bosphorus
A Journey
ISBN: HB: 9781805266709,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
408 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 colour illus.
408 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 colour illus.
Crossroads of trade and culture, boundary between East and West - the Bosphorus is a waterway like no other. This evocative portrait brings it to life.
Right at the heart of Istanbul, separating its European and Asian shores, the Bosphorus is not ju...
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Enduring Hold of Islam in Turkey
The Revival of the Religious Orders and Rise of Erdogan
ISBN: PB: 9781805267003,
ISBN: HB: 9781911723837,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
416 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 24 illus.
416 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 24 illus.
A new history of modern Turkey, focussing on its fifty-year retreat from Kemalist secularism.
This is the first account in English of how Islamic religious orders dating back to Ottoman times have risen to dominate and define the future of Turkey, E...
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19.99 GBP
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45.00 GBP
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Great Groundnut Fiasco
Colonial East Africa and the Downfall of a Labour Government
ISBN: HB: 9781805266730,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 black&white illus.
328 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 8 black&white illus.
The fascinating story of Labour's efforts to feed post-war Britain by leveraging its African colonies - and the enduring political consequences of the Scheme's failure
Britain in 1946 was a bruised and miserable nation. Despite its victory in World...
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25.00 GBP
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Mystic and Modern
Sufism and the Politics of National Identity in Pakistan
ISBN: PB: 9781805266877,
Hurst Publishers,
January 2027
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
392 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Evaluates the instrumentalisation of Sufism in the politics of Pakistan and its consequences for the nation.
Pakistan, historically known for its veneration of Sufi saints and shrines, has long struggled to reconcile this heritage with a governing d...
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25.00 GBP
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Exclusionary West
Medieval Minorities and the Making of Modern Europe
ISBN: HB: 9781787383159,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A timely study of the intrinsic connections between Western European nations and their non-Christian minorities in the age of state formation.
Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise in twenty-first-century Europe, but these notions of the ma...
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25.00 GBP
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Bitter Sweet
The Story of West Africa Through the Kola Nut
ISBN: HB: 9781805266686,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2026
248 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
248 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
The beautifully written history of a uniquely West African nut with a truly global story.
The kola nut is a seed indigenous to West Africa, a seed that ancient caravan travellers chewed to survive their harsh desert journeys, the "Cola" in Coca-Cola...
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20.00 GBP
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