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1) Argylle
Author
Language
English
Description
"A luxury train speeding towards Moscow and a date with destiny. A CIA plane downed in the jungles of the Golden Triangle. A Nazi hoard entombed in the remote mountains of South-West Poland. A missing treasure, the eighth wonder of the world, lost for seven decades. One Russian magnate's dream of restoring a nation to greatness has set in motion a chain of events which will take the world to the brink of chaos. Only Frances Coffey, the CIA's most...
Author
Series
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society volume 117-119
Publisher
Ibidem-Verlag
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Author
Series
History of European political and constitutional thought volume Volume 5
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two autocracies and the West to a "rivalry" or a "great-power competition." Some might consider it alarmist to say we are in the midst of a second Cold War, but that may be the only responsible way to describe today's state of affairs. What's more, we have come a long way from Mao Zedong's infamous observation that "political power grows out of the barrel...
Author
Series
Iranian studies volume 39
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Examining the nature of relations between Iran and Palestine, this book investigates the relationship between state and authorities in the Middle East. Analysing the connections of the Iranian revolutionary movements, both the Left and the Islamic camps' perspectives are scrutinized. To provide a historical background to the post-revolutionary period, the genealogy of pro-Palestinian sentiments before 1979 are traced additionally. Demonstrating the...
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly arrows at anyone who tries to come ashore. As the web of modernity draws ever closer, the island represents the last chapter in the Age of Discovery-the final holdout in a completely connected world. In November 2018, a zealous American missionary was killed...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"This book helps readers better understand the ways in which the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran shapes political life across the Middle East, challenging problematic assumptions about 'proxy wars', sectarianism, and the role of religion"--
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This hadbook book examines the regional and international dynamics of the Middle East. It challenges the state society dichotomy to make sense of decision making and behaviour by ruling regimes. The 28 chapters include the world's leading scholars of the Middle East and International Relations (IR) in order to make sense of the region. This synthesis of area studies expertise and IR theory provides a unique and rigorous account of the region's current...
20) Cold War radio: the Russian broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
