Out of Evil

new international politics and old doctrines of war

War and peace in the Balkans

the diplomacy of conflict in the former Yugoslavia

Shattering tradition

custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean

Few deny that in the Muslim world religion and law are intimately linked. However, local legal realities mean that Islamic law is often pushed out of the picture by customary law, which is usually tribal, and by state law. Shattering Tradition concentrates on customary law ...

Ottoman reform and Muslim regeneration

The late Ottoman period was one of enormous change. This book focuses on the evolution of Ottoman reform as it was perceived, and negotiated, from the perspectives of the capital Istanbul and of the Arab provinces of Syria, including Palestine. It also examines the close ...

Frontiers of Ottoman studies

state, province and the west

Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture over the past two decades. The first volume reflects the growing interest in the provinces, communities and cultures outside the imperial capital of Istanbul and covers four ...

Frontiers of Ottoman studies

state, province and the west

The second volume covers Ottoman-European International Relations; Ottoman manuscripts in Europe; Ottoman-European cultural exchange and Christian influence and the advent of the Europeans. The work makes a significant contribution to diplomatic history and international relations; Ottoman geographical knowledge; the nature of Ottoman artistic and cultural ...

Afghanistan

a modern history: monarchy, despotism or democracy?: the problems of governance in the muslim tradition

Modern islamic political thought

the response of the Shi i and muslims to the twentieth century

War and the media

reportage and propaganda, 1900-2003

Enlightenment and Reform in eigteenth-century Europe

A dictionary of Greek and Roman culture

Sir William Smith' classic work trove of information on all aspects of Greek and Roman life: music, custroms, law, medicine, food, clothing, politics, religion, trade, etc.

A dictionary of Greek and Roman geography

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography was the first truly comprehensive and accurate guide to the geopraphy of the ancient world. Writen by a team of leading scholars of the day, under the editorship of William Smith, the dictionary provides detailed coverage of all ...

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Embracing the whole of ancient history and literature over more than two thousand years, the three volumes provide a wealth of information on every significant figure mentioned by the Greek and Roman writers in the areas of history, phylosophy , mathematics, the Arts, medicine, law, geography ...

The birth of modern Turkey

th ottoman military and the march to World War I

The guide and mentor to the Ottoman military was Imperial Germany as the military developed its version of the Prussian 'School of Empire' - a set of ideas and practices which in the eyes of the officer corps saw the military as the embodiment of the ...

Transnational Television Worldwide

towards a new media order

This volume brings together papers accepted for the 2004 conference in the series on Subsea Control and Data Acquisition. The event, at the Total Conference Centre, Pau, France on 10 and 11 June, was organized by the Institute of Measurement and Control, based in London ...

The EU and Turkey

a glittering prize or a millstone?

Hezbollah

the changing face of terrorism

Phoenicia

history of a civilization

Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

.T.1: The meaning of genocide

Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

.T.2: The rise of the west and the coming of genocide