wyszukanych pozycji: 22
Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
ISBN: 9780300222906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What really happened in the centuries of conflict between Europe, Russia, China, America, and the peoples of the Muslim world
This groundbreaking book is the first to address the catastrophic results of centuries of conflict, imperialism, and colonialism by the global north--China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America--in the Muslim world. We see this legacy in the flood of refugees, collapse of institutions, terrorism, and widespread misery. Military force, regime change, and aid have failed because we have not understood the region's history--or our own role in it. To... What really happened in the centuries of conflict between Europe, Russia, China, America, and the peoples of the Muslim world
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248,54 zł |
The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780415702706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Elusive Peace, first published in 1979, highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nationalism, the struggle for independence, the effects of the Cold War and the four 'hot wars' in the Middle East. The numerous attempts to solve the conflicts, and the ultimate failure of such attempts, are discussed with particular reference to the war in Lebanon, and its relation to larger conflicts. As an American emissary during the Kennedy, Johnston and Nixon years, William Polk is unique in his ability to assess the key personalities and...
The Elusive Peace, first published in 1979, highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nationa...
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199,33 zł |
Personal History: Living in Interesting Times
ISBN: 9780982934012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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68,10 zł |
The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780415831000 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Elusive Peace, first published in 1979, highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nationalism, the struggle for independence, the effects of the Cold War and the four hot wars in the Middle East. The numerous attempts to solve the conflicts, and the ultimate failure of such attempts, are discussed with particular reference to the war in Lebanon, and its relation to larger conflicts. As an American emissary during the Kennedy, Johnston and Nixon years, William Polk is unique in his ability to assess the key personalities and... The Elusive Peace, first published in 1979, highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nati... |
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760,80 zł |
Understanding Iraq
ISBN: 9781845111236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Helps the reader comprehend Iraq, its diversities and contradictions, namely Arab and Kurd, Shia and Sunni, traditionalist and modern, secular and religious, pragmatic and radical. This book culminates in an indictment of the US for failing to learn the le
Helps the reader comprehend Iraq, its diversities and contradictions, namely Arab and Kurd, Shia and Sunni, traditionalist and modern, secular and rel...
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94,40 zł |
A Social History: The Chronicle of an Okay P K
ISBN: 9781452047416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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87,84 zł |
A Social History: The Chronicle of an Okay P K
ISBN: 9781452047430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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135,09 zł |
Memoirs of an Oreo: A Social History
ISBN: 9780595161331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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65,30 zł |
Distant Thunder: Reflections on the Dangers of Our Times
ISBN: 9780982934005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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68,57 zł |
Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Khamenei
ISBN: 9780230103436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West. While Iranians chafe under the yolk of their current leaders, they also have bitter memories of generations of British, Russian and American espionage, invasion, and dominance. There are important lessons to be learned from the past, and Polk teases them out of a long and rich history... William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and cultur... |
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82,95 zł |
Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq
ISBN: 9780061236204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Guerrilla warfare is not just the tool of modern-day terrorists in the Middle East. Its roots stretch back to our very own revolution. In Violent Politics, William R. Polk takes us on a concise, brilliant tour of insurgencies throughout history, beginning with America's own struggle for independence. Continuing on, Polk explores the role of insurgency in other notable conflicts--including the Spanish guerrilla war against Napoleon, the Irish struggle for independence, the Algerian War of National Independence, and Vietnam--eventually landing at the ongoing campaigns in... Guerrilla warfare is not just the tool of modern-day terrorists in the Middle East. Its roots stretch back to our very own revolution. In |
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91,69 zł |
Understanding Iraq: The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, from Genghis Khan's Mongols to the Ottoman Turks to the British Mandate to the Ameri
ISBN: 9780060764692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The Dramatic History of Iraq in One Concise Volume The destinies of Iraq and America will be tightly intertwined into the foreseeable future due to the U.S. incursion into this complex, perplexing desert nation -- the latest in a long history of violent outside interventions. A country sitting atop the world's largest supply of crude oil, Iraq will continue to play an essential role in global economics and in Middle Eastern politics for many decades to come. Therefore, it is more important than ever for Westerners to have a clear understanding of the volatile, enigmatic... The Dramatic History of Iraq in One Concise Volume The destinies of Iraq and America will be tightly intertwined into the foreseeabl... |
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65,48 zł |
Humpty Dumpty: The Fate of Regime Change
ISBN: 9780982934036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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73,15 zł |
The Opening of South Lebanon, 1788-1840
ISBN: 9780674436121 / Angielski / Twarda / 1963 / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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297,47 zł |
The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution
ISBN: 9780060750930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the fearful crossing of the stormy Atlantic to the growth of the early settlements, from the French and Indian War and the unrest of the 1760s to the inevitable break with England--here is an insightful and fascinating account of the transformation of an unknown land into an extraordinary nation. In this provocative history of colonial America, William R. Polk explores the key events and individuals that defined this critical epoch by offering vivid descriptions of the societies the Europeans came from and what they believed they were going to, while... From the fearful crossing of the stormy Atlantic to the growth of the early settlements, from the French and Indian War and the unrest of the 1760s... |
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82,95 zł |
Blind Man's Buff
ISBN: 9780982934043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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59,40 zł |
The Arab World Today
ISBN: 9780674421912 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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297,47 zł |
Polk's Folly: An American Family History
ISBN: 9780385491518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Polk's Folly is William Polk's captivating investigation of his impressive family tree and of the broader American tale it narrates.
Growing up in Texas in the late 1930s, listening to his grandmother's memories of her childhood amidst the Civil War, Polk became fascinated by tales of his family's engagement in monumental moments of our nation's history. Beginning when Robert Pollok fled Ireland in the 1680s, Polk's saga includes an Indian trader, an early drafter of the Declaration of Independence, one of our greatest presidents, heroes and rascals on both sides of the Civil War,... Polk's Folly is William Polk's captivating investigation of his impressive family tree and of the broader American tale it narrates.
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87,36 zł |
The Journey of Ardro Knight
ISBN: 9781425724658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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91,69 zł |
Passing Brave
ISBN: 9780982934029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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68,57 zł |