I.B.Tauris

Defeat: Why they Lost Iraq

As the dreadful reality of the Coalition`s defeat in Iraq begins to sink in, one question dominates Washington and London: Why? In this controversial new book, award-winning journalist Jonathan Steele provides a stark...

English Hours

`Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any...

First Russia, Then Tibet: A Persona

Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin`s dictatorship...

Iraq Confidential: Untold Story of Americas Intelligence Conspiracy

As the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq peters out in failure, the historical debate is just beginning. How were we so misled in to such a disastrous war? What were its real goals? What did it achieve? Former UN...

London Was Ours

Longest Day, The: The D-Day Story

6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler`s formidable `Fortress Europe` - was the largest...

Lost and Found in Russia: Encounters in Deep Heartland

Пропавшие и найденные в России: встречи в родной глубинке

Oil Politics: Modern History of Petroleum

The environmental, the economic - and indeed the political - impact of the catastrophic 2010 blowout of BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the central part played by oil in the modern world. The fate of...

Reset Middle East: Old Friends and New Alliances: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Iran

Peace and democracy in the Middle East have been the aim of world leaders for generations, yet the US, UK or their closest allies in the region have been behind nearly every war in the Middle East in the last century....

Shocked and Awed: How War on Terror and Jihad have Changed English Language

Far more than just a military conflict, the `War on Terror` has been a struggle over values and meanings, a desperate contest for hearts and minds in which language has become the battlefield. In this highly original...

Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigerias Oil Frontier

Nigeria is a country where petroleum prices and polio are both booming, where small villages challenge giant oil companies, and scooter drivers run their own mini-state. The oil-rich Delta region at the heart of it...