Browse by Subject: History

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The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah

In The Generalship of Muhammad, Russ Rodgers charts a new path by merging original sources with the latest in military theory to examine Muhammad's military strengths and weaknesses.

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The Abolition of Slavery in Ottoman Tunisia

This book fully explicates the complexity of Tunisian society and culture and reveals how abolition was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change.

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An Incurable Past: Nasser's Egypt Then and Now

Examining history not as it was recorded, but as it is remembered, An Incurable Past contextualizes the classist and deeply disappointing post-Nasserist period that has inspired today’s Egyptian revolutionaries.

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A Documentary History of Modern Iraq

Previously published histories and primary source collections on the Iraqi experience tend to be topically focused or dedicated to presenting a top-down approach. By contrast, Stacy Holden's A Documentary History of Modern Iraq gives voice to ordinary Iraqis, clarifying the experience of the Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Jews, and women over the past century.

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Algerians without Borders: The Making of a Global Frontier Society

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The Divergence of Judaism and Islam: Interdependence, Modernity, and Political Turmoil

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A Civil Society Deferred: The Tertiary Grip of Violence in the Sudan

A Civil Society Deferred chronicles the socio-political history and development of violence in the Sudan and explores how it has crippled the state, retarded the development of a national identity, and ravaged the social and material life of its citizens.

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The Convergence of Judaism and Islam: Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Second Edition

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The Politics of Food in Modern Morocco

Argues that the key factor in the Moroccan government's stability is its ability to provide food to its people in an equitable manner, despite arid conditions.