Afghan Napoleon: the life of Ahmad Shah Massoud

Gall, Sandy

ISBN: 9789354474026, 9354474020

The continuing turmoil in Afghanistan--and its repercussions in the subcontinent and beyond--has its roots in the Cold War and the Soviet invasion of the country. One man who played a decisive role during that period was Ahmad Shah Massoud, 'the Lion of Panjsher'. This now-legendary military strategist and leader unified the mujahideen forces in north-eastern Afghanistan and led a series of dra...

Bangladesh at 50: development and challenges,

ISBN: 9789390122523, 939012252X

This book traces the country's history since 1971, while also commenting on the possible concerns that societal, political and institutional structures are likely to face in the future.

Jinnah: his successes, failures and role in history

Ahmed, Ishtiaq

ISBN: 9780670090525, 0670090522

This book traces Jinnah's journey from an Indian nationalist to a Muslim communitarian, and then from a Muslim nationalist to, Pakistan's all-powerful head of stone.

Religion and politics in Sri Lanka

Phadnis, Urmila

ISBN: 9788194496281, 8194496284

Erika and King Tribhuvan: the extraordinary true story of a woman who went to Nepal, met a king, and with him overthrew a kingdom

Leuchtag, Erika

ISBN: 9789937711609, 9937711606

Russia: revolution and civil war, 1917-1921

Beevor, Antony

ISBN: 9781474610148, 1474610145

Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and Lenin's single-minded Communist dictatorship. Terror begat terror, wh...

Fifty years in Ceylon: an autobiography, ed. by Annie Skinner,1891

Skinner, Thomas

ISBN: 9789390035168, 9390035163

India-what can it teach us?, Indian ed. by KA Nilakanta Sastri

Muller, F Max

ISBN: 9788121503945, 8121503949

Peacock throne: the drama of Mogul India

Hansen, Waldemar

ISBN: 9788120802254, 812080225X

Shared histories of modernity: China, India and the Ottoman Empire

Islamoglu, Huri et al.(ed.)

ISBN: 9780415481663, 041548166X

This volume addresses a key concern of historians and social scientists today by undermining conventional assumptions of a binary division between 'modern' European nation states and 'pre-modern' Asian empires. It brings together historians of the Qing, Ottoman, Mughal and British Indian empires to address the modern transformation of these regions without dividing world history into Western an...

A century in Ceylon: a brief history of the work of the American Board in Ceylon 1816-1916

Root, Helen I.

ISBN: 9788121232067, 8121232066

This rare and valuable book gives a brief account of notable missionaries, and of the mission work of the American Board in Ceylon, over a period of one century from 1816 to 1916. The first missionaries sent to India by the American Board in 1812 met the opposition of the East India Company and were ordered to leave Calcutta at once. One of the missionaries Newell started as he supposed for Bom...