This book contains: 1. Give peace a chance: The forces of war and peace 2. Holy lands: The history and peoples of the Middle East 3. Between Iraq dan hard place: The war in the Persian Gulf 4. Green Terror: The war and the environment 5. Spectator war: The war and the media
Bangladesh: Reflections on the Water is a personal and penetrating over view of the land and its people. James J. Novak examines the economy, the importance of seasonal fluctuations in the lifestyle and psychology of the people, geography, history, music, art, poetry, ways of thinking, and political life. He also offers a novel interpretation of the Bangladesh independence movement, the only fu…
There has been a pervasive and apparently justified feeling that the Government of India, India's corporate sector, the media and even academia, pay far less attention to the Gulf than its importance demands. More of our exports go to the Gulf than to the region that has received so much economic importance in recent years, Southeast Asia. As for imports there can be no comparison: not only doe…
In it's most apparent dimension, this book is a very effective biography of the JVP movement - the lives and tragedies of Sri Lanka's most fearsome insurrection. Sri Lanka - The lost revolution? describes events during a tragic period of our country. The upheaval shook the nation to its very foundation and traumatised an entire generation. No other account of the events that have taken place…
Nepal and India are not only non-aligned nations belonging to the third world; but are also bastions of traditional conservatism going through a process of hectic change and transformation. They share a common culture, values, and socio-religious traditions and are going through a rapid social and technological changes as the world prepares itself to step in to the shoes of the twenty-first cen…
Pakistan - with its political instability, vociferous Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan - stands at the very center of global attention. Can General Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, control the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this book, journalist Owen Bennett Jones looks at Pakistan's …
Melamed considers all the major power players in the Middle East, explains the underlying issues, and creates a three-dimensional picture, an illustration that connects the dots and provides a fascinating roadmap. He elucidates developments such as the Arab Spring, the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood, the rise of ISIS, the epic Sunni-Shiite animosity, the essence of the war in Syria, the rol…
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Consensus document of the Shramaya/United Nations University South Asian perspectives group on nation building in Sri Lanka 3. Political crisis 4. Identity conflicts 5. Nation-building: A Muslim perspectives 6. Plantation-village integration 7. Nation building through the process of constitutional reform
The Middle East is notorious in the West for many reasons, few of them are positive. Synonymous with terrorism, oil riches, bad governance, corruption, and conflict, it has led many Western commentators to write it off as both backward and insular. In this pioneering introduction, Oxford University's Philip Robins argues that the region is plagued by the same problems that afflict the rest of …
After five centuries of colonial rule, Sri Lanka became independent in 1948 and the Republic was founded in 1972. An interesting ethnic mix coexists in the country including 74% Sinhalese, 12.6% Tamil, 5.5 % of Indian Tamils, 7.1% of Moors and 0.3% of Malaysians (also Muslims), 0.3 of "Burghers" (citizens of European origin) and 0.3% of other origins. The four main religions are represented in …