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'One Country, Two Systems' in Crisis elucidates how China's intervention in Hong Kong after the British handover in 1984 has curtailed Hong Kong's civil liberties; how freedom of speech is at the mercy of the government; and how deception has turned the 'Pearl of the Orient' into the rubber stamp of the Chinese Communist Party.

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The first general history in English of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Ordered to Die is based on newly available Turkish archival and official sources.

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Offering an analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict, this book discusses its most significant issues and events since its onset. It provides discussions of the contradictory nationalist movements of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism, the Israelis, the Palestinians, the US' role and position on the conflict, and what to expect in the future.

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The underlying causes of the clash between Hindus and Muslims which continues to polarize India is the main concern of this work. Ahmad gives an account of Indian history from the 19th century, analyzing how the relationship between Hindus and Muslims has been shaped and formed.

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Focusing on three generations of a Manchu family (from 1750 to the 1930s), this book is an attempt to understand the social and cultural life of the bannermen within the context of the decay of the Qing regime. It reveals that the Manchus were growing in consciousness of their ethnicity in response to changes in their own position.

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For decades, the United States ran covert operations into Tibet in an attempt to help Tibetan exiles take back their country from the Chinese. These operations have never been disclosed-until now.

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In 1614, Osaka Castle was Japan's greatest fortification, belonging to Toyotomi Hideyori, however the ruling shogun of the age, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was determined to destroy this one last threat to his position as Japan's ultimate ruler. This book explores the background of this bitter struggle, and the battle experiences of the opposing forces.

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Presents a portrait of the women of Afghanistan and a turning point in their country's history - the fall of the Taliban. This book also tells a story of the life of an intrepid female journalist.

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Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire.

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In Egypt, the press has always been considered a facet of modernization, as well as democratic rule. Palestine in the Egyptian Press examines the Palestine issue - an issue that features prominently in that press due to the political activities of Egypt's Jewish community, the...

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A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, Past Forward introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Koreas present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.

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This interdisciplinary collection examines the philosophy, politics, and legacy of An Chunggn. The contributors analyze his vision of pan-Asian cooperation and his opposition to Japanese militaristic expansion. They also investigate his significance to broader issues related to nationalism, imperialism, and the role of violence in politics.

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This interdisciplinary collection examines the philosophy, politics, and legacy of An Chunggn. The contributors analyze his vision of pan-Asian cooperation and his opposition to Japanese militaristic expansion. They also investigate his significance to broader issues related to nationalism, imperialism, and the role of violence in politics.

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This book engages with how the South African Indians in South Africa and Siddis in Gujarat perform creolized musical, spiritual, and culinary practices in their respective geopolitical spaces in the contemporary era.

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In June 1942 the Indian Army suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Japanese Army and subsequently endured its longest retreat ever.

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Offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Plassey in 1757, a victory which not only established the reputation of Clive of India, but also ensured British pre-eminence in India. The battle has gone down in history as a success against almost ridiculous odds.

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The book explores, in interview format, issues raised but not fully explored by Scotts poem Coming to Jakarta on the 1965 Indonesian massacre. In addition, Scott reflects on ways that poetry can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to the evolution of human culture and thus our second nature.

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The tumult of the Cultural Revolution after 1966 is often blamed on a few leaders in Beijing, or on long-term egalitarian ideals, or on communist or Chinese political cultures. Lynn White shows, however, that the chaos resulted mainly from reactions by masses of individuals and small groups to three specific policies of administrative manipulation: