BOOKS

Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the Kingdom
Sean Foley

T. E. Lawrence once observed that Saudi Arabia had "so little art" that it could "be said to have no art at all." Whether that was once the case is arguable. But that it    More >

Decolonisation as Democratisation: Global Insights into the South African Experience
Siseko H. Kumalo, editor

The authors of this thought-provoking book explore the ways in which decolonization protects the democratic ideal of academic freedom—and at the same time caution against using that    More >

Ethics, Politics, Inequality: New Directions
Narnia Bohler-Muller, Crain Soudien, and Vasu Reddy, editors

Multilayered inequalities and a sense of insecurity have long been hallmarks of South African life—but now have been exacerbated by the uncertainties of Covid-19. Ethics, Politics,    More >

Society, Research and Power: A History of the Human Sciences Research Council from 1929 to 2019
Crain Soudien, Sharlene Swartz, and Gregory Houston, editors

This scholarly reflection on state-based research commemorates the 90th anniversary of the National Bureau for Education and Social Research—South Africa's first public social    More >

Human Rights and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa
Rachel Adams, et al.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), characterized by the growing utilization of new technologies, unquestionably is ushering in innovative solutions to myriad development challenges. At    More >

US-China Nuclear Relations: The Impact of Strategic Triangles
David Santoro, editor

Though China remains a relatively weak nuclear power, it has in recent years become central to US strategic policymaking. What explains this shift? How is the US-China strategic nuclear    More >

Soviet Blitzkrieg: The Battle for White Russia, 1944
Walter S. Dunn, Jr.

Walter Dunn's book narrates the details of a battle on the Eastern Front that was perhaps the largest of all time and certainly one of the most significant of World War II. Nearly three    More >

Mobilizing Force: Linking Security Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control
David Kuehn and Yagil Levy, editors

What leads a democratic government to use military force to counter a domestic or external threat? How does it legitimize this mobilization to its citizenry? And what is the significance for    More >

The Siege at Hue
George W. Smith

Charged with monitoring the huge civilian press corps that descended on Hue during the Vietnam War’s Tet offensive, US Army Captain George W. Smith witnessed firsthand a vicious    More >

Through the Valley:  Vietnam, 1967-1968
James F. Humphries

The fierce close combat in the remote areas of South Vietnam’s northern provinces in 1967-1968—the battles of Hiep Duc, March 11, Nhi Ha, and Hill 406—has been a strangely    More >

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