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Examining Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine from both the European and indigenous points of view, D. K. Fieldhouse argues that the western powers failed in their stated purpose of establishing stable democratic states in these ex-Ottoman provinces, leaving the Middle East as perhaps the most volatile region in the world....

A Very Short IntroductionThroughout history, to the present day, witchcraft raises questions about the distinction between reality and fantasy, faith and proof. This  Very Short Introduction explores witchcraft, both as a contemporary phenomenon and a historical subject. It looks at witch-beliefs and accusations around the world, from pre-history...

Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. This volume collects fifteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience....

Practices, Ideologies, DevicesMarketing is a ubiquitous feature of contemporary society, and its presence in our        lives is something we are ever-more aware of as the intensity and scope of its        activities has increased. Inside Marketing offers a critical perspective on        marketing and its growing influence on today's world from a...

The Third Reich met its end in the spring of 1945 in an unparalleled wave of suicides. Goeschel analyses the Third Reich's self-destructiveness and the suicides of ordinary people and Nazis in Germany from 1918 until 1945, including the mass suicides of German Jews during the Holocaust....