Reviews
Downfall of the Assad regime
Patrick Costello on Syria
It Started in Damascus by Rime Allaf published by Hurst
My Struggle for Syria by Bassma Kodmani published by I.B.Tauris
Inevitably, there has...
Ukrainian writer soldier
Julie Ward on a writer putting words into action
War From The Rear by Andriy Lyubka published by Cherry Orchard Books, an imprint of Academic...
Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption
By Karen Constantine, published by Pram Publications
This book is a difficult read, dealing with a subject that has been swept under the proverbial carpet...
An Informal Empire
Duncan Bowie on South America
Small Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji published by Hurst
Meghji is a London-based writer of travel guides. This new book focuses on...
Survival after Stalin
Nigel Doggett on Soviet dissidents
To the Success of our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement by Benjamin Nathans published by...
Global Behemoths: How shadow banks govern our lives
Bryn Jones on casino capitalism
The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet by Ann Pettifor published by Verso
The casino is...
Ancient history?
Gill Bennett on the Cold War from the Soviet perspective
The World of the Cold War 1945-1991 by Vladislav Zubok published by Penguin
Do we really...
Beyond “Institutional” racism and towards structure
Don Flynn on racial bias
Structural Racism: The Dynamics of Opportunity and Race in America by Stephen Menendian published by Routledge
It is now over a quarter of a...
Not a Revolution
Duncan Bowie on the General Strike
Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer published by Oxford University Press
It was perhaps inevitable that the centenary of...
On aggressive Zionism
Mike Scott-Baumann on Zionism and conflict
A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for Statehood by Colin Schindler published by Swift Press
Colin Shindler’s new...
Lifeline to Freedom
Duncan Bowie on past welcomes for refugees
The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain by Charmian Brinson and Jana Barbora Buresova published by Valentine Mitchell
This...
A continuous tragedy
Patrick Costello on repeated errors
America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region by Marc Lynch published by Hurst
As Professor Marc Lynch explicitly states, his...