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Conflict & Security Studies

"King William's Other War" was when William of Orange intervened to support Austria against the Ottoman Empire, which helped to end Turkish expansion into Europe. Colin Heywood shows how from these beginnings can be traced the seeds of European conflagration and the disasters of the 20th century.

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Rooted in certain features of the Algerian power structure, the opacity of Algerian polity has been reinforced by serious misconceptions of Algerian politics which have enjoyed currency in the absence of an historically informed study of the Algerian polity itself. This book intends to redress that balance.

Linking the lawless Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Yemen is a strategically vital country on the brink of collapse, whose implosion, combined with a growing Al Qaeda presence, could have consequences for the whole Middle East and beyond. This title takes us inside this complex country, introducing us to a range of characters.