The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present

The social and economic origins of monarchy in Jordan by Tell, Tariq

Palace, political party, and power a story of the socio-political development of Malay kingship by Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction:the monarchy --Malay kingship under British colonial rule:only form and no substance, 1874-1930s --Malay kingship under Japanese occupation, 1941-1945 --Malay rulers and malya subjects, round one-Malay union, a draw, 1946 --And the real contest began, round two-advantage to the rulers, 1948-1951 --The battle royale, round three-UMNO, the ultimate victors, 1951-1955 --Roles reversed: UMNO, rulers and constition or a march toward independence and UMNO supremacy --Living happily ever after? …”

Kurdistan in the shadow of history by Meiselas, Susan, Bruinessen, Martin van

Table of Contents: “…Introduction by Susan Meiselas --Before the great war : travelers and missionaries as witness -- From empires to nation-states --Conflicting claims on eastern Turkey --British occupation of Mesopotamia and the creation of Iraq --Resistance to centralization in Iran --Rebellions in Turkey -- Under the Iraqi monarchy --The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad --A Kurdish state --Uneasy coexistence --Order restored in Iraq --The monarchy consolidates in Iran --Behind the Iron Curtain --Identity contested in Turkey --Armed struggle for autonomy --The republic of Iraq --The Islamic revolution in Iran --The military takes control in Turkey --After the Cold War --From genocide to safe haven in Iraq --Polarization in Turkey --Epilogue --Postscript, ten years later…”

A brief history of Iraq by Fattah, Hala Mundhir, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Iraq, the first society (prehistory to 539 BCE) -- 2: From the Persian empire to the Sassanians (539 BCE-651 CE) -- 3: Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty (651-750) -- 4: Abbasid and post-Abbasid dynasty (750-1258) -- 5: Turkish tribal migrations and the early Ottoman state (1256-1638) -- 6: Imperial administration, local rule, and Ottoman recentralization (1638-1914) -- 7: British occupation and the Iraqi monarchy (1914-1958) -- 8: Growth of the republican regimes and the emergence of Baathist Iraq (1958-1979) -- 9: Rule of Saddam Hussein and the difficult legacy of the Mukhabarat state (1979-2003) -- 10: War in Iraq (2003-2008) -- Postscript -- Appendixes: 1: Basic facts about Iraq -- 2: Chronology -- 3: Bibliography -- 4: Suggested reading -- Index.…”
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Jordan a Hashemite legacy by Milton-Edwards, Beverley

Born fighting how the Scots-Irish shaped America by Webb, James H.

Rebels & Redcoats The American Revolutionary War by Bicheno, Hugh

The United States and the Gulf shifting pressures, strategies and alignments