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25 produkter
Age of Jihad
Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East
Häftad, 2017
550 kr
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Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date.2001 heralded a new age of disintegration in the Middle East. This has …
Believe Nothing until It Is Officially Denied
Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism
Inbunden, 2024
384 kr
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Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he was the greatest journalist of the twentieth century.Born in China in 1904 and educated alongside Evelyn Waugh, …
Believe Nothing until It Is Officially Denied
Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism
Häftad, 2026
202 kr
Kommande
Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he was the greatest journalist of the twentieth century.Born in China in 1904 and educated alongside Evelyn Waugh, …
Behind Enemy Lies
War, News and Chaos in the Middle East
Häftad, 2021
290 kr
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In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and recounts the new phase in the wars of …
Out of the Ashes
The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein
Av Andrew Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn
Häftad, 2000
151 kr
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At the end of the Gulf War, the White House was confident that Saddam Hussein's days as Iraq's dictator were numbered. His army had been routed, his country had been bombed back into a pre-industrial age, his subjects were in bloody revolt, and his borders were sealed. World leaders waited …
Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq
Häftad, 2008
149 kr
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Muqtada al-Sadr's men are killing more British troops than any other group in the world today. Cleric, militia leader and fiercely anti-American politician, Muqtada's combination of nationalism and religious fervour appealed to countless angry and impoverished Shias, and as US control of Iraq …
Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq
E-bok, 2015
100 kr
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Muqtada al-Sadr's men are killing more British troops than any other group in the world today. Cleric, militia leader and fiercely anti-American politician, Muqtada's combination of nationalism and religious fervour appealed to countless angry and impoverished Shias, and as US control of Iraq …
Henry's Demons
Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son's Story
Av Patrick Cockburn, Henry Cockburn
Häftad, 2011
150 kr
Kommande
On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into the Newhaven estuary outside Brighton and tried to swim across, almost drowning in the process. The trees, he said, had told him to do it. Nearly halfway around the world, in Kabul, Afghanistan, journalist Patrick …
Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Battle for the Future of Iraq
Häftad, 2008
255 kr
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Time magazine listed him as one of its "100 People Who Shape Our World. " Newsweek featured him on its cover under the headline "How Al-Sadr May Control U.S. Fate in Iraq." Paul Bremer denounced him as a "Bolshevik Islamist" and ordered that he be captured "dead or alive." Who is Muqtada al-Sadr, …
Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Battle for the Future of Iraq
E-bok, 2008
173 kr
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Time magazine listed him as one of its "100 People Who Shape Our World. " Newsweek featured him on its cover under the headline "How Al-Sadr May Control U.S. Fate in Iraq." Paul Bremer denounced him as a "Bolshevik Islamist" and ordered that he be captured "dead or alive." Who is Muqtada al-Sadr, …
Henry's Demons
A Father and Son's Journey Out of Madness
Av Henry Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn
Häftad, 2012
262 kr
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Now in paperback, the exceptionally well-reviewed, “intimate and authoritative…outstanding double memoir” ( The New York Times Book Review ) about schizophrenia written by an eminent journalist and his son. On a cold February day two months after his twentieth birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into an …
Broken Boy
Häftad, 2022
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176 kr
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In this expanded edition of a widely praised book, now available for the first time in North America, the renowned journalist Patrick Cockburn looks at his experience of contracting polio as a child in the context of a new pandemic, that of COVID-19. The parallels between what happened 65 years ago …
Broken Boy
E-bok, 2022
139 kr
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It is very easy to get polio. The celebrated Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn was just six years old when he woke up one day in the summer of 1956 with a headache and a sore throat. His parents, Claud and Patricia Cockburn, had recently returned to Ireland, to their house in East Cork, …
Rise of Islamic State
ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution
E-bok, 2015
130 kr
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Born of the Iraqi and Syrian civil wars, the Islamic State astonished the world in 2014 by creating a powerful new force in the Middle East. By combining religious fanaticism and military prowess, the new self-declared caliphate poses a threat to the political status quo of the whole region. In The …
Age of Jihad
Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East
E-bok, 2016
260 kr
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Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date. 2001 heralded a new age of disintegration in the Middle East. This has …
Occupation
War and Resistance in Iraq
E-bok, 2020
179 kr
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In February 2003, Patrick Cockburn secretly crossed the Tigris river from Syria into Iraq just before the US/British invasion, and has covered the war ever since. In The Occupation , he provides a vivid and disturbing picture of a country in turmoil, and the dangers and privations endured by its …
Believe Nothing until It Is Officially Denied
Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism
E-bok, 2024
276 kr
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Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he was the greatest journalist of the twentieth century. Born in China in 1904 and educated alongside Evelyn Waugh, …
Behind Enemy Lies
War, News and Chaos in the Middle East
E-bok, 2020
134 kr
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In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East. Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey''s attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and recounts the new phase in the wars of …
Occupation
War and Resistance in Iraq
Häftad, 2007
373 kr
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In February 2003, Patrick Cockburn secretly crossed the Tigris river from Syria into Iraq just before the US/British invasion, and has covered the war ever since. In The Occupation, he provides a vivid and disturbing picture of a country in turmoil, and the dangers and privations endured by its …
Henry's Demons
Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son''s Story
Av Henry Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry Cockburn waded into the Newhaven estuary outside Brighton and tried to swim across, almost drowning in the process. The trees, he said, had told him to do it. Nearly halfway around the world, in Kabul, Afghanistan, journalist Patrick …
Chaos und Glaubenskrieg
Reportagen vom Kampf um den Nahen Osten
E-bok, 2017
193 kr
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Kein westlicher Reporter hat von den kriegerischen Ereignissen im arabischen Raum und im Nahen Osten so intensiv berichtet wie der aus Irland stammende Korrespondent des englischen Independent, Patrick Cockburn. Aus nächster Nähe dokumentiert er Glaubenskriege und Chaos im Irak, in Libyen, in …
La era de la Yihad
El Estado Islámico y la guerra por Oriente Próximo
E-bok, 2019
145 kr
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Desde 2001 hasta hoy, la cobertura que Patrick Cockburn ha venido ofreciendo de los conflictos que han agitado Oriente Próximo y otras regiones no ha tenido parangón.En sus crónicas, libres de ideas preconcebidas, y en las que se sirve de su amplia experiencia directa y de su profundo conocimiento …
Arab Spring Then and Now
From Hope to Despair
Av Robert Fisk, Patrick Cockburn
Häftad, 2017
170 kr
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Middle East conflict and the Arab Spring:Gain insight and learn from two of the most acclaimed experts on the Middle EastIn December 2010, the “Tunisian Revolution” touched off a wave of protests, riots, revolutions and civil wars throughout the Middle East. Initially the world hoped for positive …
Saddam Hussein
An American Obsession
Av Andrew Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn
Häftad, 2002
115 kr
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"The idea of direct invasion is the greatest threat to Saddam. It avoids the problems of securing local allies, inside and outside Iraq, which bedevil any indirect approach to get rid of him. But it has one immense disadvantage from the US point of view ... if the US invades Iraq to install its own …
