In 1916, in the middle of the First World War, two men secretly agreed to divide the Middle East between them. Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary politician; Francois Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge….
In 1916, in the middle of the First World War, two men secretly agreed to divide the Middle East between them. Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary politician; Francois Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge….
‘A must-read for anyone who cares about women’s equality’ Sheryl Sandberg ‘A flame-thrower for the rights of women who live under the thumb of repression and injustice’ Tina Brown BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE…
In 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, ending nearly a century of British and French control over the crucial waterway. Ignoring U.S. diplomatic efforts and fears of a looming Cold War…
An essential overview of the problems of our world today – and how we should prepare for tomorrow – from the world’s leading public intellectual We have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up,…
‘The feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world … this prospect frightens me much more than bombs’ On the 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s death, a new collection…
Strategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential and enduring feature of human history that is here to stay. In this original essay, Colin S. Gray, world-renowned scholar of strategic thought, discusses the…
On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe’s indispensable update on a suffering region. Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli…
Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism. He prophesied that those third world…
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘This book is about a whole new way of studying the mind … Endlessly fascinating’ Steven Pinker…
