Dilip Hiro: 14 books
The Age of Aspiration
Power, Wealth, and Conflict in Globalizing India
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro’s Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi’s government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply the best book on India.” Now Hiro returns to his native country to chronicle the impact of the dramatic economic liberalization that began in 1991, which...
The Longest August
The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The partitioning of British India into independent Pakistan and India in August 1947 occurred in the midst of communal holocaust, with Hindus and Sikhs on one side and Muslims on the other. More than 750,000 people were butchered, and 12 million fled their homes-primarily in caravans of bullock-carts-to...
Holy Wars (Routledge Revivals)
The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
To some, Islamic Fundamentalism means the restoration of a true religion. To others, it is a politics that stands apart from capitalism and socialism. To many Westerners, it has come to constitute a threat to established order and international security. Holy Wars, first published in 1989, comprises...
Babur Nama
Journal of Emperor Babur
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
The Babur Nama, a journal kept by Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babur (AD 1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, is the earliest example of autobiographical writing in world literature, and one of the finest. Against the turbulent backdrop of medieval history, it paints a precise and vivid picture of...
War without End
The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro...
After Empire
The Birth of a Multipolar World
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly undermined American credibility in the international arena and irrevocably weakened Washington's diplomatic clout.
Together, these...
by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
In this up-to-date, painstakingly researched dictionary, author Dilip Hiro brings one of the most tumultuous regions of the world to our fingertips. It is easy-to-read, simple to use, authoritative, and comprehensive. If offers a wide range of alphabetically arranged information on topics ranging from...
Inside Central Asia
A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz stan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this comprehensive new treatment, renowned political writer and historian Dilip Hiro places the politics, peoples, and cultural background of this critical region firmly into the context of current international focus.
by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
This hard-hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm. By meticulously tracking the rise of the jihadist movement from its initial violence in Afghanistan in 1980 to the present day, Dilip Hiro challenges...
Cold War in the Islamic World
Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis see this as a conflict between Sunni and Shia; Iran's ruling clerics view...
Neighbors, Not Friends
Iraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
Aimed at the...
by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study of the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Dilip Hiro describes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed, gives...
by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
First published in 1982, Inside the Middle East is a definitive study of the region. It provides a clear, concise description of the complex social, political and economic life of the Middle East. Beginning with an outline of the birth and growth of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and the history of...
by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Events in the Indian sub-continent during the 1970s, where, in the summer of 1975, the ruling party engineered a ‘constitutional’ coup by declaring a national emergency, re-emphasised the need for a fuller understanding of India’s social system and people. First published the following year,...