Provides new perspectives on the role of European colonial monarchies, and the monarchies of Asia, in the late colonial period, during the process of decolonisation, and in its aftermath. –…

This comprehensive book is about the last remaining colonial territories. It explores the meanings of political, economic, legal and cultural independence, as well as sovereignty and nationhood. It provides a…

In a memoir more chilling than a John le Carre novel, we meet the senior KGB officer who recruited and handled two of America’s most dangerous traitors, and whose career…

This book is a comparative study of a number of dependent and independent tropical islands and archipelagos. Its contributors seek to answer a number of vital questions affecting the security…