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Interpreting Archaeology - What Archaeological Discoveries Reveal about the Past (Hardcover): Neil Faulkner Interpreting Archaeology - What Archaeological Discoveries Reveal about the Past (Hardcover)
Neil Faulkner
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The interpretation of archaeological evidence is now attracting increasing critical study.

Abandoned Places of World War I (Hardcover): Neil Faulkner Abandoned Places of World War I (Hardcover)
Neil Faulkner
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An overgrown concrete bunker at Ypres; a rusting gun carriage in a field in Flanders; perfectly preserved trenchworks at Vimy, northern France; a rocky mountaintop observation post high in the Tyrolean mountains. More than 100 years after the end of World War I, the conflict's legacy can still be seen from Europe to the Pacific. Abandoned Places of World War I explores more than 120 bunkers, trench systems, tunnels, fortifications and gun emplacements from North America to East Africa. Included are defensive structures, such as Fort Douaumont at Verdun, the site of the Western Front's bloodiest battle; the elaborately constructed tunnels of the Wellington Quarry, near Arras, designed to provide a safe working hospital for wounded British soldiers; and crumbling concrete pill boxes in Anzac Cove, Turkey. From the preserved remains of the mighty Przemysl fortress to bunkers and observation points high in the Slovenian Dolomites, Abandoned Places of World War I features more than 180 striking photographs from around the world.

A Marxist History of the World - From Neanderthals to Neoliberals (Paperback): Neil Faulkner A Marxist History of the World - From Neanderthals to Neoliberals (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner 1
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This magisterial analysis of human history - from 'Lucy', the first hominid, to the current Great Recession - combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process. Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes - liberation or barbarism - were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events. At the beginning of the 21st century - with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions - humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, since we created our past, we can also create a better future.

Empire and Jihad - The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 (Hardcover): Neil Faulkner Empire and Jihad - The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 (Hardcover)
Neil Faulkner
R806 R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Save R77 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920 "An epic account of the British Empire's activities in Africa and the Middle East. . . . An important, indeed tremendous, contribution."-John Newsinger, author of The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire The Ottoman Sultan called for a "Great Jihad" against the Entente powers at the start of the First World War. He was building on half a century of conflict between British colonialism and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. Resistance to Western violence increasingly took the form of radical Islamic insurgency. Ranging from the forests of Central Africa to the deserts of Egypt, Sudan, and Somaliland, Neil Faulkner explores a fatal collision between two forms of oppression, one rooted in the ancient slave trade, the other in modern "coolie" capitalism. He reveals the complex interactions between anti-slavery humanitarianism, British hostility to embryonic Arab nationalism, "war on terror" moral panics, and Islamist revolt. Far from being an enduring remnant of the medieval past, or an essential expression of Muslim identity, Faulkner argues that "Holy War" was a reactionary response to the violence of modern imperialism.

Mind Fuck - The Mass Psychology of Creeping Fascism (Paperback): Neil Faulkner Mind Fuck - The Mass Psychology of Creeping Fascism (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Alienation, Spectacle, and Revolution - A crirical Marxist essay (Paperback): Neil Faulkner Alienation, Spectacle, and Revolution - A crirical Marxist essay (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Rome - Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC - AD 476 (Paperback): Neil Faulkner Rome - Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC - AD 476 (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R1,556 Discovery Miles 15 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved.

Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off the wealth of the countryside to pay taxes to the state and fund the towns and villas where they lived. The masses of people - slaves, serfs and poor peasants - were victims of a grand exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse.

A People's History of the Russian Revolution (Paperback): Neil Faulkner A People's History of the Russian Revolution (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship; though short-lived, the Revolution of October 1917 was an explosion of democracy and creativity. Crushed by bloody counter-revolution, its socialist vision was ultimately displaced by a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Laced with first-hand testimony, this history rescues the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader. Published in partnership with the Left Book Club.

A Radical History of the World (Hardcover): Neil Faulkner A Radical History of the World (Hardcover)
Neil Faulkner
R1,796 Discovery Miles 17 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future. This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids, hunters and herders; of emperors and slaves; of patriarchs and women; of rich and poor; of dictators and revolutionaries. From the ancient empires of Persia and Rome to the Russian Revolution, the Vietnam War, and the 2008 Crash, this is a history of greed and violence, but also of solidarity and resistance. Many times in the past, a different society became an absolute necessity. Humans have always struggled to create a better life. This history proves that we, the many, have the power to change the world.

A Radical History of the World (Paperback): Neil Faulkner A Radical History of the World (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner 1
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future. This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids, hunters and herders; of emperors and slaves; of patriarchs and women; of rich and poor; of dictators and revolutionaries. From the ancient empires of Persia and Rome to the Russian Revolution, the Vietnam War, and the 2008 Crash, this is a history of greed and violence, but also of solidarity and resistance. Many times in the past, a different society became an absolute necessity. Humans have always struggled to create a better life. This history proves that we, the many, have the power to change the world.

System Crash - an activist guide to the coming democratic revolution (Paperback): Neil Faulkner System Crash - an activist guide to the coming democratic revolution (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lawrence of Arabia's War - The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI (Paperback): Neil Faulkner Lawrence of Arabia's War - The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A wealth of new research and thinking on Lawrence, the Arab Revolt, and World War One in the Middle East, providing essential background to today's violent conflicts Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia's War, the author rewrites the history of T. E. Lawrence's legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today's divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.

Apocalypse - The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome AD 66-73 (Paperback): Neil Faulkner Apocalypse - The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome AD 66-73 (Paperback)
Neil Faulkner
R938 R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Save R182 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Ancient Palestine was a ferment of social and ideological conflict. Full-scale insurrectionary revolt exploded in AD 66 and took on a revolutionary character as moderate upper-class leaders were pushed aside and replaced by popular radicals. The war that followed was bitterly fought, and culminated in the five-month siege of Jerusalem in the summer of AD 70. which ended with the fall and destruction of the city amid appalling atrocities. Mopping-up operations concluded with the spectacular siege of Masada in AD 73. First published in 2002. Dt Neil Faulkner's acclaimed Apocalypse is a gripping account of a series of events that rocked the Roman Empire. Despite their ultimate defeat, the Jewish rebels inspired future revolts and their actions had huge implications for the future course, and transformative character, of the threegreat Mediterranean religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Dr Faulkner says, even failed revolutions change history.

A Marxist History of the World - From Neanderthals to Neoliberals (Hardcover): Neil Faulkner A Marxist History of the World - From Neanderthals to Neoliberals (Hardcover)
Neil Faulkner
R2,108 Discovery Miles 21 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This magisterial analysis of human history - from "Lucy," the first hominid, to the Great Recession of 2008 - combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process.Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes - liberation or barbarism - were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events.At the beginning of the 21st century - with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions - humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, since we created our past, we can also create a better future.

The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain (Paperback, New Ed): Neil Faulkner The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain (Paperback, New Ed)
Neil Faulkner
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Combining a fresh analysis of the archaeological evidence with the traditional historical accounts, Neil Faulkner presents a new interpretation of the decline and fall of Roman Britain. The original conquest of Britain was one of the last successes of Roman military imperialism, whereas the Romans' repeated failures on the north British frontier shows the limits of this system. A new order became established in Britain: a centralised, military-bureaucratic state, governed by a class of super-rich landlords and apparatchiks, who siphoned wealth out of the provinces to defend the frontier. As a result the towns declined and the countryside was depressed. This process of decline led to the great military crisis of the last fourth century. The Roman imperial army, bled white by defeats on continental battlefields, withdrew its troops from Britain to defend the imperial heartlands, and the Romano-British elite succumbed to a combination of warlord power, barbarian attack an popular revolt. The study concludes by discussing the legacy of Roman's and the significance of the so-called 'Dark Ages'.

The Sedgeford Hoard (Paperback): Megan Dennis, Neil Faulkner The Sedgeford Hoard (Paperback)
Megan Dennis, Neil Faulkner
R402 R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Save R85 (21%) Out of stock

In August 2003, at Sedgeford in north-west Norfolk, archaeologists excavated a hoard of 39 gold coins, 20 of them mysteriously placed inside a cow bone. Who buried the hoard and why? Where did the coins come from and why were they never recovered?

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