Stilwell spent most of World War II as Chiang Kai-Shek''s chief of staff in China. He was often at odds with the British Generals Wavell, Slim, and Wingate, men with whom he was to co-operate in Burma. These arguments earned him the nickname of &..
Shaped by the broader literature on Islam and slavery in Africa, Stilwell''s study seeks to understand the historical relationship between Islam, Islamic politics, and the use of slaves in Kano - a major city in the Caliphate. By doing this, Stil..
An electrician by trade, Frank's experience of sailing amounted to not very much - an unpleasant spell on a Scottish fishing trawler as a young man and a brief holiday on someone else's yacht off the coast of Mozambique a couple of years before. Never one ..
Shaped by the broader literature on Islam and slavery in Africa, Stilwell''s study seeks to understand the historical relationship between Islam, Islamic politics, and the use of slaves in Kano--a major city in the Caliphate. By doing this, Stilw..
This book challenges the conventional wisdom that has been produced on the topics over the past 50 years and offers the readers a new and balanced treatment of the topics. The scope of this book covers all the major political-military events from the Pearl..
