Islamic Imperialism: a history

Book cover
Lobster Issue 51 (Summer 2006) £££

Efraim Karsh Yale University Press, 2006; 276 pp.   For anyone who believes that ‘imperialism’ is an exclusively Western phenomenon, that Islam has only been the victim of it, and that 9/11 was simply a reaction to that (‘blowback’), this book will come as a bit of a shock. Karsh argues that aggressive imperialism was … Read more

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 74 (Winter 2017) FREE

[PDF file]: […] conference, he said that the UK might have to prepare for a Brexit 61 See . 62 See . Summarised at or < https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ 2017/sep/23/johnson-forced-mays-hand-on-eu-claim-tories-as-cabinet-truce-unravels> Johnson forced Theresa May’s hand on EU, claim Tories as cabinet truce unravels. 63 Summarised at or < https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ 2017/sep/23/johnson-forced-mays-hand-on-eu-claim-tories-as-cabinet-truce-unravels> 64 65 Reviewed in this issue of Lobster. See […]

The View from the Bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] (and worse) have been heard for months coming from UKIP and those of similar views on the Conservative right. Summarised at or < https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ 2017/sep/23/johnson-forced-mays-hand-on-eu-claim-tories-as-cabinet-truce-unravels> Johnson forced Theresa May’s hand on EU, claim Tories as cabinet truce unravels. 63 Summarised at or < https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ 2017/sep/23/johnson-forced-mays-hand-on-eu-claim-tories-as-cabinet-truce-unravels> 64 65 Reviewed in this issue of Lobster. See […]

Accessibility Toolbar