General
Nostalgic virility as a cause of war: how leaders of great powers cope with status decline, by Matthieu Grandpierron, Montreal, Mc-Gill-Queens University Press, 2024, 276 pp. Case studies of Indochina War, Falklands 1982 and US invasion of Grenada 1983.
The Truth about Empire: real histories of British colonialism, edited by Alan Lester, London, Hurst, 2024, xvi + 378 pp.
Playing with fire: parties and political violence in Kenya and India, by Aditi Malik, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 300 pp.
The Small States Club: how small states can change the world, by Armen Sarkassian, London, Hurst, 2023, 272 pp.
Power, Legitimacy, and World Order: changing contours of preconditions and perspectives, edited by Sanjay Pulipaka, Krishnan Srinivasan, and James Mayall, London and New York, Routledge, 2023, xix + 236 pp.
The End of Empires and a World Remade: a global history of decolonization, by Martin Thomas, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2024, 672 pp.
The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire, edited by Martin Thomas and Andrew Thompson, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023, 800 pp. (paperback; hardback published 2018).
Africa
Untold histories of Nigerian women: emerging from the margins, by Tayo Agunbiade, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2023, 764 pp.
Ghana: a political and social history, by Jeffrey Ahlman, London, Zed Books, 2023, 272 pp.
Quasi-Armies and State-Building in Africa: towards a global understanding of civil-military relations, by Olaf Bachman, London, Zed Books, 2024, 240 pp. Includes case studies of Rwanda and Cameroon
Protest in South Africa: rejection, reassertion, reclamation, edited by Heidi Brooks, Rekgotsofetse Chikane and Shauna Mottiar, South Africa, Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA), 2023, 402 pp.
Kingdom Come: the politics of faith and freedom in segregationist South Africa and beyond, by Temple Masongo Chéry, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2023, 264 pp.
The Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy, edited by Horman Chitonge and others, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 896 pp.
Environment, Knowledge and Injustice in Lesotho: the poverty of progress, by Christopher Conz, Woodbridge, James Currey, 2024, 282 pp.
Historical Dictionary of Lesotho, by John Aerni-Flessner, Charles Fogelman and Nthabiseng Mokoena-Mokhali, Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield, 3rd edn, 2023, 670 pp.
Theorizing in Comparative Politics: democratization in Africa, by Göran Hyden, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, vii + 177 pp.
Imperial Gallows: Murder, Violence and the Death Penalty in British Colonial Africa, by Stacey Hynd, London, Bloomsbury, 2024, x + 261 pp. Review in 113(2)
Building a White Nation: propaganda, photography and the apartheid regime between the late 1940s and the mid-1970s, by Katharina Jörder, Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2023, Free e-book at https://lup.be/collections/category-african-studies/products/213139.
The History of Mozambique: From Swahili Shores to Modern Mozambique, by John Kapenda-Nakale and Einar Felix Hansen, [Independently published], 2023, 108 pp.
Political Science in Africa: freedom, relevance, impact, by Liisa Laakso and Siphamandla Zondi, London, Zed Books, 2024, 288 pp.
The History of Mozambique: From Swahili Shores to Modern Mozambique, by John Kapenda-Nakale and Einar Felix Hansen, [Independently published], 2023, 108 pp.
Guerillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa, by Siphokazi Magadla, Abingdon, Routledge, 2023, 248 pp.
The Long Shadow of German Colonialism, by Henning Melber, London, Hurst, 2024, xii + 332 pp.
A People Betrayed: the role of the West in Rwanda’s genocide, by Linda Melvern, London, Zed Books, revised and expanded edn, 2024, 424 pp.
Disarming Apartheid: the end of South Africa’s nuclear weapons programme and access to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons 1968-1991, by Robin E. Möser, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, xiv + 223 pp
Towards Jihad? Muslims and Politics in Postcolonial Mozambique, by Eric Monier-Genoud, London, Hurst, 2023, 240 pp.
A Moving Horizon: a memoir of Kenya, by Francis Muthuara, Kenya, East African Publishers, 2023, 528 pp.
Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power and propaganda, edited by Tony Roberts and George Hamandishe Karckwaivanane, London, Zed Books, 2024, 256 pp.
Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society: social histories of accommodation, by Neil Ross, Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 2024, 264 pp.
Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe: the Cold War and decolonization, 1960–1984, by Timothy Lewis Scarnecchia, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 368 pp.
Never Follow the Wolf: the autobiography of a Namibian freedom fighter, by Helao Shitywete, Windhoek, University of Namibia Press, 2023.
Kenya’s Running Women: a history, by Michelle Sikes, Michigan University Press, 2023, 258 pp.
Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata and political change 1955-2014, by
Sishuwa Sishuwa, Woodbridge, James Currey, 2024, 246 pp.
Diplomatic Baggage: Mossad & Nigeria: the Dikko Story, by Kayode Soyinka, London, Higher Ground Publishers, 2023, revised, updated and reprinted edition of book first published in Nigeria in 1994, xv + 506 pp. Reviewed in 114(4) 2024
Joan Wicken: a lifelong collaboration with Mwalimu Nyerere, by Ali Maria Tripp, Dar es Salaam, Mkuki na Nyota Press, 2023, 226 pp.
Malawi’s Transition From One-Party Autocracy to Enfeebled Democracy, by Denis Venter, Malawi, Mzuni Press, 2023, 572 pp.
In the shadow of the global north: journalism in postcolonial Africa, by J. Siguru Wahutu, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 220 pp. ISBN 9781009431958
Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation: land, land reform and redistributive justice in South Africa, edited by Olaf Zenker, Cherryl Walker and Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 336 pp
Asia
Towards peoples’ histories in Pakistan (in)audible voices, forgotten pasts, by Asad Ali and Kamran Asdar Ali, London, Bloomsbury, 2023, 292 pp.
Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora: Transnational Politics and British Multiculturalism, by Edward T.G. Anderson, London, Hurst, 2023, xi + 487 pp.
Nehru’s Bandung: non alignment and regional order in Indian Cold War strategy, by Andrew Benvenuti, London, Hurst, 2024, 392 pp.
Thank You Mr Crombie: lessons in guilt and gratitude to the British, by Mihir Bose, London, Hurst, 2024, 374 pp. Reviewed 113(4) 2024
Children affected by armed conflict in the borderlands of Myanmar 2021 and beyond, by Kai Chen, New York, Springer, 2024, 101 pp.
The Cold War in the Himalayas: multinational perspectives on the Sino-Indian border conflict, 1950-1970, by Reed H. Chervin, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2024, 293 pp.
Bangladesh on a New Journey: moving beyond the regional identity, by Sreeradha Datta, New Delhi, Bloomsbury India, 2024, 304 pp.
Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: on caste and politics, by Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan, edited and introduced by Maël Montévil, London, Hurst, 2024, 288 pp.
The Oxford Handbook of Indian Politics, edited by Sumit Ganguly and Eswaran Sridharan, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 672 pp.
Sri Lanka@75: Perils of Complacency in a Fragile Nation, edited by Dayanath Jayasuriya, New Delhi, Har-Anand Publication, 2023, 239 pp.
Broken Threads: my family from Empire to independence, by Mishal Husain, London, 4th Estate, 2024, 336 pp. Review in 113(4)
Pakistan: the search of stability; edited by Maleeha Lodhi, London, Hurst, 2024, xxiv + 443 pp.
The Great Indian Food Trip: around a Subcontinent à la carte, by Zac O’Yeah, London, Hurst, 2024, xxiv + 295 pp. (hardback) 9781911723066
India’s Near East: a new history, by Avinash Paliwal, London, Hurst, 2024, 480 pp
The Great Indian Food Trip: around a Subcontinent à la carte, by Zac O’Yeah, London, Hurst, 2024, xxiv + 295 pp. (hardback) 9781911723066. Review in 113(5) 2024
Breaking the Mold: India’s untravelled path to prosperity, by Raghuram G. Rajan and Rohit Lamba, Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2024, xxii + 298 pp.
The Conspiracy to Oust Me From the Presidency – how internationally sponsored regime change made a mockery of democracy in Sri Lanka. Columbo, 2024, 179 pp.
Kerala, 1965 to the present: India’s miracle state, by Tirthankur Roy and K. Ravi Raman, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 180 pp
The New Experts: populist elites and technocratic promises in Modhi’s India, by Anuradha Sajjanter, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, viii + 189 pp.
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States, by John Zubrzyck, London, Hurst, 352 pp.
Australasia
A Team of five million: the 2020 ‘Covid-19’ New Zealand General Election, edited by Jennifer Curtin, Lara Greaves and Jack Vowles, Canberra, ANU Press, 2024, xix + 300 pp. Free download.
Memory in Place: Locating Colonial Histories and Commemorations; edited Cameo Dalley and Ashley Barnwell, Canberra, ACT, ANU Press, 2023. Free download.
Grassroots Law in Papua New Guinea; edited by Melissa Demian, Canberra, ACT, ANU Press, 2023, vii + 202 pp. Free download
Uneven Connections: a partial history of the mobile phone in Papua New Guinea, by Robert J. Foster, Canberra, ACT, ANU Press, 2024, xvi + 221 pp. ISBN 9781760466. Free download.
Mandates and Missteps: Australian government scholarships to the Pacific – 1948-2018, by Anna Kent, Canberra, ANU Press, 2024, xviii + 253 pp. Free download .
Back on track: the New Zealand General Election of 2023, edited by Stephen Levine, Wellington, Te Herenga Waka Pres, 2024, 480 pp.
After Neoliberalism, by John Quiggin, Canberra, ACT, ANU Press, 2024, xiv + 191 pp. Free download.
Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security, by Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, Collingwood, Vic., La Trobe University Press, in conjunction with Black Inc., 2024, 287 pp. Review 113(3) 2024
Restoring Identities: The Contextualizing Story of Christianity in Oceania, edited by Upolu Vaai and Mark A. Lamport, Eugene, OR, Cascade Books, 2023, xx + 270 pp.
Caribbean
Politics in an island state: Will O. Isaacs and Jamaica’s struggle for development, by Diane Austin-Broos, Kingston, University of the West Indies Press, 2024, 474 pp
Son of Grace; Frank Worrell: A Biography, by Vaneisa Baksh, London, Fairfield Books, 2003, 328 pp.
Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, by Winston Dookeron and M. Raymond Izarali, Kingston, University of the West Indies Press, 2023 481 pp.
Challenged Sovereignty: the impact of drugs, crime, terrorism and cyber threats in the Caribbean,by Ivelaw Griffith, Champaign, University of Illinois Press, 2024, xiv +317 pp. Review in 113(4)
Oil and Climate Change in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, by Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, London, Routledge, 2024, 344 pp.
Walter Rodney (Caribbean Biography Series), by Rupert Lewis, Mona, Jamaica, University of the West Indies Press, 2024, 90 pp.
Europe
Island Identities in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas [includes Malta]; by Deborah Paci, London, Bloomsbury, 2023, 256 pp.
