Book Reviews

Russia in Asia

Russian Embassies to the Georgian Kings: 1589–1605. 2 vols. Edited by W. E. D. Allen. Cambridge, published for the Hakluyt Society, 1972. Pp. xxxii+640. Bibliog. Illus. Maps. Index. £7.60.

Turkestan Zwischen Russland und China. By Baymirza Hayit. Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1971. Pp. 414. Bibliog. Index.

The Rise of Russia in Asia. By David J. Dallin. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1971 (Yale UP 1949). Pp. 293. Map. Bibliog. Index. $9.50.

Soviet Russia and the Far East. By David J. Dallin. Hamden, Conn., Archon Books, 1971 (Yale UP 1948). Pp. 398. Map. Bibliog. Index. $12.25.

Middle East

Sayyid Jamal ad‐Din “al‐Afghani”. A Political Biography. By Nikki R. Keddie. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1972. Pp. xvii+479. Portrait. Bibliog. Index. $20.

In Search of Omar Khayyam. By Ali Dashti. Translated by L. P. Elwell‐Sutton. London, Allen &; Unwin, 1971. Pp. 276. Bibliog. Index. £3.50.

Al‐Manar English‐Arabic Dictionary: By Hasan S. Karmi. Longman, Librairie du Liban. £3.00.

The Oxford English‐Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage. Ed. N. S. Doniach. OUP, 1972. £12.00.

The Role of Government in the Industrialisation of Iraq 1950–65. By Ferhang Jalal. London, Frank Cass and Co., 1972. Pp. 12+142. Bibliog. Index. £3.50.

Egypt: Imperialism and Revolution. By Jacques Berque. London, Faber, 1972. Pp. 736. Maps. Illus. Glossary. Index. £15.00.

The British in Egypt. By Peter Mansfield. London, Weidenfeld. £3.50.

Shah Diz of Isma'ili Fame: Its Siege and Destruction. By Caro Owen Minasian. London, Luzac, 1971. Pp. 74+52 plates. Maps. Index £4.50.

The Sub Continent

The Terrorist. Translated from the Sindhi by H. T. Lambrick. London, Ernest Benn, 1972. Pp. 246. Sketch‐maps. £2.50.

The India We Left. By Humphrey Trevelyan. London, Macmillan, 1972. Pp. 255. Illus. Map. Index. £3.95.

Socialism in India (1919–1939). Edited by B. R. Nanda. Delhi, Vikas Publications, 1972. Pp. 299. Bibliog. Index. Rs.35.

The Transfer of Power, 1942–7. Volume 3: Reassertion of Authority, Gandhi's Fast, and the Succession to the Viceroyalty. Edited by Nicholas Mansergh and E. W. R. Lumby. London, HMSO, 1971. Pp. 1182. Illus. Map. Index. £10.

The East Pakistan Tragedy. By Prof. L. F. Rushbrook Williams. London, Tom Stacey, 1972. Pp. 140. £2.80.

From Crisis to Crisis: Pakistan 1962–1969. By Herbert Feldman. Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. 340. Index. £5.50.

Company Drawings in the India Office Library. By Mildred Archer. London, HMSO, 1972. Pp. 298. Illus. Index. £4.50.

Southeast Asia

An Introduction to Southeast Asian Politics. By J. R. E. Waddell. Sydney, John Wiley &; Sons, 1972. Pp. 305. Maps. Bibliog. Index.

Singapore in Southeast Asia: an Economic and Political Appraisal. By Iain Buchanan. London, Bell, 1972. Pp. 336. Maps. Illus. Index. £3.65.

Singapore's People's Action Party: its History, Organization and Leadership. By Pang Cheng Lian. Oxford University Press. 1971. Pp. 87. Bibliog. Index. £2.10.

Politics in a Plural Society. By R. K. Vasil. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1971. Pp. ix+338. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £3.20.

The Malaysian General Election of 1969. By R. K. Vasil. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Oxford University Press, 1972. Pp. ix+114. Tables. Bibliog. Index.

The Ship of Sulaiman. Translated from the Persian by John O'Kane. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. Pp. x+250. £3.75.

The Straits Settlements 1826–67. By C. M. Turnbull. London, Athlone Press, 1972. Pp. 10+428. Maps. Bibliog. Index. £5.50.

China

The Southern Expansion of the Chinese People: Southern fields and southern ocean. By C.P. FitzGerald. Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1972. Pp. xxi+220. £4.

China and the Overseas Chinese: a study of Peking's changing policy, 1949–1970. By Stephen FitzGerald. Cambridge University Press, 1972. Pp. xii+268. £5.90.

Military and Political Power in China in the 70s. Edited by William W. Whitson. New York, Praeger; London, Pall Mall Press, 1972. Pp. 390. $20.

Geography

The Changing Map of Asia. Edited by W. G. East, O. H. K. Spate and Charles A. Fisher. London, Methuen, 1971. Fifth edition. Pp. xvi+678. Maps. Tables. Index. £5.75.

Asia, East by South: A Cultural Geography. By J. E. Spencer and William L. Thomas. New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, John Wiley &; Sons, 1971. Second edition. Pp. xv+669. Maps. Bibliog. Index. £7.25.

East Asia. China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam. Geography of a Cultural Region. By Albert Kolb. Transl. C. A. M. Sym. London, Methuen, 1971. Pp. xvi+591. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £8.50.

China's Changing Map. National and Regional Development, 1949–71. By Theodore Shabad. London, Methuen, 1972. Revised edition. Pp. xiii+370. Maps. Tables. Bibliog. Index. £5.00.

India &; Pakistan. Land, People and Economy. By O. H. K. Spate and A. T. A. Learmouth. London, Methuen (University Paperbacks), 1972. Third edition. Pp. xxxiii+439. Maps. Tables. Index. £2.50.

India, Pakistan &; Ceylon. The Regions. By O. H. K. Spate, A. T. A. Learmonth and B. H. Farmer. London, Methuen (University Paperbacks), 1972. Third edition. Pp. xxvii+455. Maps. Tables. Index. £2.50.