April 2020 Issue David Anderson The Sussex Jihadis No Return: The True Story of How Martyrs are Made By Mark Townsend LR
March 2017 Issue David Pryce-Jones Shock and Awe The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East By Guy Laron LR
April 2016 Issue Anthony Sattin The End of the Silk Road Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City By Philip Mansel LR
November 1997 Issue James Owen Travelling For Fun Cleopatra’s Wedding Present: Travels Through Syria By Robert Tewdwr Moss LR
March 2016 Issue Matthew Green Facing Terror Hunting Season: The Execution of James Foley, Islamic State, and the Real Story of the Kidnapping Campaign that Started a War By James Harkin The New Threat from Islamic Militancy By Jason Burke LR
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