Middle East category: 7830 books
by Gertrude Lowthian Bell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Amurath to Amurath is the recollections of archaeologist Gertrude Bell's travels throughout the middle east during the early 20th century. Dozens of the original illustrations are included.
Iran
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
As the Western-Iranian impasse continues to dominate international affairs, politicians and the media confidently proclaim Iran the greatest threat to the Western World. But this villainous mask obscures a far more complex identity formed by a vibrant and tumultuous history.Revealing the true face of...
Oil, Power and Politics
Conflict of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
This study of political relations in the Middle East analyzes the reasons behind the instability of the region.
Major Farran's Hat
The Untold Story of the Struggle to Establish the Jewish State
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
In May 1947 a sixteen-year-old Jewish activist named Alexander Rubowitz was abducted in broad daylight from the streets of Jerusalem. At the abduction scene, a gray hat was found, purportedly belonging to Major Roy Farran, a decorated World War II officer who was in charge of British counterterrorism...
Palestine to Israel
From Mandate to Independence
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This collection of articles analyzes the underlying motivation, strategy and interests which lay behind "Great Power" (British and post-World War II American) involvement in Palestine and the Middle East, from 1917 to 1948.
Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Issue
The Formulation of a Policy, 1948-1956
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Examining the development of Israel’s policy toward the Palestinian refugee issue, this book spans the period following the first Arab-Israeli War until the mid-1950s, when the basic principles of Israel’s policy were finalized.
Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Issue outlines and analyzes...
Between Capital and Land
The Jewish National Fund's Finances and Land-Purchase Priorities in Palestine, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Tuten shows how the Jewish National Fund (JNF) proved to be flexible in its fundraising to obtain its land-purchase objectives during the Second World War. He provides a detailed examination of the Jewish National Fund's internal development and analyses the relationship between JNF's finances and...
by Gideon Biger
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Boundary limitation is a crucial issue in the Middle East, and the boundaries marked out during the years 1840 to 1947 are still one of the major issues in today's political discussions concerning Israel and its surrounding countries.
This book, which is based on extensive archival research, deals...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, unleashed an extraordinary series of events that culminated seven months later in the victory of American and Coalition forces over the Iraqi army and the liberation of Kuwait. Pursuant to Title V, Public Law 102-25, this report discusses...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible, it...
by Roger Owen
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Monarchical presidential regimes in the Arab world looked as though they would last indefinitely—until events in Tunisia and Egypt made clear their time was up. This is the first book to lay bare the dynamics of a governmental system that largely defined the Arab Middle East in the twentieth century, and the popular opposition they engendered.
No God but God
Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2002
Shrouded in mystery, the Islamic presence in the Middle East evokes longstanding Western fears of terrorism and holy war. Our media have consistently focused on these extremes of Islam, overlooking a quiet yet pervasive religious movement that is now transforming the nation of Egypt. Drawing on hundreds...
A People Without a State
The Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Numbering between 25 and 35 million worldwide, the Kurds are among the largest culturally and ethnically distinct people to remain stateless. A People Without a State offers an in-depth survey of an identity that has often been ignored in mainstream historiographies of the Middle East and brings to life...
American Christian Support for Israel
Standing with the Chosen People, 1948–1975
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The dominant political theme of the State of Israel is the perpetual quest for security. In its first 25 years, Israel experienced five wars with Arab states declaring their goal to destroy Israel. In *American Christian Support for Israel:*Standing with the Chosen People, 1948–1975, Eric R. Crouse...