Middle East category: 7830 books
by Yossef Bodansky
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months after the president declared an end to major combat operations, Saddam Hussein was captured...
by Ian J. Bickerton, Carla L. Klausner
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Comprehensive and analytical, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents a balanced and impartial overview of this centuries-old struggle. The authors examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the course of its history, bringing the coverage up to date...
The Shaykh of Shaykhs
Mithqal al-Fayiz and Tribal Leadership in Modern Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Shaykh Mithqal al-Fayiz's life spanned a period of dramatic transformation in the Middle East. Born in the 1880s during a time of rapid modernization across the Ottoman Empire, Mithqal led his tribe through World War I, the development and decline of colonial rule and founding of Jordan, the establishment...
The Middle East: Everything That You Always Wanted to Know and No One Would Tell You
"Walking in Jesus Footsteps"
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
This book looks at both sides of the conflict, the PLO and other Terrorist groups, Israeli State sponsored terrorism , the injustices that are perpetuated on a daily basis by the settlers and the early Jewish terrorist groups such as the Ingrum group and when you finally complete this book you will see that all sides have blood on their hands, NO ONE IS INNOCENT.
The Truth About Camp David
The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
The collapse of both sets of Arab-Israeli negotiations in 2000 led not only to recrimination and bloodshed, with the outbreak of the second intifada, but to the creation of a new myth. Syrian and Palestinian intransigence was blamed for the current disastrous state of affairs, as both parties rejected...
The Rise of Islamic State
ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The essential “on the ground” report on the fastest-growing new threat in the Middle East, from the winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year Award
Born of the Iraqi and Syrian civil wars, the Islamic State astonished the world in 2014 by creating a powerful new force in...
Anonymous Soldiers
The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Winner of the Washington Institute Book Prize
One of the Best Books of the Year
St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kirkus Reviews
In this groundbreaking work, Bruce Hoffman—America’s leading expert on terrorism—brilliantly re-creates the crucial...
Hero of the Crossing
How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
In eleven dramatic years, Anwar Sadat changed history—not just that of Egypt, or of the Middle East, but of the entire world. As the architect of the 1973 war against Israel, he gained the support of other Arab nations and inspired the oil embargo that transformed the global economy. Following the...
Biography of an Empire
Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
This vividly detailed revisionist history opens a new vista on the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories—ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from...
by Martha Marino
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Marthas desire in life has been to see the world. This book is about her travels to mainly two interesting countries Turkey and Southern Africa. She tells about staying in hostels, her experiences, the people she met and the unusual places she saw. If you like reading about adventures youll enjoy this book. She has written three other travel books.
The Genius of Islam
How Muslims Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The Middle Ages were a period of tremendous cultural and scientific advancement in the Islamic Empire—ideas and inventions that shaped our world.
Did you know that:
• The numbers you use every day (Arabic numerals!) are a Muslim invention?
• The marching band you hear at football games has...
by Scott Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2011
The Road from Damascus introduces some of the finest Syrian artists and writers (Fateh Moudarres, Walid Ikhlassy, Zouhair Dabbagh, Youssef Abdelke, and Mamoun Sakkal) who are creating a vibrant modern culture — a “next step” that surpasses the Islamic radicalism of 9-11 and builds a bridge between...
Islam And Democracy
Fear Of The Modern World With New Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-classic book, Islamic sociologist Fatima Mernissi explores the ways in which progressive Muslims--defenders of democracy, feminists, and others trying to resist fundamentalism--must...
by John Laffin
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
Israel assumes in advance that defeat in war means an end to the Jewish nation, and it wages war accordingly. This fact influences the Israeli approach to its army and to the strategy, tactics, training and conduct of war. Surrounded by hostile nations, Israel has fought six victorious wars between...