Middle East category: 7830 books
A Durable Peace
Israel and its Place Among the Nations
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
This examination of the Middle East's troubled history traces the origins, development and politics of Israel's relationship with the Arab world and the West. It argues that peace with the Palestinians will leave Israel vulnerable to Iraq and Iran.
Beyond the Balfour Declaration
The 100-Year Quest for Israeli–Palestinian Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Preface By The 5th Earl Of Balfour
2017 marks one hundred years since the Balfour Declaration, the landmark letter that expressed the British government's support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A century later, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians rages on, without prospect...
Thicker Than Oil
America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Then came the 9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries' shared interests sowed the seeds of today's most...
Yemen Endures
Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Why is Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, involved in a costly and merciless war against its mountainous southern neighbor Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East? When the Saudis attacked the hitherto obscure Houthi militia, which they believed had Iranian backing, to oust Yemen's...
War is Peace
A Reflection on War and Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
War is Peace: A Reflection on War and Terrorism covers some of the most important topics of our time; the war on terror, the Iraq War, and weapons of mass destruction. Author Edward Watson discusses the merits of these wars and argues that some of the tactics used are unacceptable no matter how just...
by Dr David Nicolle
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
New archaeological material and research underpins this extensive, detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the famous Mamluk Askars who are credited with finally defeating and expelling the Crusaders, halting the Mongol invasion of the Islamic Middle East, and facing down Tamerlane. Probably...
The Islamic State
A Brief Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
An authoritative guide to the rise of the Islamic State and its senior leadership.
How did the Islamic State grow from regional terrorist group to a brutal multinational bureaucratic machine? What are its goals? How can it be stopped?
In 2014 the Islamic State seemingly appeared out...
The House of Wisdom
How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance.
Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western...
In the Shadow of the Sword
The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam.
No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire...
The Mosaic of Islam
A Conversation with Perry Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
A comprehensive introduction to the faith and politics of Islam
Today, 23 percent of the global population is Muslim, but ignorance and misinformation about Islam persist. In this fascinating and useful book, Perry Anderson interviews the noted scholar of Islam Suleiman Mourad about the Qurʾan...
The Biography of Muhammad
Nature and Authenticity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
This book considers the Arabic biographies of Prophet Muhammad, the earliest of which dates from two centuries after his life. These biographies, prized by Muslims, have been approached in the Western study of Islam from a range of positions. Some scholars reject them entirely, seeing in them products...
Alley-Oop to Aliyah
African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Every season, dozens of African American basketball players pack up their sneakers to play and live in Israel. They eat Israeli food, navigate Israeli hustle and bustle, experience cultural and religious customs in the world’s only Jewish country, and voluntarily expose themselves to the omnipresent...
The Garden and the Fire
Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Islamic conceptions of heaven and hell began in the seventh century as an early doctrinal innovation, but by the twelfth century, these notions had evolved into a highly formalized ideal of perfection. In tracking this transformation, Nerina Rustomji reveals the distinct material culture and aesthetic...
Among the Believers
An Islamic Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."