James L Gelvin: 3 books
The Arab Uprisings:What Everyone Needs to Know
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their...
by James L. Gelvin
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged. The Syrian civil war has displaced half the country's population, and ISIS and other jihadi groups thrive in the political vacuum there and in Iraq, setting...
The Israel-Palestine Conflict
One Hundred Years of War
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Now entering its third edition, James L. Gelvin's award-winning account of the conflict between Israelis and their forebears, on the one hand, and Palestinians and theirs, on the other, offers a compelling, accessible and current introduction for students and general readers. Newly updated to take...