Middle East category: 7830 books
by Kirk Beattie
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
How does one explain US Middle East policy? When Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer wrote their bestselling book The Israel Lobby, they attributed our pro-Israel policy to the power of the lobby itself. Others have criticized this approach as overly simplistic. Longtime Middle East watcher Professor...
Intifada
Palestine and Israel - The Long Day of Rage
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2007
Armed with stones, Kalashnikovs, and the scarcely believable martyrdom of the suicide bomber, a generation of Palestinians has confronted one of the most lethal armies in the Middle East in a battle that has stunned and horrified the world. For almost two decades the Intifada has been the byword for...
by Vijay Prashad
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
This fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts today, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to the chaos in Turkey. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of what is at stake with a bird's-eye view of the...
Pre-Islamic Middle East and its Islamic Calling
A History of the Islamic World, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
This book is the first in a series of short eBooks, called ‘A History of the Islamic World’. The aim is to provide an illustrated, easy to read and accessible overview of the history of the world, as seen in the eyes of Muslims and Islam. The series of eBooks starts with this volume 1, starting...
Last Chance
The Middle East in the Balance
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2011
In this magisterial work, one of the English language media's most respected authorities on the Arab world, David Gardner, addresses the urgent question: why does the Middle East keep missing its appointment with modernity? For too long the question has been the preserve of orientalists like Bernard...
A Short History of the Middle East
From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all had their genesis in the region but with them came not just civilization and religion but also some of the great struggles of history....
Contending Visions of the Middle East
The History and Politics of Orientalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication in 2004. The second edition of Professor Lockman's...
Energy and US Foreign Policy
The Quest for Resource Security After the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
The US consumes a quarter of the world's oil, two thirds of which must be imported - a proportion which is growing every year. The quest for this precious natural resource can be seen as the defining principle of American diplomacy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of politics,...
Reset
Iran, Turkey, and America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
The bestselling author of Overthrow offers a new and surprising vision for rebuilding America's strategic partnerships in the Middle East
What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzer offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting...
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
Into the New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
The waves of change sweeping the MENA compel social scientists and anthropologists in particular to move beyond local specificities and images of ‘untouched’ communities or Middle East exceptionalism to consider wider patterns of social and cultural change.... [The essays in this volume] reflect...
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...
Six Days
How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Suicide attacks on Israelis, bombings, assassinations, and bloodshed in Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank dominate the news from the Middle East. It is the most troubled region on earth. At its heart is the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis - and the legacy of six days of war in 1967.
After...
The Modern Middle East, Third Edition
A Political History since the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this completely revised and updated edition of Mehran Kamrava’s classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region.
Islamism
What it Means for the Middle East and the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region’s primary identity. In opposition are nationalists, secularists, royal families, military establishments, and others who view Islamism as a...