Middle East

This concise and comprehensive text presents a balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors i...

Saudi Arabia is the most important oil producing nation in history. The secretive Saudi government repeatedly assures the world that its oil fields are he...

Karen Armstrong, bestselling author of A History of God, skillfully narrates this history of the Crusades with a view toward their profound and continuing ...

Tells the stories of Deborah, Joshua, Samson, David Ben-Gurion, and the Israeli Defence Forces's raid on Entebbe.Categories: History Middle EastIsrael &...

the End Of Iraq, Definitive, Tough-minded, Clear-eyed, Describes America's Failed Strategy Toward That Country And What Must Be Done Now. the Washington P...

In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the Setback." Never has a conflict so sho...

The Prison Memoirs Of The Soviet Dissident And Jewish Activist Relate The Harrowing Events Of His Nine Years In Kgb Custody, From Interrogation To Release. ...

With a new introduction by the author.The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987--not only...

WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDThe definitive memoir of one of Israel's most influential soldier-statesmen and one-time Prime Minister, Ehud ...

The Ottomans Ruled Much Of The Arab World For Four Centuries. Bruce Masters's Work Surveys This Period, Emphasizing The Cultural And Social Changes That Occ...

On October 7, 2023, Israel was ambushed by the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas. The attack, underwritten by the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashe...

Through The Lens Of A Long Overlooked Sephardi Community, The Jews Of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History Rethinks The Emergence Of Jewish Modernity By Explorin...

"In 1944, I was aware of three youth groups committed to the compelling idea of an independent Jewish state: Hashomer Hatza'ir (The Young Guard), Young Jud...

The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization synthesizes the latest research and information from a range of disciplines to tell the compelling story, from t...

David Pryce-jones Believes That France Has Done More Damage To The Middle East Than Any Other Country, Backing Yasser Arafat And The Palestinian Cause, Supp...

In 1987 Betty Mahmoody captured the world's attention and admiration with the compelling and heartrending story of her virtual imprisonment in Iran and sub...

James Carroll’s urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fe...

Gal Beckerman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [568]-579) And Index.Categories: HistoryRussia

In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems mainly defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, it is important to remember that for centu...

In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are...

In this book you will find — • The real reason why Israel is constantly under attack. • Those responsible for those attacks, and why. • How and why ...

In This Riveting Account, Journalist Stanton Recreates The Miseries And Triumphs Of Specially Trained Mounted U.s. Soldiers, Deployed In The War-ravaged Afg...

Now Available In Paperback And Written By The Author Of The Official British Military Analysis Of The Iraq Campaigns, Blood, Metal And Dust Is The First Aut...

Containment -- A Bad Ending -- Containment And Its Discontents -- This Changes Everything: The Aftermath Of 9/11 -- The War Of Words -- The Run-up -- The Si...

Two Of America's Leading Experts On Violent Extremism And Terrorism Explain The Genesis, Evolution, And Implications Of Today's Most Barbaric Jihadist Army,...

Updated edition, Foreword by Edward Said.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentInternational & World Politics

Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manhunt. When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of t...

[Read by Simon Prebble]A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today, 1453 tells the story of one of...

A groundbreaking, ambitious, and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about the Middle East today My Prom...

“Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years.”—Christopher Dickey, Newsweek The Washington Post - Robert Kagan Today, the conventio...

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rh...

Ingrid Carlberg ; With An Introduction By Kofi A. Annan ; Translated From The Swedish By Ebba Segerberg. Originally Published By Norstedts, Stockholm In 201...

In 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. At a time wh...

Positioning race front and centre, this book theorizes that political violence, in the form of a socio-political process that differentiates between human ...

Thou Shalt Innovate Profiles Wondrous Israeli Innovations That Are Collectively Changing The Lives Of Billions Of People Around The World And Explores Why I...

The Russo-turkish War Was One Of The Most Decisive Conflicts Of The 18th Century. In This Book, Brian Davies Offers A Thorough Survey Of The War And Explain...

Douglas Little exposes the persistence of "orientalist" stereotypes in American popular culture and examines United States policy toward the Middle East fro...

Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. I...

Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and historian Martin Dugard’s Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning...

When Turkey unexpectedly sided with Germany in World War I, Winston Churchill, as Sea Lord for the British, conceived a plan: smash through the Dardanelle...

"How many are they?" The reply came in the finest traditions of accurate situation reporting, "f***ing hundreds of them!" Mirbat, South Oman, July 19, 1972...

"Pulitzer prize winner Kai Bird's memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an original and illuminating ...

Israel's next great crisis may come not with the Palestinians or Iran but with young American Jews A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. ...

In This Magisterial History Of Lebanon, From The End Of Ottoman Rule To The Hizbullah And Hamas Wars Of Today, David Hirst Charts The Intricate Interplay Be...

a los Angeles Times And economist Best Book Of The Yearwith A New Prefacethe Grandson Of An Eminent Ayatollah And The Son Of An Iranian Diplomat, Journali...

From The Publisher: The City Of Dubai, One Of The Seven United Arab Emirates, Is Everything The Arab World Isn't: A Freewheeling Capitalist Oasis Where The ...

An Immersive, Sweeping Account Of The Rise And Fall Of Iran's Glamorous Pahlavi Dynasty, Written With The Cooperation Of The Late Shah's Widow, Empress Fara...

The author of Parliament of Whores takes a look at freedom around the world, discussing the Gorbachev-Reagan summit, the Berlin Wall, elections in Paraguay ...