Middle East category: 7830 books
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
*Includes maps of the Middle East and pictures of important leaders*Includes an introduction for each country*Includes a Table of ContentsBefore World War I, the West was largely unfamiliar with the Middle East, but in less than 100 years it has become the world's hotspot, a turbulent and volatile tinder...
Inside the Middle East
Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely-accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the...
A Middle East Mosaic
Fragments of Life, Letters and History
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In times of war and in peace, from the earliest days of the Roman Empire to our own, Westerners have journeyed to the lands of the middle east, bringing back accounts of their adventures and impressions. Yet it was never a one way exchange. From the first Arab embassy to the Vikings in the 9th century...
The Middle East Today
Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their learning,...
The Middle East Today
Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their learning,...
Contours of Relationship: India and the Middle East
India and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
India’s relationship with the Middle East is a very good example of ties between people that are genuinely of historical. The peoples of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East have down the ages been interacting with each other – travelling to each other’s lands, engaging in trade and commerce,...
America's War for the Greater Middle East
A Military History
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East over the past four decades from retired army colonel and New York Times bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich
From the end of World War II until 1980, virtually no American soldiers...
Imagining the Middle East
The Building of an American Foreign Policy, 1918-1967
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
As its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have...
Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East
A Comprehensive Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
The purpose of Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East is to assist the general public to obtain a deeper comprehension of this bewildering region. Middle East issues can become muddled and confusing, particularly since the mainstream news media, editorials, and popular literature on...
Gandhi and the Middle East
Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2007
Gandhi's involvement in Middle Eastern politics is largely forgotten yet it goes to the heart of his teaching and ambition - to lead a united freedom movement against British colonial power.
Gandhi became involved in the politics of the Middle East as a result of his concern over the abolition...
The Baghdad Pact
Anglo-American Defence Policies in the Middle East, 1950-59
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2005
This book explores the formation of the Baghdad Pact and Anglo-American defence policies in the Middle East, 1950-1959. It determines the aims with which the pact was established; the failings of the pact, and the struggle that was undertaken against it by hostile countries. It examines the events...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the prospects for closer Israeli-NATO cooperation by analyzing the historical context and possible benefits and constraints of developing the relationship. Starting from...
A History of the Modern Middle East
Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on Turkey, Iran, and the Arab countries of the Middle...
Women and Media in the Middle East
Power Through Self-expression
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2004
Are women benefiting from current changes in the Middle East media? With media all over the world still marginalizing women and trivializing gender inequalities, how does the situation in the Middle East compare? Proliferating satellite channels have increased women's visibility in the region but...