Middle East category: 7830 books
Canada and the Middle East
In Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Canada and the Middle East: In Theory and Practice provides a unique perspective on one of the world’s most geopolitically important regions. From the perspective of Canada’s diplomats, academics, and former policy practitioners involved in the region, the book offers an overview of Canada’s...
Middle East Perspectives
Personal Recollections (1947 – 1967)
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Middle East Perspectives is the first book of a trilogy about the Middle East and it addresses the period from 1947 to 1967. The author seeks to portray personal recollections of events that occurred mainly in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria, over a span of twenty years. Decisions made by key political...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often overlooked when the Middle East is considered in isolation or in terms of its relations with the West, but which are of growing importance....
by Neville Teller
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
The Chaos in the Middle East: 2014-2016 provides an up-to-date overview of the problems currently affecting the Middle East, and sets them in context. By providing not only an account of the bewilderingly complicated events of the past two years, but also explaining their background, Neville Teller...
The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East
Intelligence and Decolonization, 1940-1948
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
The role of intelligence in colonialism and decolonization is a rapidly expanding field of study. The premise of The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East is that intelligence statecraft is the "missing dimension" in the established historiography of the Middle East during and after...
The New Middle East
The World After the Arab Spring
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
BBC bureau chief Paul Danahar sets out the new order in the Middle East following the Arab Spring, and explains what it will mean both for the region and the West.
For the past forty years the story of the Middle East has been simple. The news images flashing across our TV screens from the Middle...
Quicksand
America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
An unprecedented history of our involvement in the Middle East that traces our current quandaries there-in Iraq, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere-back to their roots almost a century ago.
Geoffrey Wawro approaches America's role in the Middle East in a fundamentally new way-by encompassing...
by Bernard Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it.
Drawing on material from a multitude of sources,...
Working in the Middle East: An American Woman's Story
An American Woman's Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
As the American workforce evolves and more women seek leadership roles in business, a growing number of women—and men—are seeking international business experiences to advance their careers and set themselves apart from their competition. Conducting business in the Middle East and North Africa...
Untangling the Middle East
A Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Chaotic Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A “fair, clear-eyed” breakdown of the history, the culture, and the politics that define today’s Middle East (Geoffrey Wawro).
The Middle East is rich with culture and complexity. To many, it is the epicenter of political and religious conflict—a hotbed of unrest. Untangling the Middle...
Dislocating the Orient
British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
While the twentieth century’s conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With Dislocating the Orient, Daniel Foliard tells the story of how the land was brought into being, exploring...
US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East
The Realpolitik of Deceit
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy towards the Middle East in the past decade.
It critically examines four core foundations of contemporary US Middle East policy: US relations with Saudi Arabia after the Arab Spring; US diplomacy towards Iran and the Obama administration’s...
The Middle East
A Cultural Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2005
For over a decade the Middle East has monopolized news headlines in the West. Journalists and commentators regularly speculate that the region's turmoil may stem from the psychological momentum of its cultural traditions or of a "tribal" or "fatalistic" mentality. Yet few studies of the region's cultural...
Women in the Middle East
Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, Women in the Middle East is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity...