Middle East category: 7830 books
Is There a Middle East?
The Evolution of a Geopolitical Concept
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Is the idea of the "Middle East" simply a geopolitical construct conceived by the West to serve particular strategic and economic interests—or can we identify geographical, historical, cultural, and political patterns to indicate some sort of internal coherence to this label? While the...
Britain in the Middle East
1619-1971
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Britain in the Middle East provides a comprehensive survey of British involvement in the Middle East, exploring their mutual construction and influence across the entire historical sweep of their relationship.
In the 17th century, Britain was establishing trade links in the Middle East, using...
by Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Paul Clammer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher*
Lonely Planet’s Middle East is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wonder at the mighty Pyramids of Giza, the last surviving ancient wonder; watch...
Lawrence in Arabia
War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
New York Times • Christian Science Monitor • NPR • Seattle Times • St. Louis Dispatch
National Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable Book**
A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural histories of the Middle East in the decades between the end of the First World War and the late 1940s, when Britain and France abandoned their Mandates. It also situates...
by Ray Takeyh, Steven Simon
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
A bold reexamination of U.S. influence in the Middle East during the Cold War.
The Arab Spring, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Iraq war, and the Syrian civil war—these contemporary conflicts have deep roots in the Middle East’s postwar emergence from colonialism.
In The Pragmatic...
Inheriting the Holy Land
An American's Search for Hope in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Writing with fierce honesty, Jennifer Miller has created an extraordinary synthesis of history, reportage, and coming-of-age memoir in Inheriting the Holy Land. Her groundbreaking perspective on the conflict is presented through interviews with young Israelis and Palestinians and conversations with...
by Ernest Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The Middle East in Modern World History focuses on the history of this region over the past 200 years. It examines how global trends during this period shaped the Middle East and how these trends were affected by the region’s development. Three trends from the past two centuries are highlighted:
The...
by Barry Rubin, Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
During the 1930s and 1940s, a unique and lasting political alliance was forged among Third Reich leaders, Arab nationalists, and Muslim religious authorities. From this relationship sprang a series of dramatic events that, despite their profound impact on the course of World War II, remained secret...
Regional Peacemaking and Conflict Management
A Comparative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.
To date little research has been devoted to uncovering the conditions for peace, and the factors that contribute to stabilizing the state of peace. This volume assesses the factors...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This edited volume provides a systematic analysis of the missile threat and proliferation issue in the Middle East region.
The question of how to increase the level of security in the Middle East is not a new one, given the conflict-ridden nature of the region. The solution attempted for this...
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
“Evocative and beautifully written, House of Stone . . . should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the agonies and hopes of the Middle East.” — Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and author of Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
“In rebuilding his family home in southern Lebanon,...
Ropes of Sand
America's Failure in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
A “stinging indictment” of US foreign policy and covert operations in the Middle East from a former military attaché and CIA operative (The Christian Science Monitor).
After the close of World War II, former army intelligence agent Wilbur Crane Eveland trained as a military attaché, specializing...
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was created
The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts—including the hostilities between Arabs and...