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The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 by Gershom Gorenberg Publisher Comments The untold story, based on groundbreaking original research, of the actions and inactions that created the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories After Israeli troops defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in June 1967, the Jewish state... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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The Missing Peace: The inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace by Dennis Ross Publisher Comments The definitive and gripping account of the sometimes exhilarating, often tortured twists and turns in the Middle East peace process, viewed from the front row by one of its major players.--Bill Clinton The Missing Peace, published to great acclaim last... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz Publisher Comments One of America's leading attorneys offers an impassioned defense of the state of Israel, arguing that, although the country is not perfect, it remains the only outpost of democracy in the Middle East, answering critics who accuse Israel of being an... (read more) Your price: $8.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Wall in Palestine by René Backmann Publisher Comments An inclusive report on the West Bank Barrier, "A Wall in Palestine" offers an examination of the physical boundary that separates Israel and the West Bank--its purpose, ifs efficacy, and its consequences.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion: The Public Imperative of the Second Intifada by Jacob Shamir Publisher Comments Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion is based on a unique project: the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Poll (JIPP). Since 2000, Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki have directed joint surveys among Israelis and Palestinians, providing a rare opportunity to... (read more) List Price $21.20 Your price: $18.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response by Peter Balakian Publisher Comments A "New York Times" bestseller, this masterful history of the Armenian massacres of the 1890s and the genocide of 195 is told from the view of American involvement in what was the first major international human rights movement in American history.... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir by Peter Balakian Synopsis In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, New York Times bestselling... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Judith Kuriansky Publisher Comments A compelling look at the psychological effects of decades of warlike conflict and terrorism for the people of Palestine and Israel, and an understanding of their longing for an end to the fighting.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $44.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Beyond Intifada: Narratives of Freedom Fighters in the Gaza Strip by Ḥayim Gordon Publisher Comments This book presents the personal narratives of six Palestiniansfour men and two womenwhose stories are central to describing the greater Palestinian plight in the Gaza Strip, the Intifada, the beginning of the 1993 peace process, and beyond. Each... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $48.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Death in Jerusalem: The Assassination by Jewish Extremists of the First Arab/Israeli by Kati Marton Publisher Comments On the evening of September 17, 1948, a car carrying Count Folke Bernadotte, the first United Nations–appointed mediator in the Middle East, traveled up a narrow Jerusalem street. As the car shifted gears for the climb toward the New City, an Israeli... (read more) Your price: $15.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt Publisher Comments Provides an assessment of Hamas, the militant Islamist group that is committed to political activism, and discusses the extent to which the organization's leaders support terrorism.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $15.98 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Compromising Palestine: A Guide to Final Status Negotiations by Aaron S. Klieman Publisher Comments In response to the challenges of bringing the tenacious Israeli-Palestinian conflict to an end, many have offered grand historical perspectives, vague formulas, or visionary new proposals. Aharon Klieman, however, goes beyond abstract reflections to... (read more) Your price: $21.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes: Uncensored Iranian Voices by Lila Azam Zanganeh Publisher Comments In the first anthology of its kind, Lila Azam Zanganeh argues that although Iran looms large in the American imagination, it is grossly misunderstood—seen either as the third pillar of Bush’s infamous “axis of evil” or as a nation teeming with... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $9.72 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The New Crusades by Emran Qureshi Publisher Comments The New Crusades explores the historical, political, and institutional forces that have raised the specter of a threatening and monolithic Muslim enemy. Bringing together twelve of the most influential thinkers in Middle Eastern and religious studies... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.18 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Cindy in Iraq: A Civilian's Year in the War Zone by Cynthia I. Morgan Publisher Comments "Cindy in Iraq" is Cynthia Morgan's hair-raising yet jubilant chronicle of her perilous year in war-torn Iraq as a truck driver -- the most dangerous civilian job in the war zone. In the summer of 2003, a friend in the National Guard stationed in Iraq... (read more) Your price: $16.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years by Bernard Lewis Publisher Comments An authoritative, accessibly written overview of the history of the Middle East illuminates the region's traditions of government, economic systems, customs, and culture, as well as the religion of Islam and its legal system. Reprint. 20,000 first... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk Publisher Comments Best-selling author and journalist Robert Fisk, based in Beirut as Middle East Correspondent of The Independent, has lived in the Middle East for almost three decades and holds more British and international journalism awards than any other foreign... (read more) Your price: $17.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq by Christina Asquith Publisher Comments Profiles four women who are making their way through life in Iraq after the country's invasion by America, from Zia, who hopes that her relationship with an American will be less taboo upon the arrival of democracy; to Manal, a Palestinian-American... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Path to Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Agreement, 1996-2004 by Yossi Beilin Publisher Comments Describes the intensive and historic peace negotiations of Yossi Berlin, former Israeli Minster of Justice and a dedicated diplomat in search of world peace, including his meetings with President Clinton, Hosni Mubarek, and Ehud Barak.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan by Anne Nivat Publisher Comments In the spring of 2003, acclaimed journalist Anne Nivat set off from Tajikistan on a six-month journey through the aftermath of the American invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. Nivat felt compelled to meet and write about the lives of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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