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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Scott Anderson
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A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history — the Arab Revolt, and the secret game to control the Middle East. The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words... (read more)

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A Concise History of the Arabs
A Concise History of the Arabs
by John Mchugo
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From Algeria and Libya to Egypt and Syria, the Arab world commands Western headlines, even as its complex politics and cultures elude the grasp of most Western readers and commentators. Perhaps no other region is so closely linked to contemporary U.S... (read more)

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What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?
What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?
by David Harris-gershon
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David Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to Jerusalem full of hope. Then, in the midst of a historic cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, a bomb shrieked through Hebrew Universitys cafeteria. Jamie was hurled across the room, her body... (read more)

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Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
by Michael Axworthy
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In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy guides us through recent Iranian history from shortly before the 1979 Islamic revolution through the summer of 2009, when Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands, demanding free... (read more)

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The Syria Dilemma (Boston Review Books)
The Syria Dilemma (Boston Review Books)
by Nader Hashemi
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The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to predict. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions, yet most observers warn that the worst is... (read more)

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Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country--And Why They Can't Make Peace
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country--And Why They Can't Make Peace
by Patrick Tyler
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“Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit,” writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. “They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until... (read more)

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Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace
by Josh Ruebner
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On just the second day of his first term, Barack Obama appointed former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell as his special envoy for Middle East peace and boldly asserted that his administration would "actively and aggressively seek a lasting peace... (read more)

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To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind
To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind
by Kirk W Johnson
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In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID's only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted to help rebuild Iraq. Appointed as USAID's first... (read more)

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Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
by Kenneth Pollack
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The worlds foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Irans current nuclear potential and charts Americas future course of action. How close are we to a nuclear Iran? What does it mean for American foreign policy? How did we get to this point... (read more)

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A History of the Middle East: Fourth Edition
A History of the Middle East: Fourth Edition
by Peter Mansfield
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The definitive history of the Middle East, thoroughly revised and updated through 2012 One of the most crucial, volatile, and complex regions of the modern world, the Middle East has long confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This... (read more)

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Under the Blue Beret: A U.N. Peacekeeper in the Middle East
Under the Blue Beret: A U.N. Peacekeeper in the Middle East
by Terry Burke
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"The fundamental and essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep the peace. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous." -- Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations... (read more)

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Tocqueville in Arabia: Dilemmas in a Democratic Age
Tocqueville in Arabia: Dilemmas in a Democratic Age
by Joshua Mitchell
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The Arab Spring, with its calls for sweeping political change, marked the most profound popular uprising in the Middle East for generations. But if the nascent democracies born of these protests are to succeed in the absence of a strong democratic... (read more)

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Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000--2010
Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000--2010
by Breaking The Silence
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“One of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation.”—The New York Review of Books Support for Israels occupation of Palestinian territory—both internationally and within Israel itself—rests... (read more)

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Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God
by Matthew Levitt
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