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Peace To End All Peace : the Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East (89 Edition) by David Fromkin From Powells.com In a famous line toward the end of David Lean's magnificent Lawrence of Arabia, Prince Faisal tells Lawrence, "Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men, courage and hope for the future. Then, old men make... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Power, Faith and Fantasy (07 Edition) by Michael B. Oren Publisher Comments This best-selling history is the first fully comprehensive history of America"s involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. As Niall Ferguson writes, 'If you think America"s entanglement in the Middle East began with... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Culture and Imperialism by Edward W Said Publisher Comments In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said's immense erudition and interpretive audacity are brought to bear on a variety of literatures, reanimating the terms of his title and discovering, in the process, how some of the most revered cultural productions... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P Sasson Publisher Comments Because she is a woman, she is considered worthless -- a slave to the whims of her male masters. She has watched sisters, cousins and friends sold into marriage as young girls to men five times their age and brutally murdered for the slightest... (read more) List Price $5.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The 33-Day War: Israel's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences by Gilbert Achcar Publisher Comments Up to date through the events of October, 2006, this book assesses the causes and consequences of the impact on the recent Middle East war. The authors describe the popular basis of Hezbollah in Lebanon among the Shiites, but also its relation to the... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East by Matt Rees Publisher Comments In this gripping, in-the-trenches account of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, award-winning journalist Matt Rees takes us deep within Israeli and Palestinian societies to reveal the fractures at the core of both. While the world focuses almost... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe Publisher Comments In this controversial new book, a prominent Israeli historian at Haifa University revisits the formative period of the State of Israel. Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord during the War of Independence,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Hegemony in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi Publisher Comments A lucid and provocative analysis of the legacy of the Cold War in the Middle East During the 45 years of the Cold War, policymakers from the United States and the Soviet Union vied for primacy in the Middle East. Their motives, long held by... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia by Thomas W Lippman Publisher Comments The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has always been a marriage of convenience, not affection. In a bargain cemented by President Roosevelt and Saudi Arabia’s founding king in 1945, Americans gained access to Saudi oil, and... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Question of Palestine by Edward W Said Publisher Comments Still a basic and indespensible account of the Palestinian question, updated to include the most recent developments in the Middle East- from the intifada to the Gulf war to the historic peace conference in Madrid.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel by David Grossman Publisher Comments Torn between conflicting identities -- Arabs in the eyes of Jews, and Israelis in the eyes of the Palestinians -- the Israeli Arabs live in a painful dilemma. Grossman's account of his personal journey into their world is the story of this painful... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean P Sasson Publisher Comments Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Now, Jean Sasson turns the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Reflections on Exile: And Other Essays (Convergences: Inventories of the Present) by Edward W Said Publisher Comments With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-awaited collection of literary and cultural essays offers evidence of how much the fully engaged critical... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Publisher Comments An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon (08 Edition) by Amos Harel Publisher Comments This is the first comprehensive account of the progression of the Second Lebanese War, from the border abduction of an Israeli soldier on the morning of July 12, 2006, through the hasty decision for an aggressive response; the fateful discussions in... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Whose Promised Land?: The Continuing Crisis Over Israel and Palestine by Colin Chapman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-316) and indexes.... (read more) List Price $25.50 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks Publisher Comments With a New Afterword As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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History of the Modern Middle East 3RD Edition by William Cleveland Publisher Comments A History of the Modern Middle East provides a penetrating analysis of modern Middle Eastern history, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War. After introducing... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Israel's Secret Wars : a History of Israel's Intelligence Services (91 Edition) by Ian Black Publisher Comments This is the first documented, comprehensive history of all three of Israel's intelligence services, from their origins in the 1930s, through Israel's five wars, up to the present, with a new chapter updating the book through the Gulf War. Highly readable... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq by Kanan Makiya Publisher Comments First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out, Republic of Fear was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. Written under the pseudonym Samir al-Khalil, the book now appears for... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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