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by Peter Sluglett  Synopsis After the end of World War I, international pressures prevented the Allies from implementing direct colonial rule over the former Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Instead, the Allies created a system of mandates for the governance of the Middle East.... (read more)  List Price $24.50 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Rick Francona Publisher Comments The author takes the reader behind the scenes of the Iran-Iraq War and into the top-secret tactical decision-making meetings of Desert Storm.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Malcolm Brown Publisher Comments "This nicely written, well-illustrated, and generally balanced book, intersped with Lawrence's own statements and writings, provides an able introduction to the multifaceted life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia."—Military Heritage "This gem of a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Dror Zeevi Publisher Comments A comprehensive survey of sexual discourses in the early Modern Middle East from the Ottoman era in the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robin B Wright Publisher Comments Robin Wright has reported from over 120 countries for many leading news organizations, but her perceptive coverage of Iran has garnered her the most respect and praise among her colleagues. In The Last Great Revolution, Wright meticulously describes the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lila Abu Lughod Publisher Comments In 1978 Lila Abu-Lughod climbed out of a dusty van to meet members of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community. Living in this Egyptian Bedouin settlement for extended periods during the following decade, Abu-Lughod took part in family life, with its moments... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jonathan C Randal Publisher Comments Years ago, noting that Kurds—the largest ethnic group in the world without their own country—were involved in every major story he covered in Iran, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq, veteran reporter Jonathan Randal decided to produce this... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert G Ousterhout Book News Annotation These five essays, written by the recipients of the John Freely Fellowship awarded annually through the American Research Institute in Turkey, reflect new research by young scholars on the office of the Ottoman court historian, unrest in a sixteenth... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ann Mosely Lesch Publisher Comments This highly readable and comprehensive account of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its origins to the present contains a wealth of information, analysis, and ready-reference materials. Designed for secondary school and college student use, it contains... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Brigitte Gabriel Publisher Comments "Her writing is eloquent and her passion tremendous." --Publishers Weekly “Brigitte Gabriel's words should be read, and studied carefully, by all the law enforcement and government officials of the West -- as well as by everyone who values freedom.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Said K Aburish Publisher Comments Said K. Aburish presents an authoritative and timely book that explains the man the Western world fears the most. Drawing on the author's knowledge of and contacts with the Arab world, especially in Iraq, Said Aburish gives us an accurate, compelling... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $4.18 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Martine Rothblatt Publisher Comments "Two Stars for Peace" makes a compelling case for merging Israel and Palestine into the United States. Dozens of possible objections are addressed using clear logic, historical precedent, and current statistics. This bold new strategy is also shown to be... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Enders Publisher Comments "David Enders has a stunning independent streak and the courage to trust his own perceptions as he reports from outside the bubble Americans have created for themselves in Iraq." -Joe Sacco, author of Safe Area Gorazde "Baghdad Bulletin takes us where... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Shusha Guppy Publisher Comments "Guppy's memoir of life in Iran before the Ayatollahs is exquisite. It conveys a sense of the country and its customs, which reveal better than most documents, the nature of the crisis which Iran is still enduring." -William Shawcross, Sunday Times... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Annabel Jan Wharton Publisher Comments Jerusalem currently stands at the center of a violent controversy that threatens the stability of both the Middle East and the world. This volatility, observes Annabel Jane Wharton, is only the most recent manifestation of a centuries-old obsession... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $22.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ibn Khaldun Publisher Comments The Muqaddimah, often translated as Introduction or Prolegomenon, is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work laid down the foundations of... (read more) Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret Ahnert Publisher Comments In this riveting book, first-time author Margaret Ajemian Ahnert relates her mothers terrifying experiences as a young woman during the oft-overlooked Armenian genocide in Turkey at the beginning of the twentieth century. At age 15, Ahnerts mother... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by M J Akbar Publisher Comments In The Shade of Swords, leading Indian journalist and author M.J. Akbar has written the very first cohesive history of Jihad. In this new paperback edition, which has been updated to show how and why Saddam Hussein repositioned himself as a Jihadi... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sattareh Farman Farmaian and Dona Munker Publisher Comments An intimate and honest chronicle of the everyday life of Iranian women over the past century “A lesson about the value of personal freedom and what happens to a nation when its people are denied the right to direct their own destiny. This is a book... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $16.00 Your price $9.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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