America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State, Hardcover - Osamah F. Khalil

Reducere. In T. E. Lawrence's classic memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia claimed that he inspired a "dream palace" of Arab nationalism. What ...

Dream, myth, delusion, and reality collide in this surrealist navigation of the national security state.Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor(s): J...

This book gives the reader an eye-opening window onto the historical precedents and lasting impact the security state has had on civil liberties, h...

Reducere. Donald Kehoe investigated many of the earliest encounters between the U.S. Air Force and UFOs. Keyhoe believed the Air Force was actively investiga...

Reducere. Linda Weiss attributes the U.S. capacity for transformative innovation to the strength of its national security state, a complex of agencies, progr...

Since the end of the draft, the U.S. Army has prided itself on its patriotic volunteers who heed the call to "Be All That You Can Be." But beneath ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn The Transparent Cabal, Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D., provides the key to understanding "neoconservatism, " its meaning, and its influe...

Reducere. After 9/11, the United States government embarked on an unprecedented effort to protect America. The result has been calamitous: after ten years of...

DescriptionInvestigative reporter Luke Rosiak is being hailed as "one of the smartest, most diligent reporters in Washington" (TUCKER CARLSON) and ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Khalil ShikakiIllustration(s): 15 MapsNumber of pages: 504Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 188 x 24...

East Asia hosts a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its ...

Reducere. What wasn't learned from a U.S. intervention that succeededIn July 1958, U.S. Marines stormed the beach in Beirut, Lebanon, ready for combat. They ...

Placing much-needed emphasis on the re-emergence of religion, this timely and vital volume offers a new, critical approach to the study of the vola...

Reducere. A multi-disciplinary exploration of how masculinity in the MENA region is constructed in film, literature, and nationalist discourse Constructions ...

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East, held in Kibbutz Kera, Israel, 6-17 Fe...

Reducere. A "stinging indictment" of US foreign policy and covert operations in the Middle East from a former military attach and CIA operative (The Christia...

From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East's disintegration The Age of Jihad charts the tur...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 10 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x ...

Reducere. As China and the U.S. increasingly compete for power in key areas of U.S. influence, great power conflict looms. Yet few studies have looked to the...

Reducere. Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic...

Water Security in the Middle East explores the extent and nature of water security problems in transboundary water systems in the Middle East. This...

Reducere. DescriptionThis study of politics and the role of the state in the Arab world is aimed at students of Middle East politics, political theory and po...

DescriptionSent to the Middle East by Woodrow Wilson to ascertain the viability of self-determination in the disintegrating Ottoman Empire, the Kin...

From 1986 to 1994, East Africa's postcolonial, political order was profoundly challenged when four revolutionary 'liberation' movements seized powe...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 27Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Christopher ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdNumber of pages: 336Collection: Georgetown University, Center for International and Regional Studies, School ...

Reducere. The overwhelming majority of Jews who laid the foundations of the Israeli state during the first half of the twentieth century came from the Polish...

'Anyone who enjoys mythology will find much to love in Pegasus and the Flame. Kate O'Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure and classic ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

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Reducere. A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and bar...

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Reducere. A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every presid...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): John Rennie ShortNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescop...