Arab Awakening. America and the Transformation of the Middle East, Paperback - Kenneth M. Pollack

Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustratio...

DescriptionSince the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights ...

Looking at how French colonial rule invented the concept of the Maghreb, carving it out as something distinct from sub-Saharan African and the Midd...

A comprehensive and fully revised second edition of the bestselling field guide to the birds of the Middle East. More than 100 new species are incl...

The definitive guide to modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and Arab world since 1945. Includes more than 500 colour illustrations, a gu...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Abdulrahman Al-SirhanIllustration(s): 400 colour photosNumber of pages: 224Collection: Helm Wildlife...

By combining the analysis of the key themes, actors, and issues with the history of the region, and insights from a leading team of international e...

The story of the First World War in the Middle East - and how it swept away five hundred years of Ottoman rule to lay the foundations for the troub...

Dr. Jon Alterman, Natasha Hall, and Will Todman examine the power, water, and sanitation sectors in Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia and explore how en...

Is it time to be bolder? Leadership opportunities for women are increasing in the Middle East. As debates about gender parity and gender politics c...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Damien EganIllustration(s): Colour plates of every species in the regionNumber of pages: 240Collecti...

Description World War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world: it allowed them to display their patriotism, to dispel antisemitic ...

Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish l...

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The award-winning TV adventurer and travel writer's enthralling account of his 5, 000-mile expedition around the Arabian Peninsula, from Iraq to Le...

A landmark analysis of the ongoing socioeconomic transformations of the Middle East.

One of the major internationally recognised works on the international politics of the Middle East, this book systematically combines international...

Reducere. This pioneering book considers the culinary cultures of the Middle East in a variety of contexts. The contributors discuss various aspects of histo...

Contributor(s): Author: Jr. Arthur GoldschmidtAuthor: Ibrahim Al-MarashiA Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction ...

North Africa and the Middle East are a popular setting for miniature wargames, from Ancient times to the modern era.

Reducere. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his...

Reducere. A marvelous achievement . . . Anyone curious about the extraordinary six days of Arab-Israeli war will learn much from it.--The Economist Tom Segev...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of the Middle East is a compact, incisive photographic identification guide to 280 bird species found in the Midd...

Reducere. Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and Ameri...

An anatomy of the increasing sectarianisation of conflicts in the Middle East, by some of the leading scholars writing on the region.

Reducere. "Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows ev...

Reducere. A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region...

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Reducere. "When the Iraq War broke out in the spring of 2003, no one knew what was going on, and no real systems were in place. Author Tenacity had his Depar...

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...

A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Graham E. FullerThe Middle East in the 21st century has witnessed a game-changing rollercoaster ride that has transformed r...

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Reducere. Using Kuwait as a case study and Pan Arab Modernism as a lens, this book comes to fill two voids in the literature on Middle Eastern architecture: ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nader HashemiAuthor: Danny PostelAs the Middle East descends ever deeper into violence and chaos, 'sectarianism' has become...

Reducere. A goldsmith's daughter who eludes the Prince of Darkness, three wandering brothers born from a walnut tree, the Princess of Fantasistan, the case o...