Oil Kings. How the US, Iran and Saudi-Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East, Paperback - Andrew Scott Cooper

The first expose of the secret U.S.-Saudi plot that broke OPEC and brought down the Shah of Iran

Reducere. "Relying on a rich cache of previously classified notes, transcripts, cables, policy briefs, and memoranda, Andrew Cooper explains how oil drove, e...

Saudi Arabia, with its US alliance and abundance of oil dollars, has a very different economic story to that of Iran, which despite enormous natura...

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

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Author(s): Kim GhattasNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 155 x 233 x 33Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

DescriptionThe foreign policies of Turkey and Iran seem increasingly to dictate the course of events in the Middle East. More recently, and especia...

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This is the first comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the oil price decline in 2014. The introduction and...

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Emp...

DescriptionHan-centrism, a virulent form of Chinese nationalism, asserts that the Han Chinese are superior to other peoples and have a legitimate r...

Publisher: Cune Press, USAuthor(s): John HarteNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

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Reducere. The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlav...

In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an unto...

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A revised and expanded edition of Ali's important history of how African Americans have created independent and third-party movements to expand dem...

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...

A brilliantly compelling new history of the 1967 Six-Day War, by the BBC's distinguished former Middle East correspondent.

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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: ...

Publisher: RANDAuthor(s): Ami CarpenterIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 154Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 176 x 253 x...

Can you hear it, the hiss of water wiggling its way out into the world uncaptured, wasted, wanton? British-Egyptian Sabrina Mahfouz grew up with am...

Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. In this critical history, Victo...

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...

DescriptionWashington has poured billions into Israel's economy and military and, since 1967, Israel has undertaken innumerable operations on Washi...

DescriptionThe story of how the Israeli Force achieved one of the most audacious and important air power victories in history, wiping out enemy air...

Middle Power in the Middle East provides an overview of the challenges Canada has faced in its foreign and defence policy toward the Middle East.Pu...

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...

Reducere. Lina Khatib examines the cinematic depictions of major political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism,...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tarek (TRT World Research Centre, Turkey) CherkaouiIllustration(s): 9 bw illusNumber of pages: 320Pu...

The incredible story of how the village of Lesmahagow has influenced the world in a variety of fields, from industry to espionage, throughout history.

Reducere. The imagery of political cartoons provides a unique yet under-studied insight into how Middle Eastern societies think. By combining the indigenous ...

This volume examines how the Kurdish issue has acted as both an impediment and impetus to democratization in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.Publishe...

The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011-12. It contains meticulous and...

Publisher: RoutledgeNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 211 x 296 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): The Internationa...

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