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Montefiore, Simon Sebag Jerusalem: The Biography Vintage Books 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1187685. ISBN #0307280500 / 9780307280503. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Abuelaish, Izzeldin I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey On The Road To Peace And Human Dignity 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1022226. ISBN #0802779174 / 9780802779175. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Abuelaish, Izzeldin I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey On The Road To Peace And Human Dignity 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1022226. ISBN #0802779174 / 9780802779175. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary By turns inspiring and heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Izzeldin Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life. A Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and "who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians" New York Times , Abuelaish has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life - as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line, as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. And, most recently, as the father whose daughters were killed by Israeli soldiers on January 16, 2009, during Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip. His response to this tragedy made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred, Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be "the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis."
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Ahmed, Qanta A. In The Land Of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in The Saudi Kingdom Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or992450. ISBN #1402210876 / 9781402210877. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Ahmed, Qanta A. In The Land Of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in The Saudi Kingdom Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or992450. ISBN #1402210876 / 9781402210877. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy The decisions that change your life are often the most impulsive ones. Unexpectedly denied a visa to remain in the United States, Qanta Ahmed, a young British Muslim doctor, becomes an outcast in motion. On a whim, she accepts an exciting position in Saudi Arabia. This is not just a new job; this is a chance at adventure in an exotic land she thinks she understands, a place she hopes she will belong. What she discovers is vastly different. The Kingdom is a world apart, a land of unparralled contrast. She finds rejection and scorn in the places she believed would most embrace her, but also humor, honesty, loyalty and love. And for Qanta, more than anything, it is a land of opportunity. A place where she discovers what it takes for one woman to recreate herself in the land of invisible women.
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Ajami, Fouad Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice Since 1967 Cambridge University Press 1999 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151414. ISBN #0521438330 / 9780521438339. (keywords: Arab Predicament Political Thought Practice) (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Al-Radi, Nuha Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle Of War And Exile 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097456. ISBN #1400075254 / 9781400075256. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Al-Radi, Nuha Baghdad Diaries: A Woman's Chronicle Of War And Exile 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1097456. ISBN #1400075254 / 9781400075256. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this often moving, sometimes wry account of life in Baghdad during the first war on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educated artist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects of war on ordinary people. She recounts the day-to-day realities of living in a city under siege, where food has to be consumed or thrown out because there is no way to preserve it, where eventually people cannot sleep until the nightly bombing commences, where packs of stray dogs roam the streets and provide her own dog Salvi with a harem and rats invade homes. Through it all, al-Radi works at her art and gathers with neighbors and family for meals and other occasions, happy and sad. In the wake of the war, al-Radi lives in semi-exile, shuttling between Beirut and Amman, travelling to New York, London, Mexico and Yemen. As she suffers the indignities of being an Iraqi in exile, al-Radi immerses us in a way of life constricted by the stress and effects of war and embargoes, giving texture to a reality we have only been able to imagine before now. But what emanates most vibrantly from these diaries is the spirit of endurance and the celebration of the smallest of life s joys.
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Ali, Nujood; Minoui, Delphine I Am Nujood, Age 10 And Divorced 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or964153. ISBN #0307589676 / 9780307589675. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Ali, Nujood; Minoui, Delphine I Am Nujood, Age 10 And Divorced 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or964153. ISBN #0307589676 / 9780307589675. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary I m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no. Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from her parents and beloved sisters and made to live with her husband and his family in an isolated village in rural Yemen. There she suffered daily from physical and emotional abuse by her mother-in-law and nightly at the rough hands of her spouse. Flouting his oath to wait to have sexual relations with Nujood until she was no longer a child, he took her virginity on their wedding night. She was only ten years old. Unable to endure the pain and distress any longer, Nujood fled not for home, but to the courthouse of the capital, paying for a taxi ride with a few precious coins of bread money. When a renowned Yemeni lawyer heard about the young victim, she took on Nujood s case and fought the archaic system in a country where almost half the girls are married while still under the legal age. Since their unprecedented victory in April 2008, Nujood s courageous defiance of both Yemeni customs and her own family has attracted a storm of international attention. Her story even incited change in Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries, where underage marriage laws are being increasingly enforced and other child brides have been granted divorces. Recently honored alongside Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice as one of Glamour magazine s women of the year, Nujood now tells her full story for the first time. As she guides us from the magical, fragrant streets of the Old City of Sana a to the cement-block slums and rural villages of this ancient land, her unflinching look at an injustice suffered by all too many girls around the world is at once shocking, inspiring, and utter
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Alsamari, Lewis Escape From Saddam Three Rivers Press 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1175653. ISBN #0307394026 / 9780307394026. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Ansary, Tamim West Of Kabul, East Of New York: An Afghan American Story 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063569. ISBN #0374287570 / 9780374287573. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Ansary, Tamim West Of Kabul, East Of New York: An Afghan American Story 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063569. ISBN #0374287570 / 9780374287573. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflict Shortly after militant Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an e-mail to twenty friends, telling how the threatened U.S. reprisals against Afghanistan looked to him as an Afghan American. The message spread, and in a few days it had reached, and affected, millions of people-Afghans and Americans, soldiers and pacifists, conservative Christians and talk-show hosts; for the message, written in twenty minutes, was one Ansary had been writing all his life. West of Kabul, East of New York is an urgent communiqu by an American with "an Afghan soul still inside me," who has lived in the very different worlds of Islam and the secular West. The son of an Afghan man and the first American woman to live as an Afghan, Ansary grew up in the intimate world of Afghan family life, one never seen by outsiders. No sooner had he emigrated to San Francisco than he was drawn into the community of Afghan expatriates sustained by the dream of returning to their country -and then drawn back to the Islamic world himself to discover the nascent phenomenon of militant religious fundamentalism. Tamim Ansary has emerged as one of the most eloquent voices on the conflict between Islam and the West. His book is a deeply personal account of the struggle to reconcile two great civilizations and to find some point in the imagination where they might meet.
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Armstrong, Karen Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Ballantine Books 1997 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160780. ISBN #0345391683 / 9780345391681. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Armstrong, Karen Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Ballantine Books 1997 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1160780. ISBN #0345391683 / 9780345391681. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike." --The Washington Post Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God, traces the history of how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all laid claim to Jerusalem as their holy place, and how three radically different concepts of holiness have shaped and scarred the city for thousands of years. Armstrong unfolds a complex story of spiritual upheaval and political transformation--from King David's capital to an administrative outpost of the Roman Empire, from the cosmopolitan city sanctified by Christ to the spiritual center conquered and glorified by Muslims, from the gleaming prize of European Crusaders to the bullet-ridden symbol of the present-day Arab-Israeli conflict. Written with grace and clarity, the product of years of meticulous research, Jerusalem combines the pageant of history with the profundity of searching spiritual analysis. Like Karen Armstrong's A History of God, Jerusalem is a book for the ages. "THE BEST SERIOUS, ACCESSIBLE HISTORY OF THE MOST SPIRITUALLY IMPORTANT CITY IN THE WORLD." --The Baltimore Sun "A WORK OF IMPRESSIVE SWEEP AND GRANDEUR." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Baer, Robert The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower Crown 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1041244v1. ISBN #0307408647 / 9780307408648. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Baer, Robert The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower Crown 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1041244v1. ISBN #0307408647 / 9780307408648. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Over the past thirty years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America s destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this book s central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran s grip on America s future is even tighter. As ex CIA operative Robert Baer masterfully shows, Iran has maneuvered itself into the elite superpower ranks by exploiting Americans false perceptions of what Iran is by letting us believe it is a country run by scowling religious fanatics, too preoccupied with theocratic jostling and terrorist agendas to strengthen its political and economic foundations. The reality is much more frightening and yet contained in the potential catastrophe is an implicit political response that, if we re bold enough to adopt it, could avert disaster. Baer s on-the-ground sleuthing and interviews with key Middle East players everyone from an Iranian ayatollah to the king of Bahrain to the head of Israel s internal security paint a picture of the centuries-old Shia nation that is starkly the opposite of the one normally drawn. For example, Iran s hate-spouting President Ahmadinejad is by no means the true spokesman for Iranian foreign policy, nor is Iran making it the highest priority to become a nuclear player. Even so, Baer has discovered that Iran is currently engaged in a soft takeover of the Middle East, that the proxy method of war-making and co-option it perfected with Hezbollah in Lebanon is being exported throughout the region, that Iran now controls a significant portion of Iraq, that it is extending its influence over Jordan and Egypt, that the Arab Emirates and other Gulf States are being pulled into its sphere, and that it will shortly have a firm hold on the world s oil spigot. By mixing anecdotes with information gleaned from clandestine sources, Baer superbly demonstrates that Iran, far from being a wild-eyed rogue state, is a rational actor one skilled in the game of nations and so effective at thwarting perceived Western colonialism that even rival Sunnis relish fighting under its banner. For U.S. policy makers, the choices have narrowed: either cede the world s most important energy corridors to a nation that can match us militarily with its asymmetric capabilities which include the use of suicide bombers or deal with the devil we know. We might just find that in allying with Iran, we ll have increased not just our own security but that of all Middle East nations.The alternative to continue goading Iran into establishing hegemony over the Musl
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Baker, James A. III; Hamilton, Lee H. Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach Vintage Books 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or987387. ISBN #0307386562 / 9780307386564. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Baker, James A. III; Hamilton, Lee H. Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach Vintage Books 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or987387. ISBN #0307386562 / 9780307386564. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level government officials from America and abroad. Participants included George W. Bush and members of his cabinet; Bill Clinton; Jalal Talabani; Nouri Kamal al-Maliki; Generals John Abizaid, George Casey, and Anthony Zinni; Colin Powell; Thomas Friedman; George Packer; and many others. This official edition contains the Group s findings and proposals for improving security, strengthening the new government, rebuilding the economy and infrastructure, and maintaining stability in the region. It is a highly anticipated and essential step forward for Iraq, America, and the worl
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Barker, Kim The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan Anchor 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1189922. ISBN #030747738X / 9780307477385. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Barker, Kim The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan Anchor 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1189922. ISBN #030747738X / 9780307477385. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton. When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the Taliban Shuffle between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the forgotten war, finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.
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Beinart, Peter The Crisis of Zionism Picador 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or988249. ISBN #1250026733 / 9781250026736. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Beinart, Peter The Crisis of Zionism Picador 2013 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or988249. ISBN #1250026733 / 9781250026736. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "A deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel."--President Bill Clinton "A probing, courageous, and timely book... Beinart offers a forceful exposition of American apprehensions about Israel's path.... Marks a significant evolution in the debate over Israel."--Jacob Heilbrunn, The Atlantic In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. And in the United States, the refusal of major Jewish organizations to defend democracy in the Jewish state is alienating many young liberal Jews from Zionism itself. In The Crisis of Zionism , Peter Beinart lays out in chilling detail the looming danger to Israeli democracy and the American Jewish establishment's refusal to confront it. And he renders a fascinating, groundbreaking portrait of the two leaders at the center of the crisis: Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. Beinart offers provocative proposals for how the relationship between American Jews and Israel must change, and an eloquent and moving appeal for American Jews to defend the dream of a democratic Jewish state before it is too late.
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Bellaigue, Christopher De In The Rose Garden Of The Martyrs: A Memoir Of Iran 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085265. ISBN #0066209803 / 9780066209807. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Bellaigue, Christopher De In The Rose Garden Of The Martyrs: A Memoir Of Iran 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1085265. ISBN #0066209803 / 9780066209807. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.
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Ben-Ami, Jeremy A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation St. Martin's Press 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078807. ISBN #0230112749 / 9780230112742. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Ben-Ami, Jeremy A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation St. Martin's Press 2011 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078807. ISBN #0230112749 / 9780230112742. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Many Americans who care about Israel's future are questioning whether the hard-line, uncritical stances adopted by many traditional pro-Israel advocates really serve the country's best interests over the long-term. Moderate Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder of J Street, the new pro-Israel, pro-peace political movement, punctures many of the myths that have long guided our understanding of the politics of the American Jewish community and have been fundamental to how pro-Israel advocates have pursued their work. These myths include: - that leaders of established Jewish organizations speak for all Jewish Americans when it comes to Israel - that being pro-Israel means you cannot support creation of a Palestinian state - that American Jews vote for candidates based largely on their support of Israel - that talking peace with your enemies demonstrates weakness - that allying with neoconservatives and evangelical Christians is good for Israel and good for the Jewish community. Ben-Ami, whose grandparents were first-generation Zionists and founders of Tel Aviv, tells the story of his own evolution toward a more moderate viewpoint. He sketches a new direction for both American policy and the conduct of the debate over Israel in the American Jewish community.
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Berman, Ilan I. Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151252. ISBN #0742549046 / 9780742549043. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Berman, Ilan I. Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151252. ISBN #0742549046 / 9780742549043. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Islamic Republic of Iran today constitutes the single greatest challenge to the United States and the War on Terror. In the Persian Gulf and Central Asia, Iranian policymakers are busy cobbling together alliances intended to elevate it to the status of a regional superpower at the expense of the U.S. and its European allies. In Iraq, Iran is spending millions to perpetuate a lingering insurgency that threatens to transform the former Ba'athist state into another Islamic Republic. Iran remains the world's most active sponsor of terrorism, fueling the activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda. And through its nuclear advances, mature chemical- and biological weapons programs, and an expanding conventional military, Iran is gaining the capability to catastrophically alter the balance of power far beyond its immediate neighborhood. All of this has been guided by an ambitious strategic agenda that is designed to make the Iranian regime the center of gravity in the post-Saddam Middle East. As evidence of this threat mounts, one thing remains crystal clear to Ilan Berman: "Washington is woefully unprepared to deal with this mounting peril." Berman's approach is hard-hitting, provocative and unflinchingly critical. But he takes the exploration of Iran's menace one step further, providing what has been missing so far in the foreign policy discourse regarding Iran, both within the U.S. government and outside it practical policy prescriptions designed to contain Iran's strategic ambition
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Bickerton, Ian J. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History Reaktion Books 2009 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168908. ISBN #1861895275 / 9781861895271. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Bill, James A.; Springborg, Robert Politics in The Middle East 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102660. ISBN #0321005376 / 9780321005373. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Bill, James A.; Springborg, Robert Politics in The Middle East 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1102660. ISBN #0321005376 / 9780321005373. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This new edition of the best-selling Politics in the Middle East is an analysis of systems and processes in Middle Eastern politics that focuses on the themes of power, stratification, and development. Special emphasis is placed upon the forces of social change as they sweep across the region. This study also includes emphasis on such important issues as the role of civil society, the patterns of leadership, the resurgence of Islam, the role of women, the upheaval in the Persian Gulf, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and U.S. foreign policy.
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Bird, Christiane Neither East Nor West: One Woman's Journey Through The Islamic Republic Of Iran Washington Square Press 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or959925. ISBN #0671027565 / 9780671027568. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Bird, Christiane Neither East Nor West: One Woman's Journey Through The Islamic Republic Of Iran Washington Square Press 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or959925. ISBN #0671027565 / 9780671027568. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Fusing travelogue, historical inquiry, and interviews with Iranians from all walks of life, Neither East Nor West is a landmark contribution to travel writing and to cultural studies, as well as a timely illumination of a nation deeply misunderstood by most Westerners. In describing life in Iran today, Christiane Bird, an American who spent part of her childhood there, breaks the silence that has surrounded Iran's culture -- unlike its politics -- for nearly twenty years. Traveling alone and largely by bus, Bird journeys from the modern, bustling capital of Tehran to the medieval holy city of Qom, from the sacred pilgrimage site of Mashhad -- visited by more than twelve million Shi'ites annually -- to the isolated valley of Alamut, once home to the legendary cult of the Assassins. She visits mosques, public baths, Khomeini's former home, and a Caspian Sea resort, and attends prayer meetings and a horse racing meet. Along the way, she talks to muleteers and ayatollahs, Kurds and Turkomans, Westernized and traditional Iranians -- many of whom invite her home for a cup of tea. The result is an astounding, insightful journey into the Islamic Republic of Iran -- in all its beauty, ferocity, and contradiction.
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Blum, Howard Eve Of Destruction: The Untold Story Of The Yom Kippur War 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051006. ISBN #0060013990 / 9780060013998. (filed under: Middle East ) *
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Blum, Howard Eve Of Destruction: The Untold Story Of The Yom Kippur War 2003 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051006. ISBN #0060013990 / 9780060013998. (filed under: Middle East ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Thirty years ago, October 6, 1973, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival, while the Arabs, with massive forces closing in on the Jewish heartland, were poised to redeem the honor lost in three previous wars. Based on declassified Israeli government documents and revealing interviews with soldiers, generals, and intelligence operatives on both sides of the conflict, The Eve of Destruction weaves a suspenseful, eye-opening story about war, politics, and deception. It also tells the moving human tale of the men and women who fought to maintain love and honor as their lives and destinies were swept up in the Yom Kippur War. And for the first time, author Howard Blum uncovers the role of the Egyptian double agent whose masterfully woven plot nearly succeeded in toppling Israel. The Eve of Destruction is not only a complex and fascinating story brimming with headline-making revelations and absorbing characters, it is also mandatory reading for those who want to understand what is happening today in the Middle East.
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