Middle Eastern history Books
University of Utah Press,U.S. The Turk in America: The Creation of an Enduring
Book SynopsisIn The Turk in America, historian Justin McCarthy seeks to explain the historical basis for American prejudice towards Turks in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The volume focuses on fraudulent characterizations of Turks, mostly stemming from an antipathy in Europe and America toward non-Christians, and especially Muslims. Spanning one hundred and fifty years, this history explores the misinformation largely responsible for the negative stereotypes of Turks during this period.Trade Review"This is a fascinating book! It is thoroughly researched and the footnotes reflect a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The Turk in America corrects a markedly one-sided historiography and breaks new ground in its exposition of how the Ottoman Turks came to be vilified in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."—Edward J. Erickson, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University "The author is to be congratulated for his meticulous and detailed research. He has done a first class job of writing a history of ethno-religious propaganda as it was directed against 'the Turks' from the nineteenth century onwards, with special focus on the contribution of missionaries to anti-Ottoman propaganda in the nineteenth century, the dissemination of British propaganda in the United States during the First World War, and 'Politics and the Missionary Establishment,' as the author entitles one of his chapters. The research is comprehensive, the sources detailed, and the writing strong and direct."—Jeremy Salt, Bilket University, Ankara, TurkeyTable of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgments1. The Missionaries Depart2. Turks and Muslims in Early America3. The Greek Rebellion4. The Religion of the Turks5. Education6. The Bulgarian Horrors7. Americans and Armenians8. World War I: The Capstone of American Prejudice9. The Age of Near East Relief10. The Propaganda Bureau: The British and the Turks11. Politics and the Missionary Establishment12. The Last Act for the Missionary Establishment13. Epilogue: The Myth of the Terrible Turk Lives OnNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Safavid Iran and Her Neighbors
Book SynopsisThe Safavid dynasty (1501–1722) originated in one of the many Turkish, possibly Kurdish, dervish orders begun shortly after the Mongol invasion. Its founder, Isma’il, took advantage of the chaotic political situation at the end of the fifteenth century to establish control over the territory that comprises most of current-day Iran. Safavid rulers established Shi’ism as the dominant ideology, the Muslim faith still observed by the majority of Iranians. Safavid Iran and Her Neighbors, which focuses primarily on Persian external relations during this period, includes wide-ranging contributions that cover dervish orders, the Central Asian hajj, developments in Shi’i legal theory, cultural relations between Persia and Mughal India, and diplomatic relations between Iran, Russia, and Ottoman Turkey.Trade Review"A significant contribution." —Sholeh Quinn, Ohio University
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University of Utah Press,U.S. The Young Turks and the Ottoman Nationalities:
Book SynopsisThe years 1908 to 1918 are frequently viewed as the period when the Ottoman Empire fell into decline, but in this volume Feroz Ahmad argues that the empire was not in decline but instead had come face to face with a widespread process of decolonisation. Its colonies, stimulated by the idea of nationalism, sought to liberate themselves, sometimes with the help of the Great Powers of Europe, who in turn saw these rebellions as an opportunity to expand their own empires. While these ethno-nationalist movements have often been described in terms of Ottoman oppressor versus conspiring nationalists, here they are presented as part of a broad historical process.Ahmad holds that nationalism was introduced into the Ottoman Empire during the French Revolution, providing kindling for the struggles that later emerged. Setting the stage with this nineteenth-century background, Ahmad then examines each Ottoman nationality in the wake of the restoration of the Ottoman constitution in 1908. Officially known as the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the Young Turks made up a nationalist political party that ruled the Ottoman state from 1908 until the end of World War I. Ahmad illuminates the relationships and conflicts between the Young Turks and the Greek, Armenian, Albanian, Jewish, and Arab ethnic groups during this period. Placing these nationalities in their historical context, he shows their relationships not only to the Young Turks but also to one another - no other single book has attempted to look closely at all of these connections.Clearly organised and written, the book will enlighten not only students and scholars of the era, but also anyone interested in understanding the roots of current-day relations in the Balkans and Middle East.Trade Review“The book rescues the study of nationality in the late Ottoman Empire from the demonizing vantages (‘Ottoman oppression’ on the one hand and ethno-nationalist ‘treachery’ on the other) prevalent in the scholarship and situates it in world-historical processes. It addresses both the pre-1914 period and World War I and thus bridges a chronological divide entrenched in the historiography while offering a comparative and relational analysis of multiple ethno-national groups.” —Hasan Kayali, author of Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918 “A critical contribution to the historiography of the Young Turk period and the Ottoman Empire’s final decade. Students of the Middle East and WWI will find a rich description of the tensions between the empire’s nationalities and the CUP government. Scholars of the empire and the Middle East will find the insights that it brings to each nation’s struggle and challenges, as well as the abundance of primary source material employed, very useful. ...a must read for anyone interested in the Ottoman Empire, WWI, the Middle East, or any one of the empire’s various nationalities.”—The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences
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University of Utah Press,U.S. Sasun: The History of an 1890s Armenian Revolt
Book SynopsisSasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently described as the site where, in 1894, the Turks massacred large numbers of Armenian Christians, with estimates ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 people. News reports at the time detailed that gruesome acts, including torture, had occurred at Sasun at the hands of the Ottoman army. The Ottoman Empire denied these allegations. A commission of European delegates sent to investigate the matter concluded that the news reports were highly exaggerated, yet the original stories of atrocities have persisted. This volume provides a close examination of the historical evidence to shed light on what happened at Sasun. The authors’ research indicates that the stories circulated by the media of torture and murder in Sasun don’t hold up against the findings of the European investigators. Evidence instead shows that an Armenian revolt led to fights with local Kurds and many fewer deaths, on both sides, and that the conflict had largely subsided before the arrival of the Ottoman army.Trade Review"The book is a serious, scholarly endeavor that…will be very useful for the scholars and public interested in Ottoman history, the Armenian problem and relations between different ethnic and religious groups. It stands above existing books dealing with the Sasun incident and similar events."—Kemal H. Karpat, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Politicization of Islam and The Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey
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University of Utah Press,U.S. An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism:
Book SynopsisTurkish nationalism erupted onto the world stage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as first Greeks, then Armenians and other minority groups within the Ottoman Empire began to assert national identity and seek independence. Umut Uzer examines the ideological evolution and transformation of Turkish nationalism from its early precursors to its contemporary protagonists. Through a textual analysis of nationalist writings, this volume considers how political developments influenced Turkish nationalism. It tackles the question of how an ideology that began as a revolutionary, progressive, forward-looking ideal eventually transformed into one that is conservative, patriarchal, and nostalgic to the Ottoman and Islamic past. Between Islamic and Turkish Identity is the first book in any language to comprehensively analyze Turkish nationalism with such scope and engagement with primary sources, dissecting the phenomenon in all its manifestations.Trade Review“Surveys some of the major ideas of Turkish nationalism as it traces the development and transformation of this idea in its various forms. Nothing of the sort exists in English that is not outdated or that offers similar coverage.” —Yücel Yan?kda?, author of Healing the Nation: Prisoners of War, Medicine, and Nationalism in Turkey, 1914–1939“The book is useful for students of Turkish nationalism and can be used for undergraduate classrooms or as a reference book for the genealogy of Turkish nationalist thought. Currently, such information can only be obtained by sifting through several outdated books.”—Hakan Özo?lu, director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Central Florida
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University of Utah Press,U.S. The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877-1923
Book SynopsisDuring the last half century of its existence, the Ottoman Empire and the lands around its borders were places of constant political turmoil and unceasing military action. The enormous costs of war were paid not only by politicians and soldiers, but by the Ottoman civilian population as well. This book examines the hardships that ordinary people, Muslim and Christian alike, endured during decades of warfare. Jeremy Salt brings to the surface previously ignored facts that disrupt the conventional narrative of an ethno-religious division between Muslim perpetrators and Christian victims of violence. Salt shows instead that all major ethno-religious groups-including Armenians, Turks, Kurds, and Greeks-were guilty of violent acts. The result is a more balanced picture of European involvement in the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans, one that highlights the destructive role of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and other European leaders grabbing for Ottoman resources up to the end of World War I. The effects of these events are felt to the present day. This extraordinary story centers not on military campaigns but on ordinary civilians whose lives were disrupted and in many cases destroyed by events over which they had no control. Disease, malnutrition, massacre and inter-communal fighting killed millions of people during the First World War alone. Until now this epic saga of human suffering has remained a story largely untold.
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Brandeis University Press Israel – A History
Book SynopsisWritten by one of Israel's most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late nineteenth century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the emergence of Zionism in Europe against the backdrop of relations among Jews, Arabs, and Turks, and the earliest pioneer settlements in Palestine under Ottoman rule. Weaving together political, social, and cultural developments in Palestine under the British mandate, Shapira creates a tapestry through which to understand the challenges of Israeli nation building, including mass immigration, shifting cultural norms, the politics of war and world diplomacy, and the creation of democratic institutions and a civil society. References to contemporary diaries, memoirs, and literature bring a human dimension to this narrative history of Israel from its declaration of independence in 1948 through successive decades of waging war, negotiating peace, and building a modern state with a vibrant society and culture. Based on archival sources and the most up-to-date scholarly research, this authoritative history is a must-read for anyone with a passionate interest in Israel. Israel: A History will be the gold standard in the field for years to come.
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Michigan State University Press The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and
Book SynopsisThe Resistance Network is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian Genocide. Khatchig Mouradian challenges depictions of Armenians as passive victims of violence and subjects of humanitarianism, demonstrating the key role they played in organizing a humanitarian resistance against the destruction of their people.Piecing together hundreds of accounts, official documents, and missionary records, Mouradian presents a social history of genocide and resistance in wartime Aleppo and a network of transit and concentration camps stretching from Bab to Ras ul-Ain and Der Zor. He ultimately argues that, despite the violent and systematic mechanisms of control and destruction in the cities, concentration camps, and massacre sites in this region, the genocide of the Armenians did not progress unhindered - unarmed resistance proved an important factor in saving countless lives.
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Purdue University Press Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the
Book SynopsisRefuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt's partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish refugees.After the war, as a member of the American delegation to the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt slowly came to the conclusion that the partition of Palestine was the only solution both for the Jews in the displaced persons camps in Europe, and for the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews. When Israel became a state, she became deeply involved in supporting the work of Youth Aliyah and Hadassah, its American sponsor, in bringing Jewish refugee children to Israel and training them to become productive citizens. Her devotion to Israel reflected some of her deepest beliefs about education, citizenship, and community building. Her excitement about Israel's accomplishments and her cultural biases, however, blinded her to the impact of Israel's founding on the Arabs. Visiting the new nation four times and advocating on Israel's behalf created a warm bond not only between her and the people of Israel, but between her and the American Jewish community.Table of Contents Introduction 1. A Cautious Response to Nazi Germany 2. Partnering with Clarence Pickett 3. Responding to the Threat of War and the Nazi Assault on the Jews 4. Antisemitism and The Moral Basis of Democracy 5. The Wagner-Rogers Bill 6. The United States Committee for the Care of European Children 7. The Emergency Rescue Committee, Sumner Welles, and theObstacles to Rescue 8. Continuing the Fight on Behalf of Visa Applicants 9. Combating Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and Antisemitismon the Home Front 10. A Failed Attempt at Rescue 11. Responding to News of the Extermination Camps, 1942–45 12. A March to a Better Life 13. The Postwar Refugee Crisis and the Future of Palestine 14. Committing to the Establishment of a Jewish State 15. Visiting Israel as World Patron of Youth Aliyah 16. Immigrant Children and the Task of Cultural Integration 17. American Policy toward Israel in the 1950s 18. A Special Bond with Israel Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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New Village Press A Man of the Theater: Survival as an Artist in
Book SynopsisLife in Iran as an artist under the Shah and during the Iranian Revolution A Man of the Theater tells the personal story of a theater artist caught between the two great upheavals of Iranian history in the 20th century. One is the White Revolution of the 1960s, the incomplete and uneven modernization imposed from the top by the dictatorial regime of the Shah, coming in the wake of the overthrow of the popular Mosaddegh government with the help of the CIA. The other one is the Iranian Revolution of 1979, a great rising of Iranian society against the rule of the Shah in which Khomeini’s Islamist faction ends up taking power. Written in a simple direct style, Rahmaninejad’s memoir describes his fraught creative life in Tehran during these decades, founding a theater company and directing plays under the increasing pressure of the censorship authorities and the Shah’s secret police. After being arrested and tortured by the SAVAK and after spending years in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison and being a cause célèbre of Amnesty International, Rahmaninejad is freed by the Revolution of 1979. But his new-found freedom is short-lived; the progressive intellectuals and artists find themselves overpowered and outmaneuvered by the better organized Islamists, leading to renewed terror and to exile. In Western perception, the Iranian Revolution, which this year has its 40th anniversary, often overshadows the decades of Iran’s modern history that preceded it. A Man of the Theater fills this gap. The title derives from a time of torture in prison when interrogators ordered him to write everything about his activities. To avoid revealing anything incriminating he took pen in hand and wrote and wrote about all his artistic passions, beginning, "Here it is—this is my life! I am an artist! A man of the theater!"Trade Review"This is the story of a visionary auteur and insightful interpreter of theater, who was rewarded by both the Shah and the Ayatollah with prison sentences . . . where he proceeded to stage plays with his fellow inmates. Nasser’s tale of his art and its encounter with power is told with the poignant humor and devastatingly profound honesty that characterizes his life and his work." -- Syrus Samii, author of The Blue Flower of Forgetfulness
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Orange Grove Books The Middle East Enters the Twenty-first Century
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WW Norton & Co Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a Memory
Book SynopsisThe only historic figure outside the early Christian tradition to whom the Gospels ascribe a dialogue with Jesus is the first-century Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. Presiding over the trial and execution of Jesus, Pilate is a figure who has straddled history and legend for over two thousand years. Now, Aldo Schiavone presents a comprehensive, revisionist biography of Pilate that meticulously reconstructs the social, religious and political context in which his fateful encounter with Jesus took place. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Schiavone weaves together the sources, from epigraphs to the Gospels, from Josephus to Tacitus and Philon, to create a portrait that approaches its subject as if for the first time, without any other intent than to try to explain what happened.
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Arc Humanities Press Christian-Muslim Relations during the Crusades
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Arc Humanities Press Elite Byzantine Kinship, ca. 950-1204: Blood,
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Arc Humanities Press Medieval Islamic Sectarianism
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Arc Humanities Press Slaveries of the First Millennium
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Arc Humanities Press Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres
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Arc Humanities Press The Islamization of the Holy Land, 634–1800
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Arc Humanities Press Migration in the Medieval Mediterranean
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Arc Humanities Press Sufi Masters and the Creation of Saintly Spheres
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Arc Humanities Press The Crusades Uncovered
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H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Defining Documents in American History: U.S.
Book SynopsisThe Middle East and the United States have had a complex relationship, especially as it relates to the conflicts and wars that the region has endured over the past three centuries. The U.S. has engaged in military and covert operations with various groups and nations throughout the Middle East in an effort to protect its own interests, settle border disputes, and prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Shifting alliances and humanitarian crises have led presidents from Eisenhower to Trump to develop specific doctrines to uphold some regimes, dampen the influence of other world powers, especially Russian, and to wipe out the cells that have spawned some of the world’s most terrifying extremist groups, including the Taliban and the Islamic State. The two-volume set includes in-depth chapters that provide a thorough commentary of significant primary source documents.
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Pennsylvania State University Press Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE: Proceedings of
Book SynopsisThe city of Ur—now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible—was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until 1934. Ur was also the cult center of the moon god, and during the twenty-first century BCE, it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia.With contributions from both established and rising Assyriologists from ten countries and edited by three leading scholars of Assyriology, this volume presents thirty-two essays based on papers delivered at the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held in Philadelphia in 2016. Reflecting on the theme “Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE,” the chapters deal with archaeological, artistic, cultural, economic, historical, and textual matters connected to the ancient city of Ur. Three of the chapters are based on plenary lectures by senior scholars Richard Zettler, Jonathan Taylor, and Katrien De Graef. The remainder of the essays, arranged alphabetically by author, highlight innovative new directions for research and represent a diverse array of topics related to Ur in various periods of Mesopotamian history. Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.
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Pennsylvania State University Press The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561–560
Book SynopsisAmēl-Marduk (561–560 BC), Neriglissar (559–556 BC), and Nabonidus (555–539 BC) were the last native kings of Babylon. In this modern scholarly edition of the complete extant corpus of royal inscriptions from each of their reigns, Frauke Weiershäuser and Jamie Novotny provide updated and reliable editions of the texts.The kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire left hundreds of official inscriptions on objects such as clay cylinders, bricks, paving stones, vases, and stelae. These writings, ranging from lengthy narratives enumerating the deeds of a monarch to labels identifying a ruler as the builder of a given structure, supplement and inform our understanding of the empire. Beginning with a historical introduction to the reigns of these three kings and the corpus of inscriptions, Weiershäuser and Novotny then present each text with an introduction, a photograph of the inscribed object, the Akkadian text in a newly collated transliteration, an English translation, catalogue data, commentary, and an updated bibliography. Additionally, Weiershäuser and Novotny provide new translations of several related Akkadian texts and chronicles.Featuring meticulous yet readable transliterations and translations that have been carefully collated with the originals, this book will be the standard edition for scholars and students of Assyriology, the Neo-Babylonian dialect, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire for decades to come. Table of ContentsContentsList of Figures Contents of Scores Directors’ Foreword Foreword from the Director of the Vorderasiatisches MuseumPrefaceEditorial Notes Bibliographical AbbreviationsOther AbbreviationsObject SignaturesIntroductionI. Amēl-MardukBabylonBricksNo. 1 — Brick Inscription (B1)29Paving StoneNo. 2 — Paving Stone (PS1) Stone VesselNo. 3 — Babylon Vase (V1) SusaStone VesselsNo. 4 — Susa Vase 1 (V2)No. 5 — Susa Vase 2 (V3)No. 6 — Susa Vase 3 (V4)II. NeriglissarBabylonClay CylindersNo. 1 — Esagil Inscription (C21)No. 2 — Lībil-ḫegalla Inscription (C22)No. 3 — Royal Palace Inscription (C23)BricksNo. 4 — Brick Inscription (B1)No. 5 — Brick Inscription (B2)SipparClay CylinderNo. 6 — Cylinder Inscription (C022)Uncertain Provenance (Possibly Borsippa)Clay CylinderNo. 7 — Cylinder Inscription (C011)SusaVaseNo. 8 — Vase (V1)III. Nabonidus — BabyloniaBabylonClay CylindersNo. 1 — Imgur-Enlil Cylinder / Cylinder II,1 / Inscription A No. 2 — Emašdari Cylinder / Cylinder II,3 / Inscription B StelesNo. 3 — Babylon Stele/ Stele Fragment XI / Inscription 1 No. 4 — Stele Fragments (BE 548+)Clay TabletNo. 5 — BM 38770 Paving StoneNo. 6 — Paving Stone U / Inscription H / Nebuchadnezzar II Lb1 2BricksNo. 7 — Brick Inscription A I,1 / Inscription CNo. 8 — Brick Inscription AP I,1 / Inscription DNo. 9 — Brick Inscription U / Inscription EAgadeClay CylindersNo. 10 — Eulmaš CylinderNo. 11 — BE 12586No. 12 — BE 40133BorsippaClay CylinderNo. 13 — Ezida CylinderKishClay CylinderNo. 14 — Kish CylinderKissikClay CylinderNo. 15 — Eamaškuga Cylinder / Cylinder II,6 / Inscription 10LarsaClay CylinderNo. 16 — Larsa Cylinder / Cylinder III,1 / Inscription 9SteleNo. 17 — Larsa Stele / Fragment 1BricksNo. 18 — Brick Inscription Ap I,2 / Inscription 12MaradClay CylinderNo. 19 — Eigikalama Cylinder / Cylinder II,5 / Inscription 7SeleuciaBrickNo. 20 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 1.3SipparClay CylindersNo. 21 — BM 46600No. 22 — MMA 86.11.52No. 23 — Ebabbar Cylinder / Cylinder III,3 / Inscription 11No. 24 — Ebabbar Cylinder / Cylinder II,9 / Inscription 5No. 25 — Tiara Cylinder / Cylinder II,8 / Inscription 6No. 26 — Ebabbar-Ekurra Cylinder / Cylinder II,4, Inscription 8No. 27 — Cylinder III,4 / Inscription 16No. 28 — Eḫulḫul Cylinder / Cylinder III,2 / Inscription 15No. 29 — Eḫulḫul Cylinder (BM 91087)TabletNo. 30 — BM 76825 BricksNo. 31 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 1.1UrClay CylindersNo. 32 — Elugalgalgasisa Cylinder / Cylinder II,1 / Inscription 17No. 33 — Elugalgalgasisa Cylinder (CBS 15617)No. 34 — En-nigaldi-Nanna Cylinder / Cylinder II,7 / Inscription 2No. 35 — Ur CylinderStone Door SocketNo. 36 — Door Socket 1 / Inscription 3BricksNo. 37 — Brick Inscription B I,2 / Inscription 19No. 38 — Brick Inscription B I,1 / Inscription 18No. 39 — Brick Inscription B I,3 / Inscription 4UrukSteleNo. 40 — Uruk SteleUncertain ProvenanceClay CylindersNo. 41 — BM 47814No. 42 — Da Riva, GMTR 4 p. 131 no. 1cSteleNo. 43 — Tarif Stele / Stele Fragment 1 / Inscription 14Clay TabletsNo. 44 — Inscription GNo. 45 — BM 58756IV. Nabonidus — The NorthwestḪarrānClay CylinderNo. 46 — Ḫarrān Cylinder / Fragment 3StelesNo. 47 — Ḫarrān Stele / Stele Fragments III,1 / Inscription 13 Stone FragmentsNo. 48 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.5No. 49 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.4No. 50 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.3BricksNo. 51 — Fragment 2 (Hr 85/75)Stone BowlNo. 52 — SM 899.2.282PearlNo. 53 — Pearl Inscription / Inscription FPadakkuRock ReliefNo. 54 — Padakku Inscription SelaʾRock ReliefNo. 55 — Selaʾ InscriptionTēmāSteleNo. 56 — Tēmā StelePedestalNo. 57 — TA 3656 + TA 9208Stone FragmentsNo. 58 — TA 3813 No. 59 — TA 3833 No. 60 — TA 11381No. 61 — TA 17966V. Nabonidus — Uncertain TextsUncertain Provenance (Possibly Babylon and Borsippa)Clay CylindersNo. 1001 — Palace Cylinder / Inscription Z .No. 1002 — BM 38696 SteleNo. 1003 — VA 3217 KishClay CylinderNo. 1004 — Cylinder Fragment I,1 / Inscription X KissikBrickNo. 1005 — BM 137452 SipparClay CylindersNo. 1006 — BM 40076 No. 1007 — BM 40532+ No. 1008 — Stone Wall CylinderNo. 1009 — Cylinder Fragment I,2 / Inscription YNo. 1010 — Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 2.29Clay TabletNo. 1011 — BM 76544 VI. Nabonidus — Royal FamilyAdad-guppiSteleNo. 2001 — Adad-guppi Stele Minor Variants and CommentsIndex of Museum Numbers Index of Excavation Numbers Index of Names Concordances of Selected Publications Scores of Inscriptions (on Oracc) (a PDF of the scores is available at http://oracc.org/ribo/bab7scores/)
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Pennsylvania State University Press The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of
Book SynopsisThe Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II was one of the most important and famous rulers of ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume of critically important ancient documents, Grant Frame presents reliable, updated editions of Sargon’s approximately 130 historical inscriptions, as well as several from his wife, his brother, and other high officials.Beginning with a thorough introduction to the reign of Sargon II and an overview of the previous scholarship on his inscriptions, this modern scholarly edition contains the entire extant corpus. It presents more than 130 inscriptions, preserved on stone wall slabs from his palace, paving slabs, colossi, steles, prisms, cylinders, bricks, metal, and other objects, along with brief introductions, commentaries, comprehensive bibliographies, accurate transliterations, and elegant English translations of the Akkadian texts. This monumental work is complemented by more than two dozen photographs of the inscribed objects; indices of museum and excavation numbers, selected publications, and proper names; and translations of relevant passages from several other Akkadian texts, including chronicles and king lists.Informed by advances in the study of the Akkadian language and featuring more than twice as many texts as previous editions of Sargon II’s inscriptions, this will be the editio princeps for Assyriologists and students of the Sargonic inscriptions for decades to come.Trade Review“Frame must be warmly thanked for the present edition, not only because of its quality, but particularly because of its completeness.”—Bieke Mahieu Revue Biblique
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Pennsylvania State University Press Identity in Persian Egypt: The Fate of the
Book SynopsisIn this book, Bob Becking provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the origins, lives, and eventual fate of the Yehudites, or Judeans, at Elephantine, framed within the greater history of the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. The Yehudites were among those mercenaries recruited by the Persians to defend the southwestern border of the empire in the fifth century BCE. Becking argues that this group, whom some label as the first “Jews,” lived on the island of Elephantine in relative peace with other ethnic groups under the aegis of the pax persica. Drawing on Aramaic and Demotic texts discovered during excavations on the island and at Syene on the adjacent shore of the Nile, Becking finds evidence of intermarriage, trade cooperation, and even a limited acceptance of one another’s gods between the various ethnic groups at Elephantine. His analysis of the Elephantine Yehudites’ unorthodox form of Yahwism provides valuable insight into the group’s religious beliefs and practices. An important contribution to the study of Yehudite life in the diaspora, this accessibly written and sweeping history enhances our understanding of the varieties of early Jewish life and how these contributed to the construction of Judaism. Trade Review“A good and stimulating read. It represents an innovative approach to research on Elephantine. The most important strength—construing the ‘fate’ of the Yehudite community in light of the rise and fall of pax persica—makes the book a contribution to the Yehudite community’s history and a microhistorical contribution to Achaemenid studies. Both students and experts will gain from reading the book.”—Gard Granerød Review of Biblical Literature“Becking has provided scholars with an accessible and well-researched history of Elephantine during the Persian period, which will enrich the debate for years to come.”—James D. Moore Journal for the Study of Judaism
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Academica Press Next Stop, Tehran: The Neoconservative Campaign
Book SynopsisAs the beating drums within the United States for a war with Iran grow louder, it is important, now more than ever, to understand precisely how and why neo-conservatives have chosen to orchestrate a sustained and coordinated campaign for a U.S. attack on Iran, or short of that, support an Israeli strike against the Islamic Republic's nuclear technology facilities. This campaign is aimed at convincing U.S. politicians, and policy- and decision-makers, that the Iranian regime is inherently evil and dangerous, and is intent on acquiring nuclear weapons for the sole purpose of attacking Israel. This study breaks down some of the key rhetorical techniques neo-conservatives have utilized in this campaign, which gained serious momentum following the official withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq from 2007-2011 and the ratifying of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. It also locates and dissects the origins and the nature of the political and religious sources inspiring these choices, exploring the motivating roles played by ideas such as U.S., Israeli, and Jewish exceptionalism, and the concept of the End Times. While this work is heavily geared towards focusing on how and why the neo-conservatives have chosen to engage themselves in the war of ideas about the 'true nature' of the Iranian regime, its people and their intentions, it also addresses the 'bricks and mortar;' aspect of the neo-conservative network primarily operating in and around Washington D.C. and New York.
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Academica Press Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North
Book SynopsisVoices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures. Co-edited by TCU colleagues Rima Abunasser and Mark Dennis, the volume is meant to serve as a vehicle for giving dignity and depth to the peoples of these regions by celebrating courageous voices of freedom trying to respond to fundamental, often devastating, changes on the ground, including the Arab Spring, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the rise of the Islamic State. Writing in both the first- and third-person, essayists offer deeply moving portraits of voices that cry out for freedom in chaotic, and often violent, circumstances.Voices of Freedom is aimed at college classes that address the many ways in which freedom intersects with politics, religion, and other elements in the societies of these dynamic and diverse regions. It will serve as a valuable primary source for college teachers interested in exploring with their students the struggle for freedom in non-Western and transnational cultural contexts. The volume is also meant to attract other audiences, including readers from the general public interested in learning about inspirational people from parts of the world about which Americans and other English-speaking peoples are generally unfamiliar.
£80.25
Academica Press The African Theater of the Middle East Conflict:
Book SynopsisIn this engaging study of African diplomacy, Nigerian scholar Nwankwo Nwaeziegwe revisits the issue of cooperation between Arab nationalist governments and the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa. The book clinically explores the proper bases, character, and implications of Arab-Sub-Saharan relations through the lens of Arab nationalist diplomatic initiative and collective Black African development initiatives. It presents the Sub-Saharan African with the option of either continuing to regard the Arabs as a people with a common aspiration or putting them in the same neo-colonial basket as he has tended to put Europeans. The book’s main objective is to arrive at a proper understanding of the basis of Arab interest in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which brought the first Arab nationalist to power, and 1993, the year of the epoch-making Declaration of Principles (DOP) between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).Most importantly, the book examines the other face of the African predicament, which previous scholars of modern Africa have neglected. Ironically, the Arabs may have participated in undermining Sub-Saharan Africa’s development by promoting the institution of slavery, which was just as ruthless as the European experience of that phenomenon, if not worse. Nevertheless, due to Europe’s overwhelming dominance in the colonial era, the Arab role has often been downplayed against that of Europeans.
£999.99
Academica Press Urban Social Movements in Turkey
Book SynopsisMany Turkish cities have witnessed increasing micro and macro-spatial dimensions in urban social movements, shaping urban space over recent decades. Typical Turkish urban social movements have generally shared the same goals, been based on actors' lower-class backgrounds and locally-rooted associations, and have employed similar types of action and strategies against authority. However, the Gezi Park protests were of a singular and different character. This book aims to explore the Gezi Park protests, and discusses their role in changing the character of urban social movements in Turkey, by asking the following questions: What social, political, and economic forces changed the structure of the protests over the years in Turkey? In turn, how has the Gezi Park movement shaped our understanding of new Turkish urban social movements?
£80.25
Red Lightning Books The Legends of the Pyramids: Myths and
Book SynopsisCould the Great Pyramid of Giza be a repository of ancient magical knowledge? Or perhaps evidence of a vanished pre–Ice Age civilization? Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty around 2450 BCE. So why is there such a disconnect between scholarly opinion and the popular view of Egypt? In The Legends of the Pyramids, Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible. When the Arab conquest absorbed Egypt into the Islamic community, these stories then passed into Islamic historiography and reentered the West. Colavito's The Legends of the Pyramids lays open pop culture's view of Egypt in movies, TV shows, popular books, and New Age beliefs, detailing how the hidden history of Egypt has grown alongside the official history of archaeology and Egyptology.Trade ReviewThis highly recommended book is well researched, entertaining and original. Five stars. * Fortean Times *Table of ContentsNote on the TextIntroduction1. Ancient Testimonia2. Why Are the Pyramids Not in the Bible?3. Late Antiquity4. The Early Middle Ages5. Pyramid Legends in Medieval Islam6. The Meaning Behind the Myth7. The Translation of Pyramid Legends8. The Romance of the Pyramids9. The Great Mistake10. The Curse of King Tut11. Mummies in Outer Space12. Race and ReligionConclusionIndex
£16.14
Brandeis University Press Unacknowledged Kinships – Postcolonial Studies
Book SynopsisThe first work to systematically investigate the potential for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and the history of Zionism. There is an “unacknowledged kinship” between studies of Zionism and post-colonial studies, a kinship that deserves to be both discovered and acknowledged. Unacknowledged Kinships strives to facilitate a conversation between the historiography of Zionism and postcolonial studies by identifying and exploring possible linkages and affiliations between their subjects as well as the limits of such connections. The contributors to this volume discuss central theoretical concepts developed within the field of postcolonial studies, and they use these concepts to analyze crucial aspects of the history of Zionism while contextualizing Zionist thought, politics, and culture within colonial and postcolonial histories. This book also argues that postcolonial studies could gain from looking at the history of Zionism as an example of not only colonial domination but also the seemingly contradictory processes of national liberation and self-empowerment. Unacknowledged Kinships is the first work to systematically investigate the potential for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and Zionist historiography. It is also unique in suggesting that postcolonial concepts can be applied to the history of European Zionism just as comprehensively as to the history of Zionism in Palestine and Israel or Arab countries. Most importantly, the book is an overture for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and the historiography of Zionism. Trade Review“This is a major volume attempting to create a rapprochement between postcolonial studies and the study of Zionism. The volume does what it sets out to do. It is the first serious attempt to rethink this relationship in both theoretical and concrete ways and is an enormously valuable first step in a mutual reassessment of contemporary theoretical approaches to Zionism. Given our present discussions about Zionism and anti-Semitism, a book that is of growing importance each and every day!” -- Sander Gilman, coauthor of Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews“The history of the Jews and of Zionism have entertained a supremely ambivalent relationship with postcolonial studies. As Europeans’ most distinct and enduring ‘inner’ other, Jews were paradigmatic victims of colonialist practices and ideologies. Yet Zionism itself has often been accused of mirroring European colonialism. This immensely useful book brings much needed order to understand the tangled and ambivalent relationships between postcolonialism and the nationalist history of the Jews. More crucially, it shows that postcolonialism is a needed conceptual framework to further our understanding of the history and sociology of the Jews. This illuminating collection of texts will have a lasting impact on Israel and Jewish Studies.” -- Eva Illouz, Directrice d'Etudes, EHESS, Paris, and author of The Emotional Life of Populism“Challenging the received wisdom that defines Zionism as a colonial enterprise, this volume breaks new ground in looking at its many if ultimately unsuccessful links with anticolonial movements worldwide. It represents, in addition, a welcome effort to lend depth and complexity to the history of nationalism more generally.” -- Faisal Devji, professor of Indian history, University of Oxford“This volume brings together an unusually rich collection of theoretical interventions, historical case studies, and long-deferred conversations that interrogate the fraught relationship between Zionism and postcolonialism. The editors make a strong case for bringing into dialogue the two phenomena and the abundant scholarship they have generated. The result is a deeply engrossing, provocative, and often surprising reading experience that requires one to think anew about core assumptions.” -- David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA
£30.40
Brandeis University Press Unacknowledged Kinships – Postcolonial Studies
Book SynopsisThe first work to systematically investigate the potential for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and the history of Zionism. There is an “unacknowledged kinship” between studies of Zionism and post-colonial studies, a kinship that deserves to be both discovered and acknowledged. Unacknowledged Kinships strives to facilitate a conversation between the historiography of Zionism and postcolonial studies by identifying and exploring possible linkages and affiliations between their subjects as well as the limits of such connections. The contributors to this volume discuss central theoretical concepts developed within the field of postcolonial studies, and they use these concepts to analyze crucial aspects of the history of Zionism while contextualizing Zionist thought, politics, and culture within colonial and postcolonial histories. This book also argues that postcolonial studies could gain from looking at the history of Zionism as an example of not only colonial domination but also the seemingly contradictory processes of national liberation and self-empowerment. Unacknowledged Kinships is the first work to systematically investigate the potential for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and Zionist historiography. It is also unique in suggesting that postcolonial concepts can be applied to the history of European Zionism just as comprehensively as to the history of Zionism in Palestine and Israel or Arab countries. Most importantly, the book is an overture for a dialogue between postcolonial studies and the historiography of Zionism. Trade Review“This is a major volume attempting to create a rapprochement between postcolonial studies and the study of Zionism. The volume does what it sets out to do. It is the first serious attempt to rethink this relationship in both theoretical and concrete ways and is an enormously valuable first step in a mutual reassessment of contemporary theoretical approaches to Zionism. Given our present discussions about Zionism and anti-Semitism, a book that is of growing importance each and every day!” -- Sander Gilman, coauthor of Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews“The history of the Jews and of Zionism have entertained a supremely ambivalent relationship with postcolonial studies. As Europeans’ most distinct and enduring ‘inner’ other, Jews were paradigmatic victims of colonialist practices and ideologies. Yet Zionism itself has often been accused of mirroring European colonialism. This immensely useful book brings much needed order to understand the tangled and ambivalent relationships between postcolonialism and the nationalist history of the Jews. More crucially, it shows that postcolonialism is a needed conceptual framework to further our understanding of the history and sociology of the Jews. This illuminating collection of texts will have a lasting impact on Israel and Jewish Studies.” -- Eva Illouz, Directrice d'Etudes, EHESS, Paris, and author of The Emotional Life of Populism“Challenging the received wisdom that defines Zionism as a colonial enterprise, this volume breaks new ground in looking at its many if ultimately unsuccessful links with anticolonial movements worldwide. It represents, in addition, a welcome effort to lend depth and complexity to the history of nationalism more generally.” -- Faisal Devji, professor of Indian history, University of Oxford“This volume brings together an unusually rich collection of theoretical interventions, historical case studies, and long-deferred conversations that interrogate the fraught relationship between Zionism and postcolonialism. The editors make a strong case for bringing into dialogue the two phenomena and the abundant scholarship they have generated. The result is a deeply engrossing, provocative, and often surprising reading experience that requires one to think anew about core assumptions.” -- David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA
£91.20
Boydell & Brewer Ltd British-Ottoman Relations, 1661-1807: Commerce
Book SynopsisA richly sourced account of diplomatic practice in the British mission to Istanbul from 1661 to 1807. The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how theintimate relation between commercial interest and diplomatic practice played out across the period, from the arrival of an ambassador from the restored British crown in 1661 to the sudden evacuation of his successor and the outbreak of the first Ottoman War in 1807. Using a rich variety of sources in English, Ottoman Turkish and Italian, some of them never before examined, including legal documents, financial ledgers and first-hand accounts from participants, he reconstructs the detail of diplomatic practice in rituals of gift-giving and hospitality within the Ottoman court; examines the at times very different meanings that they held for the British and Ottoman participants; andtraces the ways in which the declining fortunes of the Levant company directly affected the ability of the embassy to perform effectively within Ottoman conventions, at a time when rising levels of British violence in and around the Ottoman realm marked the journey towards British imperialism in the region. MICHAEL TALBOT is Lecturer in History at the University of Greenwich.Trade Review[An] outstanding study...essential reading for anyone (including undergraduates) interested in this subject. * HISTORY *Talbot's book is a valuable contribution to the current efforts in research to de-exoticize the history of Euro-Ottoman relations and to contextualize these relations within the framework of the development of the early modern state system. . . . [I]t is a well-written and concise book, solidly based on the recent methodological trends in the history of foreign relations. * JOURNAL OF EARLY MODERN HISTORY *Talbot's detailed study provides a decidedly more nuanced picture than we have had to date of British-Ottoman relations in the long eighteenth century. -- Palmira Brummett * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: De/re-constructing the history of Ottoman-British relations The framework of relations The office of ambassador Trade and diplomatic finances Gift-giving Diplomacy as performance Negotiating disputes Conclusions: De/reconstructing Ottoman-British diplomacy Bibliography
£76.00
Liverpool University Press The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in
Book SynopsisThis book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya‘qubi (d. ca. 910), ‘Ali al-Mas‘udi (d. ca. 960) and Hamza al-Isfahani (d. ca. 960s). Their accounts, like those of many other Muslim historians on this topic, draw on texts that were composed in the period 750-850 bearing the title ‘The History of the Kings of the Persians’. These works served a growing audience of well-to-do Muslim bureaucrats and scholars of Persian ancestry, who were interested in their heritage and wished to make it part of the historical outlook of the new civilization that was emerging in the Middle East, namely Islamic civilization. This book explores the question of how knowledge about ancient Iran was transmitted to Muslim historians, in what forms it circulated and how it was shaped and refashioned for the new Perso-Muslim elite that served the early Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad, a city that was built only a short distance away from the old Persian capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.Trade ReviewReviews'This is an important contribution to a reconstruction of sāsānid historiography.' (Translated from German.) Tino Shahin, PlekosTable of ContentsAcknowledgements viiAbbreviations ixNote on Conventions xiIntroduction 1Translations1. Hamza al-Isfahani 252. ʿAli al-Masʿudi 793. Ahmad al-Yaʿqubi 106Appendices1. Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and the ‘History of the Kingsof the Persians’ 1352. The Chronicle of Siirt and the ‘Book of Lords’ 1443. Abu Maʿshar and the Lost Books of Jay 151Gazetteer 157Maps 163Tables1. Reign lengths of Pishdadid, Kayanid and Arsacid kings 1662. Reign lengths of Sasanid kings 1683. Genealogy of the Sasanid Emperors 1704. Transmission of key sources cited in this book 172Bibliography 173Index 181
£109.50
Liverpool University Press The History of the Kings of the Persians in Three
Book SynopsisThis book translates the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles, those of Ahmad al-Ya‘qubi (d. ca. 910), ‘Ali al-Mas‘udi (d. ca. 960) and Hamza al-Isfahani (d. ca. 960s). Their accounts, like those of many other Muslim historians on this topic, draw on texts that were composed in the period 750-850 bearing the title ‘The History of the Kings of the Persians’. These works served a growing audience of well-to-do Muslim bureaucrats and scholars of Persian ancestry, who were interested in their heritage and wished to make it part of the historical outlook of the new civilization that was emerging in the Middle East, namely Islamic civilization. This book explores the question of how knowledge about ancient Iran was transmitted to Muslim historians, in what forms it circulated and how it was shaped and refashioned for the new Perso-Muslim elite that served the early Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad, a city that was built only a short distance away from the old Persian capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.Trade ReviewReviews'This is an important contribution to a reconstruction of sāsānid historiography.' (Translated from German.) Tino Shahin, PlekosTable of ContentsAcknowledgements viiAbbreviations ixNote on Conventions xiIntroduction 1Translations1. Hamza al-Isfahani 252. ʿAli al-Masʿudi 793. Ahmad al-Yaʿqubi 106Appendices1. Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and the ‘History of the Kingsof the Persians’ 1352. The Chronicle of Siirt and the ‘Book of Lords’ 1443. Abu Maʿshar and the Lost Books of Jay 151Gazetteer 157Maps 163Tables1. Reign lengths of Pishdadid, Kayanid and Arsacid kings 1662. Reign lengths of Sasanid kings 1683. Genealogy of the Sasanid Emperors 1704. Transmission of key sources cited in this book 172Bibliography 173Index 181
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Liverpool University Press Israel, the United States, and the War Against
Book SynopsisOperation Protective Edge, launched on July 8, 2014, saw heavy fighting between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in Gaza. Throughout the war US government media spokespersons confirmed Israels right to self-defense against rockets and tunnels, and condemned Hamas for initiating the conflict and its use of human shields. But there is an important difference between confirmation and pro-active demonstration at the highest political level. The longstanding alliance between the United States and Israel has always been subject to the administration and president of the day. In this case, the Obama administrations support for Israels right to self-defense was qualified, and as a result the Israeli political leadership felt constrained in its ability to defeat Hamas militarily without risking criticism from the United States that would impact negatively on the special relationship. In its role as ally, the United States was careful not to apply direct political pressure on Israel. However, US government public criticisms relating to Gazan civilian loss of life damaged Israel on the international stage via harrowing media coverage surrounding the conflict. The Federal Aviation Administration order to airlines to stop flying to Israel enhanced Hamas claim that it had inflicted a strategic defeat to the Zionist State. For the last 70 years Israel has recognized that the United States is its primary strategic ally a principle initiated by Israels first Prime Minister and Defense Minister, David Ben-Gurion. Political and military policies have to be directed to prevent a rift. But the Protective Edge experience has brought to the fore that in times of crisis Israel cannot rely on a special relationship to secure its safety and must of necessity possess the political will and military ability to defend itself and to take actions that may result in a strained relationship.
£32.50
Liverpool University Press Reclaiming al-Andalus: Orientalist Scholarship
Book SynopsisReclaiming al-Andalus focuses on the construction of the scholarly discipline of Orientalist studies in Spain. Special attention is paid to the impact that the elaboration of a series of historical interpretations of the legacy left by Muslim and Jewish culture in Spain had over the writing of national history in the period of the Bourbon Restoration. A historiographical account of Spains Orientalism tackles the problematized issues that both Arabist and Hebraist scholars sought to address. Orientalist scholarship thereby became inextricably linked to different interpretations of the historical shaping of Spanish national identity. Political circumstances of the day impacted on the approach these scholars took as they engaged with the Iberian Semitic past. And this at a critical moment in the crystallization of modern Spanish nationalism. A common thread running through the work of these Orientalist scholars was the tendency to nationalize or Hispanicize cultural activity of the Semitic populations that lived on the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times. This Hispanizication was instrumentalized in diverse ways in order to serve nation-building efforts. Hence Orientalist scholarship became integrated into the national debates that were shaping Spanish cultural and political life at the turn of the century. Reclaiming al-Andalus explains how regenerationist projects taking form after the national crisis of 1898, and different polemical discussions around religion-state affairs, deeply influenced the writings of academic Orientalism. The intertwined connection between Orientalist scholarship and nationalist debates in Spain has hitherto been understudied. This book not only contributes to the general debate on modern Orientalism, but most importantly presents a profound new viewpoint to the ongoing debate on the conflictive history of Spanish nationalism.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press Victory, Defeat, or Draw: Battlefield Decision in
Book SynopsisThree outcomes are possible on the battlefield: victory, defeat, or draw. An adversary may defeat or be defeated by its adversary, or neither of the two may emerge victorious or vanquished. Observers of military history have long tried to identify the variables that determine victory, defeat, or draw. While most would certainly acknowledge that decisions on the battlefield are dictated by a combination of variables rather than by a lone circumstance, many observers nevertheless tend to stress a single variable -- for example, the number of fighting men and fighting machines deployed by the adversaries, or the operational doctrines employed by the opposing forces -- as far more significant to the explanations of these decisions than other variables. This book, in contrast, takes a multicausal approach to the question of victory, defeat, or draw, proposing that a combination of six organizational, materiel, and environmental variables are pivotal to the explanation of decision on the battlefield. Using the extensive history of the Israel Defense Forces, the book examines a sample of eight battles across the ArabIsraeli conflict from 1948 to 1982 in order to determine the collective impact of the six variables on the outcomes of these battles, concluding that this basket of variables captures much of the explanation behind victory, defeat, or draw on the battlefield, at least insofar as concerns the record of the IDF. While the research in this book is aimed primarily at military historians and military practitioners, it is fully accessible to any layperson interested in Israeli military history in particular or international military history in general.
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Liverpool University Press Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies:
Book SynopsisSaudi Arabia and Iraq have a shared history, as both friends and enemies at one and the same time, and their growth as modern nation-states must be understood in that joint context. This book establishes a new narrative and timeline for bilateral relations between the two countries, while examining the work of other Arab and Western scholars, in order to excavate the biases underlying so much previous work on this topic. In doing so, it proposes a new way of looking at state formation and boundaries in the Middle East, by showing how the interactions of regional neighbors left an indelible imprint on the domestic politics of one another. The two different visions for managing the border that Saudi Arabia and Iraq developed in the 1920s generated mistrust on both sides, leading to a gradual process of estrangement that lasted through the 1950s and beyond. Ibn Saud made strenuous efforts to preserve the socio-economic ties that united the communities of southern Iraq with the Najd and, in turn, those efforts helped encourage a wave of Sunni Arab migrants from Iraq who helped build the Saudi state. Iraqi politicians and clerics attempted to use the issue of Ikhwan raids as a rallying cry for promoting their political agendas, thereby contributing to a growing sectarian discourse and undermining the nationalist rhetoric of the 1920 Revolution. The two countries had a remarkable and long-lasting impact on one another, even as they drifted farther and farther apart through mutual fear and suspicion.
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Liverpool University Press From Desert to Town: The Integration of Bedouin
Book SynopsisFrom Desert to Town sheds light on the sedentarisation and integration of Bedouin living in fellahin towns and villages in the Galilee, between 1700 and 2020. The purpose is to analyse the dynamics of the factors and circumstances that led to this migration. Official history has always lacked data on the Bedouin population in Palestine. Historians have recorded the biography of particular elites, and especially in the context of local warfare and tribal antagonisms, but have hitherto neglected ongoing migration from desert life to town life of Bedouin in the Galilee. The historical record is further complicated by the Bedouin themselves, who over time have been reluctant to register with governmental authority, whether Ottoman, British, or Israeli. This book brings together the available historical information combined with ethnographic data, from which it is possible to derive, analyse, and infer much information about Bedouin life in the Galilee over the past three hundred years. The move from rural to town for populations world-wide has dominated twentieth-century migration patterns. The move from desert life, as opposed to the move from rural life, has distinctive features, making the Bedouin case unique in its social complexity: from change in the use of language to the economic underpinning of intermarriage. A comprehensive understanding of the process of Bedouin settlement and integration into urban society has major social, cultural and economic implications for the wider Israeli society. The work is a major contribution to government planning at many levels, including population disbursement and education.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press Arabic between State and Nation: Israel, the
Book SynopsisIn order to better understand the political conditions of the Arabic language in Israel, a comparison with the political conditions of Arabic in the Levant as well as the Diaspora is necessary. Comparison consists of macro factors, such as nation-state building, and at the micro level, the daily public usage of Arabic. While the relationship between language and nationhood is well documented, study of the unique socio-political situation of the use of Arabic in the Jewish state, and in particular language usage in East Jerusalem, has hitherto not been addressed. The removal of Arabic as an official language in Israel in 2018 has major implications for IsraeliPalestinian accommodation. Research for the book relied on ethnographic fieldwork as well as sociolinguistic literature. Investigation is wide-ranging: distinguishing the different public presences of language; the state of literacy (publishing, education); and (formal and informal) interviews with students, teachers and journalists. Linguists often consider the Levant to belong to one dialect group but post-1918 people in the Levant have had to deal with separate political realities, and language differences reflect their unique political and social circumstances. The history of European colonialism is but one influencing factor. Diaspora comparison engages with the US city of Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Arab American community in one locality. How does this community find meaning in both being American and a threat to national security? This dilemma is mirrored in the life of Palestinians in Israel. Security and securitisation are relational concepts (Rampton and Charalambous 2019), and language plays a large part in personal sense of belonging. Analytical tools such as the concept of seamline (Eyal 2006), and indexicality (Silverstein 1979), assist in coming to terms with the metapragmatic meanings of language. This important book reaches far beyond linguistic difference; it goes to the heart of political, social and economic despair faced by multiple communities.Trade ReviewBuilding on long term and wide-ranging ethnographic explorations of language and politics in the Middle East, Professor Camelia Suleiman incorporates situated understanding of people and place, cross-disciplinary scholarship, and insightful theoretical links to account for the use and role of Arabic in the Jewish state, with a comparison to the diaspora in the US a key feature. It is an important, revealing, thought-provoking book, which illuminates facets of a complex history of language, politics, and identity. Colleen Cotter, Professor in Media Linguistics, Queen Mary University of LondonCamelia Suleiman’s Arabic between State and Nation is a vitally important and many-sided study on the position and development of Arabic in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. It even discusses Arabs and Arabic in Michigan, with the highest concentration of Arabs in the US. Through language, it tackles a myriad important questions such as identity, position of minorities in a settler-colonial state, and the role of education systems. This diligently researched book is an essential reading for anybody wishing to learn what has happened to Levantine Arabic, once common to the whole region but now separated by modern borders and competing nation-building projects. Hannu Juusola, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Helsinki, FinlandThe author discusses the role of language in various Arab contexts and leads the reader to the special situation of the language development in Jerusalem. I found the book interesting, well organized, and comprehensive. In my opinion, this book should be part of linguistics studies, as well as Middle East Studies. Mona Khoury-Kassabri, Vice President of Strategy and Diversity, Professor of Social Work, Hebrew University of JerusalemIt is a fascinating, comprehensive and enlightening research work on the interplay between the Arabic language and the social and political developments in the Levant states, notably Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Based on a variety of sources, personal observations and interviews, this original study uniquely contributes to our knowledge and understanding of the crucial role of Arabic on the national identities of important Middle Eastern entities. Moshe Ma'oz, Professor Emeritus, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
£61.75
Liverpool University Press Asad's Autocratic Dynasty in Syria: Civil War and
Book SynopsisIn 2011, the diplomatic and expert consensus was that Bashar al-Asads regime would fail, causing Syria to disintegrate into several ethnic enclaves or mini-states. A decade later and Bashar is still in control, having defeated the rebels and gained the support of Russia. The years of internal warfare have brought about changes in the spectrum of parties involved in the Syrian state, and the final outcome is inevitably going to be shaped by geo-politics. The Alawi minority still in large measure controls the Sunni-Muslim (Arab) majority. The other players are a gallery of ever changing allegiances: ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra, and many other radical Islamic groups; the Muslim Kurdish and Christian Arab communities; as well as Shii Lebanese Hizballah. External horizon players are Iran; Sunni Turkey and Saudi Arabia; Jewish Israel; the United States and Russia. This study aims to analyze the agendas, actions, and interrelations of these various actors from 2011 until the present. It will discuss their ongoing politics and assess forthcoming developments. Both Iran and Russia continue to support Bashar, but compete for political, military, and economic influence. The US has greatly reduced involvement, keeping only 900 troops in northeastern Syria, to protect its Kurdish allies and fight against ISIS. Turkey still occupies parts of northern Syria, with the aim of eliminating the Kurdish forces. Syrian and Russian military attempts to conquer this area continue sporadically. The Israeli air force has attacked Iranian and Hizballah positions with the tacit approval of Russia. However, Russias war on Ukraine in February 2022 may result in restricting Israeli interdictions and instead enhance cooperation with Tehran in order to counter the US and NATO. Both Russia and Iran have been incapable of reconstructing the massively destroyed Syrian infrastructure; the US and Europe are reluctant to contribute due to Bashars continued Alawi minority-based autocratic and corrupt rule.
£29.95
Liverpool University Press A Sultanate that Endures: Oman in the World from
Book SynopsisQaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020, marked Omani history. He belonged to that very small circle of leaders who solemnized their time in power, transforming the Sultanate by empowering generations of citizens to lead constructive and fulfilling lives. Joseph Kéchichian provides a full assessment of the fourteenth Al Sa'id dynasty sovereign, setting out his vision for what was then a relatively isolated nation, championing the necessity for alliances, investing in people as well as the land, and founding key institutions that evolved over five decades. These achievements took time to materialize as Qaboos preserved Al Sa'id rule, governed wisely, avoided internal and external political entanglements, and passed the torch to his successor Haitham bin Tariq, who validated Al Sa'id authority upon becoming Sultan. A Sultanate that Endures is a companion volume to Oman and the World: The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy (RAND, 1995). It highlights Omani history, with a particular focus on the religious creed Ibadhiyyah that embraces tolerance and prevents injustice. The transition from a theocracy to a monarchy that established dynastic rule is discussed in the context of the Sultanate's millennial history, affirming its rulers' legitimacy and citizen acceptance. The author evaluates how Ibadhiyyah and its traditions formed the gist of the Sultanate's foreign policies, concentrating on ties with predominantly Muslim-inhabited countries, engagement with the African Continent, its links with the Arab Gulf region, and appraising Omani diplomacy with key Asian and Western countries. The study closes with a preliminary analysis of the transition to Sultan Haitham, evaluates his primary appointments, and reviews his declared priorities for the nation. Future domestic and foreign policy challenges that may confront Omanis concludes the volume.
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Liverpool University Press Ageing in Medieval Jewish Culture
Book SynopsisThis is a seminal study of cultural attitudes to old age among Jews of the medieval Mediterranean and Near Eastern regions. Rigorously researched and accessibly written, it will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines as well as to the broader public. While the focus is on Jewish society and culture, critical context regarding the social history of ageing is provided by comparative perspectives from the Muslim world as well as from Spain and Provence and other areas of Christian Europe that were in the Arabic Andalusian cultural orbit. The study draws on many literary genres and scholarly disciplines: philosophy and theology, ethics and law, biblical commentary, Hebrew poetry, medical literature, and a host of marriage contracts, personal letters, and family and communal records from the Cairo Genizah. The result is a nuanced portrait of ageing as both a lived reality and a cultural paradigm in medieval Jewish society.Trade ReviewReviews'Wide-ranging, methodologically sophisticated, and deeply learned, Russ-Fishbane has read systematically in literary and documentary sources, both Jewish and Islamic. Few scholars possess such broad competence. The book’s geographic and chronological parameters are logical and natural. Stylishly written and clearly structured, the work is extremely engaging and easily digested.’Daniel Frank, Ohio State University‘Russ-Fishbane makes a significant contribution to a universal issue: attitudes to ageing. His approach to his subject is novel: he has written both a literary and a social history and attempted to integrate the two,putting the Jewish experience in the context of classical and Islamic sources. The author’s erudition is on impressive display, providing excellent source material for scholars of Jewish studies, Mediterranean studies, and medieval history and culture.’Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature, The Jewish Theological Seminary‘Why read this book? Ageing is part of the human experience and most of us have or will have to deal with it directly or indirectly or most probably---both. If it is inescapable, it probably should be understood. Russ-Fishbane’s study of medieval Jewish outlooks on aging is a very good place to start. There are many reasons to enjoy this book. His synthesis of disparate material is creative and generates fascinating new perspectives, as does his melding of historical approaches and literary perspectives. The work is clearly constructed and coherent. It should be essential reading for anyone working in medieval Jewish history and in social history, while the broad perspective should make it no less useful for individuals studying other cultures and even their own.’Shaul Stampfer, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsIntroductionI. Conceptions and Perceptions of Ageing1. How Old Is Old?2. Longevity and Its Limits 3. Ageing Body, Ageing Mind II. Ageing in Family and Community 4. Grandparents and the Multigenerational Home5. Family Networks of Care 6. Community SupportIII. Ideas and Ideals of Old Age7. The Dignity of Age 8. Facing Mortality: Towards a Hebrew Poetics of Ageing 9. The Sabbath of Life: Age and Wisdom in Medieval Jewish Thought Appendix: Life Expectancy and Medieval Mediterranean JewryAfterword: On an Integrative Approach to the Study of Old AgeBibliographyIndex
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Liverpool University Press Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies:
Book SynopsisSaudi Arabia and Iraq have a shared history, as both friends and enemies at one and the same time, and their growth as modern nation-states must be understood in that joint context. This book establishes a new narrative and timeline for bilateral relations between the two countries, while examining the work of other Arab and Western scholars, in order to excavate the biases underlying so much previous work on this topic. In doing so, it proposes a new way of looking at state formation and boundaries in the Middle East, by showing how the interactions of regional neighbors left an indelible imprint on the domestic politics of one another. The two different visions for managing the border that Saudi Arabia and Iraq developed in the 1920s generated mistrust on both sides, leading to a gradual process of estrangement that lasted through the 1950s and beyond. Ibn Saud made strenuous efforts to preserve the socio-economic ties that united the communities of southern Iraq with the Najd and, in turn, those efforts helped encourage a wave of Sunni Arab migrants from Iraq who helped build the Saudi state. Iraqi politicians and clerics attempted to use the issue of Ikhwan raids as a rallying cry for promoting their political agendas, thereby contributing to a growing sectarian discourse and undermining the nationalist rhetoric of the 1920 Revolution. The two countries had a remarkable and long-lasting impact on one another, even as they drifted farther and farther apart through mutual fear and suspicion.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920
Book SynopsisRelates how the British, aided by Arab insurgents and the French, defeated the Turks, although not without difficulty, and captured northern Palestine and most of Syria. This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and Australian troops; how the Turks were defeated at the great Battle of Megiddo in September 1918; and how Damascus fell, the Australians and the Arab army, which had harassed the Turks in the desert, arriving almostsimultaneously. It goes on to relate how the French arrived, late, to take over territory allocated to them in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1915, territory which included both Syria and Lebanon; how influenza had a severely detrimental impact on the allied advance; and how the Turks regrouped, successfully, north of Aleppo, and prevented further allied advance. The book also discusses the peace negotiations which followed the armistice, examining how nationalist aspirations were thwarted, how the French imperial grip on Syria was gradually strengthened, and how the Arab leader, Faisal, ousted from Syria, was provided with a kingdom by the British in Iraq. At a time when new turmoil in Syria is again in the headlines, this study provides exceptionally timely information on how Syria was fought over and shaped as rule over the country by the Turkish Empire was ended. John D. Grainger is the authorof numerous books for a variety of publishers, including five previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The Battle for Palestine, 1917 and Dictionary of British Naval Battles.Trade ReviewAn excellent military history of Allenby's campaigns, with good material from the Ottoman side of the line. * HISTORY OF WAR.ORG *Grainger does an excellent job analyzing the motivations and war aims of major combatant countries and important rebel groups. [It] is an excellent military history which makes extensive use of a wide variety of primary sources. . It is almost impossible to read this work without being struck by how many of the decisions made in this era are still playing themselves out in contemporary times. * MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL, vol. 68, no. 1 *Grainger's great contribution in this book is to put the Middle Eastern war in a wider context than some previous scholars have done. * H-WAR *An efficient and comprehensive summary. * MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY *Grainger is an admirably clear-headed guide through the historical quicksands and thickets of his subject matter. [He] has produced a learned, deeply considered and tightly written book that deserves to be seen as the definitive version of a momentous episode in the making of the Middle East. * BBC HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Defeats The Turks The New Army The Arabs The French The Plan Preparations Preliminaries The Infantry Battle The Cavalry Battle The East, Haifa, Samakh Damascus and Beirut Aleppo and Haritan The Occupied Territories Problems with the Army Rebellion in Egypt France and Syria Conclusion
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Liverpool University Press The Decline of Arab Unity: The Rise and Fall of
Book SynopsisThis is the first book in English to tell the story of this important, yet neglected, episode in modern Arab history. The research is based on archival material located in the United States, Britain, Canada and Israel, as well as available resources in Arabic. The use of these primary sources allows for a fresh look at the UAR.Trade ReviewIn spite of its short duration, the rise and demise of the United Arab Republic the union between Egypt and Syria (195861) is considered a seminal episode in the modern history of the Arab world. At the time, many Arabs hoped that the union would herald realization of the pan-Arab dream, but its disintegration shattered this dream beyond repair. With the wisdom of hindsight it is also clear that this episode had a significant, lasting impact on the evolution of Arab politics. -- From the Foreword by Moshe Maoz, author of "Asad: The Sphinx of Damascus"A superb narrative and analysis long overdue. -- Choice Outstanding Academic Book"An important book. Podehs is the most reliable of the histories of the union." -- The International History Review
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