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Random House USA Inc Bible and Sword
Book SynopsisFrom Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of Britain’s long relationship with Palestine and the Middle East, from the ancient world to the twentieth century. Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English and, later, to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, Barbara W. Tuchman follows these twin spiritual and imperial motives—the Bible and the sword—to their seemingly inevitable endpoint, when Britain conquered Palestine at the conclusion of World War I. At that moment, in a gesture of significance and solemnity, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 established a British-sponsored mandate for a national home for the Jewish people. Throughout this characteristically vivid
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Countrysport Press,U.S. Six Days of War
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of Ally—now featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospective Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Writing with a novelist’s command of narrative and a historian’s grasp of fact and motive, Michael B. Oren reconstructs both the lightning-fast action on the battlefields and the political shocks that electrified the world. Extraordinary personalities—Moshe Dayan and Gamal Abdul Nasser, Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin—rose and toppled from power as a result of this war; borders were redrawn; daring strategies brilliantly succeeded or disastrously failed in a matter of hours. And the balance of power changed—in the Middle East and in the world. A towering work of history and an enthralling human narrative, Six Days of War is the most important book on the Middle East conflict to appear in a generation.Praise for Six Days of War“Powerful . . . A highly readable, even gripping account of the 1967 conflict . . . [Oren] has woven a seamless narrative out of a staggering variety of diplomatic and military strands.”—The New York Times “With a remarkably assured style, Oren elucidates nearly every aspect of the conflict. . . . Oren’s [book] will remain the authoritative chronicle of the war. His achievement as a writer and a historian is awesome.”—The Atlantic Monthly “This is not only the best book so far written on the six-day war, it is likely to remain the best.”—The Washington Post Book World “Phenomenal . . . breathtaking history . . . a profoundly talented writer. . . . This book is not only one of the best books on this critical episode in Middle East history; it’s one of the best-written books I’ve read this year, in any genre.”—The Jerusalem Post “[In] Michael Oren’s richly detailed and lucid account, the familiar story is thrilling once again. . . . What makes this book important is the breadth and depth of the research.”—The New York Times Book Review “A first-rate new account of the conflict.”—The Washington Post “The definitive history of the Six-Day War . . . [Oren’s] narrative is precise but written with great literary flair. In no one else’s study is there more understanding or more surprise.”—Martin Peretz, Publisher, The New Republic “Compelling, perhaps even vital, reading.”—San Jose Mercury News
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Till We Have Built Jerusalem Architects of a New City
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Brill Ancient Magic and Ritual Power
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W. W. Norton & Company The Saudis Inside the Desert Kingdom
Book Synopsis"A rare first-hand glimpse into the hidden realm of Saudi social and public life."—The New York Times
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John Wiley & Sons The Case for Israel
Book SynopsisDershowitz accuses those who attack Israel of international bigotry and backs up his argument with hard evidence. Written in Alan Dershowitz's characteristic hardhitting style, The Case for Israel defends Israel and its basic right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism and to protect its borders from hostile enemies.
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Cambridge University Press The ArabIsraeli Conflict Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 4
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Achilles Trap
Book Synopsis?Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator?s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before.? ?The New York Times?Another triumph from one of our best journalists.? ?The Washington PostVoluminously researched and compulsively readable. ?Air MailFrom bestselling and Pulitzer Prize?winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news-breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our timeWhen the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction that, if left unchecked, posed grave danger to the world. But when no WMDs were found, the United States and its allies were forced to examine the political and intelligence failures that had led to the invasion and the occupation, and the civil war that followed. One integral question has remained unsolved: Why had Saddam seemingly sacrificed his long reign in power by giving the false impression that he had hidden stocks of dangerous weapons? The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power, and geopolitics that led to America?s disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America?s fundamental miscalculations during its decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam?s rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq?s secret nuclear weapons program, Steve Coll traces Saddam?s motives by way of his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members, and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader?a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of hundreds of thousands more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances of his paranoia, resentments, and inconsistencies?even when the stakes were incredibly high.Calling on unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam?s own transcripts and audio files, Coll pulls together an incredibly comprehensive portrait of a man who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, The Achilles Trap is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy, and vanity?on both sides?led to avoidable errors of statecraft, ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change the political landscape as we know it.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) When Israel Was Young
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iUniverse The Pledge
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iUniverse The Israel Defense Forces A Peoples Army
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iUniverse Jihad in Trinidad and Tobago July 27 1990
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iUniverse The Emergence of Ulema in the Politics of India and Pakistan 19181949 A Historical Perspective
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iUniverse JIHAD The Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan
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iUniverse What Remains of Israel
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iUniverse The Collapse of Middle East Peace The Rise Fall of the Oslo Peace Accords
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iUniverse CYCLAMENS FROM GALILEE MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN FROM NAZARETH
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iUniverse Israel and its Future Analysis and Suggestions
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iUniverse The Agony of the Promised Land
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iUniverse Gutsy Guys and Rattletrap Planes That Helped Save a Nation Whats a Nice Goy Like You Doin in a War Like This
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iUniverse RETURNING The Land of Israel as Focus in Jewish History
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iUniverse The Bible Through the Eyes of Its Authors A Political History of Ancient Israel Judah
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iUniverse IRAN IN THE CLAWS OF THE BEAR The Failed Soviet Landgrab of 1946
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iUniverse Background of Terror Through history and religion in short brief
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iUniverse The Execution of Saddam Hussein An AmericanIranian Game
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iUniverse Caught Between Insight of Muslims and others in the West about the War on Terror
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iUniverse The Music of the Reeds The Spiritual Journey of Jalaludin Balkhi known as RUMI
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iUniverse No More Wars Please My Journey from Lebanon to
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iUniverse No More Wars Please My Journey from Lebanon to America
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iUniverse Cyclamens from Galilee Memoirs of a Physician from Nazareth
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iUniverse Israel and its Future Analysis and Suggestions
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Bolton Church Jakob and Charlotte Rippert
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Mariam Seddiq Sultan Mehmed
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Tellwell Talent The Supplement is An Alternative Solution for the Middle East Conflict
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Invictus
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Socialist Alternative (Au) The Story of Palestine
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. A Brief History of Ancient Israel
Book SynopsisGrounded in the latest archeological developments, Victor Matthews's A Brief History of Ancient Israel presents a concise history of Israel covering the ancestral period, conquest and settlement, the monarchy, and both the exilic and postexilic periods. Using supplemental figures and insets, the author concentrates on providing a cogent and...
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Harvard University Press Love and Joy Law Language and Religion in Ancient Israel Jewish Theological Seminary of America S
Book SynopsisThis work studies the interplay of figurative language, law and religious thought in the Bible and Near Eastern cultures. Topics covered include: love and joy as metaphors; the laws of war in ancient Israel; and the figurative nature of legal language.
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Hachette Australia Gallipoli
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Xlibris Corporation Olindas Dream Palestine Lebanon Remembered
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Xlibris Corporation Olindas Dream PALESTINE LEBANON REMEMBERED
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Pluto Press Unholy Wars Third Edition Afghanistan America
Book SynopsisA classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with AfghanistanTrade Review'Lucid, detailed, well-organised and superbly researched, Unholy Wars is the only book to place Islamic militancy in the context created not just by desperately poor, hopelessly mismanaged, corrupt and oppressive societies, but also by great powers like the United States. A masterpiece of reportorial thoroughness, painstaking research, and serious reflection' -- Edward W. SaidTable of ContentsAcknowledgements New Introduction 1. Carter and Brezhnev in the Valley of Decision 2. Anwar al-Sadat 3. Zia al-Haq 4. Deng Xiaoping 5. Recruiters, Trainers, Trainees and Assorted Spooks 6. Donors, Bankers and Profiteers 7. Poppy Fields, Killing Fields and Druglords 8. Russia: Bitter Aftertaste and Reluctant Return 9. The Contagion Spreads: 1 – Egypt and the Maghreb 10. More Contagion: The Philippines 11 The Contagion Spreads: 2 – The Assault on America Epilogue: The Globalisation of Violence Notes Index
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Pluto Press TELL ME LIES Propaganda and Media Distortion in
Book SynopsisCuts through the propaganda of the media's coverage of IraqTrade Review'If you suspect that the media have not told you the full truth about the Iraq War, read this book. It is a revelation' -- Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths College, University of London'Often entertaining and always informative ... challenges journalists to look closely at the role we play in reporting war' -- Tim Lezard, The JournalistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Mark Thomas Introduction by David Miller Part 1 The Media War 1. A great betrayal by John Pilger 2. The lies of old by John Pilger 3. The case for civil disobedience by John Pilger 4. Crime against humanity by John Pilger 5. The unthinkable is becoming normal by John Pilger Part 2 Propaganda Wars 6. War is sell by Laura Miller, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton 7. Brainscrubbing: The Failures of U.S. Public Diplomacy After 9/11 by Nancy Snow 8. Misreporting war has a long history by Des Freedman 9. Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond by Mark Curtis 10. The Propaganda Machine by David Miller 11. History or bunkum? by Philip Knightley 12. Spies and lies by Stephen Dorril 13. No Blood for oil? by Andy Rowell Part 3 Misreporting war 14. The minute it’s made up, you’ll hear about it by Mark Steel 15. Reporting the war on British television by Justin Lewis and Rod Brookes 16. 9/11, Spectacles of Terror, and Media Manipulation by Doug Kellner 17. 'Look, I'm An American' by Norman Solomon 18. 'Let the Atrocious Images Haunt Us' by Julian Petley 19. Normalising aggression by Ed Herman 20. Little Ali and other rescued children by Patricia Holland 21. Watchdogs or Lapdogs? by Granville Williams 22. The BBC: A personal account by Abdul Hadi Jiad 23. Mass Deception: How The Media Helped The Government Deceive The People by David Cromwell & David Edwards 24. Covering the Middle East by Robert Fisk 25. Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story by Tim Llewellyn 26. Black holes of history by Greg Philo and Maureen Gilmour Part 4 Alternatives 27. Al Jazeera's war by Faisal Bodi 28. Target the media by Tim Gopsill 29. Turning my back on the mainstream by Yvonne Ridley 30. Working in and against the system by David Crouch 31. Disruptive Technology: Iraq and the Internet by Alistair Alexander 32. The anti-war movement by Noam Chomsky
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Pluto Press Israels Vicious Circle
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SPCK Publishing Whose Promised Land
Book SynopsisA fully revised and updated edition of a classic book on Israel and PalestineTrade Review"Provides an even-handed approach that does not automatically assume a pro-Israel stance. Instead, it seeks to present an honest appraisal of modern Israel while clearly delineating the inter-related issues surrounding the crisis in the Middle East. There’s a great deal of good analysis of some very difficult texts. A terrific book." -- American Vision"A deep, long look at the issues surrounding the crisis in the historic land common to the three great monotheistic religions, Whose Promised Land? is recommended as a fine introduction to the history of the conflict." -- Relevant Magazine"For a more than a generation, Colin Chapman's Whose Promised Land? has been the premier volume for Christians who are trying to think Christianly about the conflict in Israel-Palestine. And this new edition is a helpful update and improvement in his already-outstanding presentation. The strength of Chapman's work is not only in its comprehensiveness, but in its fairness. Unlike most scholars, he sites his sources extensively, letting political leaders and theologians speak for themselves, so that the reader can make his or her own judgments about the meaning of their words. This is simply an essential book that ought to be in the hands of every thoughtful Christian who cares about the world, the Middle East, and the Bible." -- Gary Burge, Professor of New Testament Wheaton College and Graduate School"When first published, this book influenced thousands of Christians with its balanced, thoughtful and Bible-based assessment of the situation in Israel/Palestine. Sadly, occupation and settlement have continued and deepened in Palestine over the last dozen years, and talks about a just peace have stumbled. So an update is long overdue. With this brand new edition Colin Chapman does not disappoint. This remains the go-to text for Christians and others wanting to understand what is really happening in the Middle East." -- Jeremy Moodey, Chief Executive, Embrace the Middle East"Colin Chapman has long been acknowledged as providing a strong intellectual voice to Christian concern for Palestinians, and this book will undoubtedly reinforce that." -- Dr Jane Clements, Director, Council of Christians and Jews"For over thirty years this one book has stood out as the seminal work on this highly contested issue. This really is the "must-have" book on one of the world's hottest topics" -- Dr Peter Walker, Professor of Biblical Studies, Trinity School for Ministry, USA
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The British Empire and the Armenian Genocide
Book SynopsisMichelle Tusan is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the author of Smyrna's Ashes: Humanitarianism, Genocide and the Birth of the Middle East. She has published widely on the history of humanitarianism and human rights.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Crime of Genocide Part I- Armenians and Imperial Foreign Policy Chapter 1: W.E. Gladstone’s Humanitarian Crusade Chapter 2: Atrocity and Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire Part II- Massacre Chapter 3: Hamidian Massacres and the Media Chapter 4: Revolution, Massacre and War in the Balkans Part III- Genocide Chapter 5: Genocide and the Great War Chapter 6: Saving ‘the Remnant’ Part IV- War Crimes Chapter 7: ‘Crimes against Humanity’
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) ISIS
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Bloomsbury Academic Sasanian Persia
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Plates Map of the Sasanian Empire Sasanian Family Tree Prolegomena 1. The Political History of Iran and an-Iran 2. The Society of Iranshahr 3. Religions of the Empire: Zoroastrians, Manichaeans, Jews and Christians 4. Languages and Textual Remains of the Citizens 5. The Economy and Administration of Iranshahr Notes Bibliography Index
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