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Book SynopsisBecoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history to understand U.S. and Iranian relations from the fall of the Shah in 1978 through the Iranian hostage crisis and the Iran-Iraq war. Scholars and former officials involved with U.S.Trade Review[This] book is a very useful source on the Iran–Iraq war, adding a wealth of useful material that was not available before. One of its central themes – that of `missed opportunities’ in US–Iranian relations – is also well-taken and critical to an understanding of the topic. * European Political Science *By applying an innovative methodology ("critical oral history"), by engaging some of the most authoritative voices on the subject matter in a well-informed, candid, and insightful dialogue, and through their own trenchant analyses, the authors of this groundbreaking work provide a fresh perspective on the mindsets, misperceptions, and misguided policies by Iran, Iraq, and the United States, that helped start and prolong what became one of the bloodiest regional wars in the latter half of the twentieth century. For policymakers, scholars, and students pondering the causes of the enduring enmities and mistrust between Iran and the United States today, this book is a must read. -- Ali Banuazizi, Boston College and past president, Middle East Studies AssociationAn elegantly written treasure trove of fascinating, forgotten, and previously unrevealed history. For those seeking to understand the roots of modern enmity between the U.S. and Iran, Becoming Enemies is a truly unique and wonderful resource. -- Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie EndowmentA fascinating, eye-opening book about the players and politics of the Iran-Iraq war and the war's domestic and foreign policy repercussions whose effects continue to resonate today. -- Haleh Esfandiari, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsBecoming Enemies provides a unique and unrivalled insight into the framing of U.S. policy toward the Iran-Iraq war and the roots of the contemporary American-Iranian antagonism. The innovative approach of critical oral history yields penetrating insights into how policy-makers and officials understood events at the time and in hindsight. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand recent U.S. policy in the Middle East. -- Nigel J. Ashton, London School of Economics and Political ScienceToo often, Americans seem eager to do things rather than to understand things. For those who wish to understand, this book offers invaluable insights about the world's most dysfunctional relationship. By explaining a key episode in the long conflict between Iran and the United States, it presents invaluable insights. Whether Americans are willing to consider them could make the difference between war and peace. -- Stephen Kinzer, author of Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two WorldsThe roots of all of America’s current problems with Iraq and Iran lie in our conduct during the Iran-Iraq War. Becoming Enemies provides a profound understanding into that experience. It is a fascinating story, and by presenting it in the words of those who crafted the policy, it gives the reader a rare “fly-on-the-wall” perspective on how American policy gets made, and how the United States got itself into the mess it is in today in the Persian Gulf. -- Kenneth M. Pollack, author of The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America and Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991In this brilliant and disturbing book, America’s foreign policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1980s is told, for the first time, from deep inside the U.S. decision making apparatus of the Carter and Reagan administrations. It is a sobering tale of Washington’s misperceptions, ignorance and arrogance drawing on newly declassified documentation and oral testimony from key participants, who struggle to come to grips with how and why the U.S. rallied behind one of the twentieth century’s most brutal despots, Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, in his war with Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran, thereby sowing the seeds of bitter U.S.-Iranian enmity that exists to this day. -- Patrick Tyler, former Middle East correspondent for The New York Times and The Washington PostDuring the calamitous decade following the fall of the Pahlavi regime the Carter and Reagan administrations struggled to reorient the U.S. policy to a Middle East where a central geopolitical pillar had been upended. This was a decade of enormous violence and confusion, and a period when mutual enmity and suspicion were deeply gouged into the collective minds of the Iranian and U.S. political elite. This novel and commendably lucid volume draws on a trove of declassified documents, as well as top scholars and policy experts to offer fresh accounts of defining episodes of the decade. The often enlightening give-and-take of scholars, diplomats and officials, several of whom played leading roles during this fateful period, lends authenticity to the authors' assessments. Given the dangers that continue to haunt U.S.-Iran relations, Becoming Enemies could not be more urgent to read and ponder. -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsForeword: By Bruce Riedel. Part I: The U.S. and Iran: How “the Enemy Has Become Our Masterpiece.” Prologue: Kierkegaard in the Desert: A Reader’s Guide to Becoming Enemies. Dramatis Personae: Who’s Who at the Musgrove Conference. Chapter One: How It Came to This: The Evolution of Dueling U.S. and Iranian Narratives. Part II: The Musgrove Conference: A Critical Oral History of the Origins of U.S.-Iranian Enmity. Chapter Two: The U.S. Confronts The Islamic Republic: The Origins of Enmity, 1979-1982. Chapter Three: The U.S. Tilt Toward Iraq: A Strategy for Avoiding a “Middle Eastern Armageddon.” Chapter Four: “A World-Class Rogues’ Gallery of Liars and Crooks”: The Iran-Contra Affair. Chapter Five: “This Huge Crescendo of Pressures”: Iraqi Resurgence in 1988 and Iranian Preparation for War with the U.S. Chapter Six: Khomeini Drinks the “Hemlock”: How the United Nations Facilitated the End of the War. Part III: Revelations, Perspectives and Interpretations. Chapter Seven: Missed Opportunities? The Virtual History of U.S.-Iran Relations During the Iran-Iraq War. Epilogue: Takeaways: What Did We Learn From the Musgrove Dialogues? Appendix I: Chronology. Appendix II: Annotated Excerpts From Declassified Documents. Credits. Endnotes. Acronyms. Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisAsadollah Alam, an urbane aristocrat from the oldest of Iran's great families, was the Sha's most trusted friend and confidant. As Prime Minister in 1962, Alam orchestrated the defeat of Ayatollah Khomeini's first serious challenge to the Pahlavi regime. Subsequently, he was made Minister of Court, a position of unique power and influence, which he retained until ill-health forced him to retire in 1977, the year before his death. Alam's diaries cover a nine-year period with remarkable frankness, recording his almost daily meetings and conversations with the Shah.Trade Review"Asadollah Alam's diaries are the stuff of true history - hastily written, post-midnight accounts of a chief courtier's days. - Independent on Sunday"

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Book SynopsisMohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War. In this book Roham Alvandi offers a revisionist account of the shah''s relationship with the United States by examining the partnership he forged with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1970s. Based on extensive research in the British and U.S. archives, as well as a wealth of Persian-language diaries, memoirs and oral histories, this study restores agency to the shah as an autonomous international actor and suggests that Iran evolved from a client to a partner of the United States under the Nixon Doctrine. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah offers a detailed account of three key historical episodes in the Nixon-Kissinger-Pahlavi partnership that shaped the global Cold War far beyond Iran''s borders. First, the book examines the emergence of Iranian primacy in the Persian Gulf as the Nixon administration looked to the shah to fill the vacuum created by the BTrade ReviewRoham Alvandi's Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah does exactly what it promises in its title. The book is an excellent insight into the interactions between the three aforementioned figures in what was a pivotal period of US, Iranian, and Cold War history. Alvandi's skill is writing in such a way as to appeal to the specialist and non-specialist alike. He weaves through a deep history, placing his triumvirate of characters in context without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail, and delivers a highly readable and effective study. * Stephen McGlinchey, E-International Relations *lively, clear and entertaining writing. This is indeed a useful, highly recommendable book that may attract specialists in international relations, Iranian affairs and US political history, as well as the general reader. * David Sarias Rodriguez, History *a major contribution to recent scholarship on the global history of the Cold War ... Alvandi's account of the process and its consequences is the fullest and most revealing to date. * David S. Painter, American Historical Review *Alvandi's commendably clear style and approach serves to highlight and articulate an argument ... redefining the relationship between Iran and the United States away from the popular orthodoxy of the patron-client relationship ... Alvandi takes a refreshing look at a relationship that has long been considered both the high tide of USIran relations and the roots of its eventual collapse. * Ali M. Ansari, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. The United States and Iran in the Cold War ; 2. "Protect Me": The Nixon Doctrine in the Persian Gulf ; 3. Iran's Secret War with Iraq: The CIA and the Shah-Forsaken Kurds ; 4. A Ford, Not a Nixon: The United States and the Shah's Nuclear Dreams ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, especially from 1953 to 1979, in the context of his regime's dependence on the United States and his dreams of transforming Iran into a world power. This book argues that, despite the Shah's early achievements, his goals and policies were full of inherent contradictions and weaknesses.Trade Review"A sober, scholarly study of the place of Iran in world politics, of the 53-year reign of the Pahlavi family and of the effects of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's dependence on the United States."--New York Times "[A] scholar's measured assessment, based on knowledge of the country and of Persian sources, and skillful in its interweaving of domestic and international factors."--Foreign Affairs "[T]he best single volume on contemporary Iran."--Shahram Chubin, International Affairs "Saikal's book achieves a high level of specificity and detail while remaining easily readable and therefore it is a handy academic resource as well as an accessible text for a general audience."--Pascal Abidor, Political Studies Review "Saikal updates this edition with an excellent introduction devoted to the dynamics of contemporary politics in the Islamic Republic and Iran's nuclear ambitions... [T]his study, still timely after three decades, naturally invites comparisons between the autocratic shah and his equally repressive successors."--Jonathan G. Katz, The Historian

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Book SynopsisA Stanford University Press classic.Trade Review"A swift-paced, absorbing account of the dangerous political maneuvers that engaged America with both China and the Soviet Union during the years between 1948 and 1972. . . . Chang's account is impressively documented with once-classified records. . . . This is a scrupulously detailed history, scholarly and at the same time filled with incident, insight, and personality. . . . Chang paints a fascinating picture."—San Francisco Chronicle

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Book SynopsisTo the task of chronicling the waning years of Persia''s Qajar court, Dust-Ali Khan Mo''ayyer al-Mamalek (1876-1966) brought matchless gifts. On his mother''s side, he was the grandson of Naser al-Din Shah, ruler of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896; on his fathers side, he was the descendant of a family of assayers and masters of the royal mint with roots in the Safavid era (15011736). He was also a painter and writer with a keen eye for atmosphere and detail. Throughout his long life, he kept journals of the rarefied and sometimes turbulent world in which he moved. Some of those records were incorporated by him into autobiography or descriptions of his grandfathers court -- its modes of governance, festivals, royal hunts, palaces and gardens, life in the harem, and much more. THE ARTIST AND THE SHAH is the product of a seven-year labour of love by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar, a dedicated historian of the Qajar era, to not only translate two of Dust-Ali Khans memoirs but also to gather together 280 photographs from public archives and private collections. Most of the photographs are presented here for the first time in their proper context. Illuminated with the words of Dust-Ali Khan, they provide a uniquely intimate view of an era now long vanished.

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Book SynopsisExplores the mutually formative interactions between the Arab and Jewish working classes, labor movements, and worker-oriented political parties in Palestine just before and during the period of British colonial rule. This book avoids treating the Arab and Jewish communities as if they developed independently of each other.

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Book SynopsisWith a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted the country's elected prime minister, ushered in a quartercentury of brutal rule under the Shah, and stimulated the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and antiAmericanism in the Middle East.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA completely fresh interpretation of the 1921-1941 Pahlavi period. . . . Majd has come upon a gold mine of information on this controversial period of Persian history. . . . The details and freshness of the figures are explosive. . . . Even more explosive are the land acquisitions materials and the information on the work of the Shah's secret police."--Hafez Farmayan, University of Texas at Austin

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Book Synopsis The sequel to London Shah's thrilling futuristic mystery The Light at the Bottom of the World, perfect for fans of Illuminae and These Broken Stars Leyla McQueen has finally reunited with her father after breaking him out of Broadmoor, the illegal government prison—but his freedom comes at a terrible cost. As Leyla celebrates his return, she must grapple with the pain of losing Ari. Now separated from the boy who has her heart and labeled the nation’s number one enemy, Leyla must risk illegal travel through unchartered waters in her quest for the truth behind her father's arrest. Across Britain, the fallout from Leyla's actions has escalated tensions between Anthropoid and non-Anthropoid communities, bringing them to an all-time high. And, as Leyla and her friends fight to uncover the startling truths about their world, she discovers her own shocking past—and the horrifying secrets behind her father’s abduction and arrest. But as these long-buried truths finally begin to surface, so, too, do the authorities’ terrible future plans. And if the ever-pervasive fear prevents the people from taking a stand now, the abyss could stay in the dark forever.

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Book SynopsisIn the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. cover the tumultuous period that began with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama’s decision, in 2013, not to intervene in Syria. Taking in the First Gulf War, the rise of al-Qaeda, the military response to the September 11 attacks and the present conflict in Syria, Best of Enemies: Part Three is propelled by a clash between four US presidents and their Middle Eastern antagonists: on the one hand, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; on the other, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Bashar al-Assad. Covering thirty years of conflict and diplomacy, Best of Enemies: Part Three is a breezy and engaging guide to the events that shaped our current politics, from the rise of populism and the so-called Islamic State to the global refugee crisis.Trade Review"provide[s] an overview of a broad swath of conflict-ridden history, and I recommend it." -- GeekDad

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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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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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Book SynopsisFriends and Enemies presents a collection of essays on Canadian foreign policy written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the leading political and military historians in the country. The essays cover a period primarily from the Second World War through to the early 2000s and examine policy under prime ministers Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, and Pierre Trudeau. Based on interviews and extensive archival research, the essays reveal how Granatstein’s views shifted as he reacted to altered conditions in Canada, Canadian alliances, and the world situation.

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Book SynopsisECONOMIST, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017''Comprehensive and compelling ... A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians'' Justin Marozzi, The TimesA century after Britain''s Balfour Declaration promised a Jewish ''national home'' in Palestine, veteran Guardian journalist Ian Black has produced a major new history of one of the most polarising conflicts of the modern age. Drawing on a wide range of sources - from declassified documents to oral testimonies and his own decades of reporting - Enemies and Neighbours brings much-needed perspective and balance to the long and unresolved struggle between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land.Beginning in the final years of Ottoman ruleand the British Mandate period, when Zionist immigration transformed Palestine in the face of mounting Arab opposition, the book re-exTrade ReviewExcellent ... A detailed, even-handed account of the world's most intractable and damaging political dispute -- 'Books of the Year' * Sunday Times *Excellent ... Ian Black brings a fresh perspective to one of the most closely studied conflicts on Earth, unpacking its complexities with clarity and candour -- Anshel Pfeffer * Observer *Comprehensive and compelling ... A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians -- Justin Marozzi * The Times *Compelling ... Merits close reading for its rich detail and rare subtlety ... Denies made-up minds their soothing certainties ... A reading of uncommon clarity, informed by extensive research and keen insight -- Stephen Daisley * Spectator *[A] wonderful new history of Palestine and Israel ... For its clarity and balance, Black's work stands tall in a field that is likely to continue growing * Economist *A good read..... sharp, fast paragraphs filled with vivid detail...keeps a tight focus on events on the ground. Punctures the view...that Palestinians bear virtually all the blame for the failure of recent efforts to create a Palestinian state -- Peter Beinart, 'Editor's Choice' * New York Times *A remarkable book that combines sharp insight with absolute impartiality on one of the world's most complex and intractable conflicts. Black captures the voices of the Palestinians and Israelis with equal compassion, and holds their leaders to account with equal severity. An outstanding accomplishment -- Eugene Rogan, author of 'The Arabs: A History'Superbly researched and highly readable. Even those who are well read on the subject will find new insights that had escaped them -- Raja Shehadeh, author of 'Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape'When Israeli and Palestinian historians eventually sit down together to compose a single narrative to replace their bitterly conflicting histories, they will find that Ian Black's book has already done it for them. This brilliant, dispassionate work leaves us, curiously, optimistic - for he shows us that there is a middle ground -- Meron Benvenisti, author of 'Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948'In its fine balance of historical sweep and telling detail, in its sharp analysis of social, economic, and political forces, and in its exceptional fairness to all sides, Ian Black's thorough and incisive history of the struggle between Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel is the book every student of this conflict should read first. A remarkable achievement -- Nathan Thrall, author of 'The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine'In a field where one has gotten used to one-sided 'narratives', it is refreshing to come across a historical account that simply lays down the facts, gory and tragic as these may be. This book is a must-read for those who, still entertaining hope for a sane exit from the conflict, need to be shocked out of their stupor -- Sari Nusseibeh, author of 'Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life'The hundred years' war for Palestine has produced numerous books; Ian Black has written one of the finest. Enemies and Neighbours displays an admirable ability to present this enormously complicated and tragic conflict in a lucid and riveting style - and pays unusually close attention to how both sides - Arabs and Jews - have seen it at different periods -- Tom Segev, author of 'One Palestine, Complete – Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate'Ian Black draws on decades of experience as a journalist in Palestine and Israel to offer a nuanced and thorough account of the century-old conflict over Palestine. A readable and fair assessment of why this conflict has continued unabated for so long -- Rashid Khalidi, author of 'Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East'This detailed and objective account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1917 onwards catalogues in the most enlightening way the appalling violence and hatred that lies at the heart of today's dangerous stalemate in the peace process -- Jeremy Greenstock, former British Ambassador to the United NationsA tremendous amount of research has gone into Enemies and Neighbors; the writing is straightforward, fast-paced and lucid; and it pulled me right to the end, despite the heavy nature of its topic. An excellent read that offers a true portrayal of the situation -- Fida Jiryis, Palestinian writer, contributor to 'Kingdom of Olives and Ash'

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Book SynopsisBased the author's Carlyle lectures, Useful Enemies explores the theme of Western ideas of Islam and the Ottoman empire across three centuries.Trade ReviewNoel Malcolm has provided a masterpiece in the history of ideas... * Ritchie Robertson, The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2019 *The author is one of the great scholars of our time ... Malcolm has here uncovered an entirely new field of inquiry, ranging from Machiavelli to Montesquieu, and embracing many less familiar but fascinating thinkers en route... * Daniel Johnson, Mosaic, Best Books of 2019 *A timely look at how the perceived threat of Islam shaped early modern Europe... This is a potentially polarising topic, ripe for ill-informed claims and tendentious commentary. Malcolm is one of the handful of people capable of taking it on with scholarly rigour and clarity... Anyone who wants to understand how we got to where we are today should read this book. * Tim Laing Smith, The Daily Telegraph *[A] wise and beautifully judged book... * Christopher de Bellaigue, The Guardian *With its breadth and perspicacity, this book will be the standard history for decades to come. * Nabil Matar, American Historical Review *Useful Enemies is an exhaustive study of such uses of the Ottomans and Islam in early modern European political writing. * Jan Loop, Journal of Modern History *Noel Malcolm's impressive inquiry ... is remarkable for its insight, order and clarity of exposition. * Rolando Minuti, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *Useful Enemies offers a balanced and nuanced view on how and why the Westerners perceived the otherness and how, over time, different authors and different testimonies about the Ottomans intertwined one with another in a construction of a complicate 'image'... This book also may be seen as an invitation for scholars to think about how the Ottomans were perceived in Eastern Europe. * Ovidiu Cristea, Institute of History 'Nicolae Iorga', European History Quarterly *Noel Malcolm's brilliant study ... a wealth of scholarship drawing on primary sources in many languages ... The book's importance is thus not only to do with its nuanced account of the varieties of western European responses to Islam - though this is valuable enough... * Rowan Williams, New Statesman *Learned and fascinating account... * Sameer Rahim, Prospect Magazine *[A] richly research and commendably lucid new book ... As with all Malcolm's work, the power of the underlying scholarship in Useful Enemies - the archives visited, the languages mastered - is deeply impressive. Perhaps still more impressive, however, is the way Malcolm has organised and shaped his material into a subtle, many-faceted exposition that is always clear and never feels forced or sophisticated... * David Womersely, Standpoint *An indispensable guide to that encounter that combines deep learning, refined historical judgment, and an elegant authorial voice. Malcolm describes his book as "a study of Western political thinking about Islam and the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period," roughly 1450 to 1750. But the book offers much more than that. * James Hankins, New Criterion *Useful Enemies provides a model for how a book that articulates its core objective with judicious precision can open a window, simultaneously, onto a landscape of intellectual cross-fertilization. * World History Connected *... impressive inquiry, which is remarkable for its insight, order and clarity of exposition... , strongly grounded on philological and historical inquiry. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *Noel Malcolm displays an overwhelming erudition and vast linguistic abilities which underline why Useful Enemies will be a mandatory reference book for any scholar who, from now on, intends to study the interactions between the Ottomans and the Christian world. This book also may be seen as an invitation for scholars to think about how the Ottomans were perceived in Eastern Europe. * Ovidiu Cristea, European History Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface 1: The Fall of Constantinople, the Turks, and the Humanists 2: Views of Islam: standard assumptions 3: Habsburgs and Ottomans: 'Europe' and the conflict of empires 4: Protestantism, Calvinoturcism, and Turcopapalism 5: Alliances with the infidel 6: The new paradigm 7: Machiavelli and Reason of State 8: Campanella 9: Despotism I: the origins 10: Analyses of Ottoman strength and weakness 11: Justifications of warfare, and plans for war and peace 12: Islam as a political religion 13: Critical and radical uses of Islam I: Vanini to Toland 14: Critical and radical uses of Islam II: Bayle to Voltaire 15: Despotism II: seventeenth-century theories 16: Despotism III: Montesquieu Conclusion List of manuscripts Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first full text and translation of a prosimetric tale from the rich repertoire of Central and West Asian bards to be published with ready access to recordings of both the prose narration and the sung verse. In Iranian Khorasan, bards known as bakhshi present tales that in other regions are performed wholly in a Turkic language with prose narration in Persian, Khorasani Turkish or Kurmanji Kurdish and most verses in Turkish. We compare portions of the full performance transcribed here with excerpts from two performances of Iranian bakhshis in the 1970s. Three introductory chapters and a commentary discuss musical and verbal dimensions of the bakhshi’s art in relation to relevant social, historical, and literary contexts.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Figures, Maps, and Music Examples Transliteration, Transcription, and Other Editorial Policies Part 1: The Bakhshis and Their Art 1 The Multilingual Bards of Northern Khorasan  1 Peoples and Languages of Northern Khorasan  2 Storytelling in Multi-Ethnic Iran  3 The Khorasani Bakhshi  4 Contexts of Performance 2 Characters and Imagery of the Dāstān of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom  1 The Historical Shāh Esmāʿil II  2 Summary of the Dāstān in Rowshan’s Version  3 Attributes of the Characters  4 Women  5 Garden, Rose and Nightingale  6 Gazelles and Hunters  7 Journeys  8 Complaints  9 Threats and Maxims 3 Performance Practice of the Bakhshis  1 Verse and Tune  2 Melody-Types: Āhang and Maqām  3 Performance Styles Part 2: Text and Translation of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Episode 17 Episode 18 Episode 19 Episode 20 Episode 21 Part 3: Commentary Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Episode 17 Episode 18 Episode 19 Episode 20 Episode 21 Appendix: Outline of Yegāneh’s Performance of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom Glossary Bibliography Discography Index of Dāstāns Index of Names

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Book SynopsisWhat pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies.Enemies Within is a new history of the influence of Moscow on Britain told through the stories of those who chose to spy for the Soviet Union. It also challenges entrenched assumptions about abused trust, corruption and Establishment cover-ups that began with the Cambridge Five and the disappearance of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean on the night boat to Saint-Malo in 1951.In a book that is as intellectually thrilling as it is entertaining and illuminating, Richard Davenport-Hines traces the bonds between individuals, networks and organisations over generations to offer a study of character, both individual and institutional. At its core lie the operative traits of boarding schools, the univTrade Review‘Richard Davenport-Hines, in his fascinating and compendious new book … challenges prevailing interpretations and provides answers to all the major questions about spies… As a result, this book manages to be both nostalgic and politically progressive when it seeks to remind us, passionately and eloquently, of the value of trust’ Guardian ‘Davenport-Hines writes persuasively … Enemies Within provides a comprehensive demolition of many widely accepted myths surrounding communist subterfuge during the Cold War … it is encouraging to come across such an erudite and unapologetically ‘elitist’ counterblast’ Spectator ‘A supremely accomplished historian … he writes with mordant wit and a merciless eye for distortions … the great virtues of this book lie in the detail Davenport-Hines amasses and his sense of context’ Sunday Times ‘He is strong on retelling the spy stories … but the chief virtue of the book is the almost revisionist judgments he feels able to make based on his research … in this rich, detailed and entertainingly irascible book’ Book of the Week, The Times ‘The product of one of our greatest modern masters of non-fiction Richard Davenport-Hines, Enemies Within is an exhaustive … chronicle of spies in Britain … a mosaic of such vivid detail’ Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday ‘There could not be a more experienced interrogator of a subject so festooned with myths of sleaze, power and treachery … Enemies Within is a peculiar and fascinating hybrid’ Observer ‘Richard Davenport-Hines dissects and destroys … conventional wisdom in his masterly retelling of Britain’s most notorious intelligence disaster … makes his case with splenetic zeal, backed by a formidable array of sources … fascinating’ Economist ‘The history of the five Cambridge spies recounted in this book with Richard Davenport-Hines’s usual vim and brio … a vivid panorama … [he] bases his case on wide research and illustrates it with a wealth of piquant anecdote’ Literary Review

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Book SynopsisCoping with anger and pain is more challenging than ever in these times—and more necessary. Two acclaimed Buddhist teachers offer strategies and wisdom in a book that’s been called “possibly the most inspiring and liberating meditation on love ever written.”When people and circumstances upset us, how do we deal with them? Often, we feel victimized. We become hurt, angry, and defensive. We end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don’t go our way, we become enemies to ourselves.But what if we could move past this pain, anger, and defensiveness?Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, this book introduces us to the four kinds of enemies we encounter in life: the outer enemy, people, institutions, and situations that mean to harm us; the inner enemy, anger, hatred, fear, and other destructive emotions; the secret enemy, self-obsession that isolates us from others; and the super-secret enemy, deep-seated self-loathing that prevents us from finding inner freedom and true happiness.In this practical guide, we learn not only how to identify our enemies, but more important, how to transform our relationship to them. Love Your Enemies teaches us how to . . .· break free from the mode of “us” versus “them” thinking· develop compassion, patience, and love· accept what is beyond our control· embrace lovingkindness, right speech, and other core conceptsFirst published in 2013, Love Your Enemies is, more than ever, required reading for navigating our world. Throughout, authors Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman draw from ancient spiritual wisdom and modern psychology to help you find peace within yourself and with the world.* Includes new prefaces from both authors *

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Book SynopsisIn Frenemies Mark L. Haas addresses policy-guiding puzzles such as: Why do international ideological enemies sometimes overcome their differences and ally against shared threats? Why, just as often, do such alliances fail? Alliances among ideological enemies confronting a common foe, or frenemy alliances, are unlike coalitions among ideologically-similar states facing comparable threats. Members of frenemy alliances are perpetually torn by two powerful opposing forces. Haas shows that shared material threats push these states together while ideological differences pull them apart. Each of these competing forces has dominated the other at critical times. This difference has resulted in stable alliances among ideological enemies in some cases but the delay, dissolution, or failure of these alliances in others. Haas examines how states'' susceptibility to major domestic ideological changes and the nature of the ideological differences among couTrade ReviewThis insightful book shows that traditional realist approaches miss a critical dimension in many situations: ideology. Mark L. Haas (Duquesne Univ.) analyzes three situations: the failures of France and Britain to forge a defensive alliance with the USSR to counter German threats in the 1930s, the Chinese decision to open relations with their erstwhile American enemy in the 1970s, and the collapse of Turkish-Israeli security ties in 2009–10. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Frenemy Alliances: What Are They, and When Are They Likely to Occur? 2. An Unrealized Frenemy Alliance: Britain's and France's Failure to Ally with the Soviet Union, 1933–39 3. A Tipping-Point Frenemy Alliance: The Delay in the Formation of the Sino-American Alliance against the Soviet Union, 1972–79 4. A Breaking-Point Frenemy Alliance: The Ending of the Turkish-Israeli Alliance, 2009–10 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisExamining the cultural politics of public health and Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, this text looks at the history of racial formation in the US by focusing on the development of public health bureaucracies.Trade Review"This striking book asks provocative questions and seamlessly weaves together narratives central to the history of race, Asian Americans, urban politics, public health, and citizenship. . . . Using an array of sources and theoretical frameworks, Contagious Divides is an extremely important, original, and engaging book. It offers us a striking new vantage point from which to view racial formation, the role of the state, and public health in marking exclusion and inclusion in the United States." * Journal of American History *"Deftly threading several potent concepts pertaining to modernity, liberal democracy, and citizenship, Shah's monograph stakes out an original, highly imaginative, and rewarding approach to apprehending both the microcosm of San Francisco's Chinatown and the history of Chinese and Chinese Americans in the United States." * H-Net *"Through his study of the interconnections between epidemics, public health, and the Chinese community, Nayan Shah provides new insights into the reasons for both this repulsion and fascination. Contagious Divides, which covers nearly a century in the history of the city’s Chinese community, allows the reader to assess the emergence of the Chinese as a medical threat as well as their gradual transformation into model citizens. . . . This informative book illuminates an important chapter in the history of American culture. . . . Shah's work reflects meticulous scholarship." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"The author draws on an impressive variety of sources, including English-language newspapers, published rumors, pictures, letters, poems, oral histories, and public health reports. Moreover, Shah adroitly engages with queer and postcolonial theories and with histories of public health in Africa and Asia." * Isis *"Contagious Divides is an important and interesting book, and (beyond the obvious audiences) will be useful to readers interested in discourses of science and public policy, and to those interested in racialized constructions of the body, the family, or the home." * Journal of American Culture *"An interesting development in writing the history of modern public health has recently emerged: it is being linked closely to the history of racial thought and administration. . . . Nayan Shah’s Contagious Divides is the first book-length study of the idea, and a fine study it is. . . . One can expect Contagious Divides to be noticed within American historiography. Within the history of public health it will be a fine example of the dovetailing of several previously disparate literatures" * Metascience *"Shah's history of race and epidemics in San Francisco offers us constructive criticism for present and future wars on disease and a cautionary tale of hope for tolerance." * American Quarterly *Table of ContentsCONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Public Health, Race, and Citizenship 1. Public Health and the Mapping of Chinatown 2. Regulating Bodies and Space 3. Perversity, Contamination, and the Dangers of Queer Domesticity 4. White Women, Hygiene and the Struggle for Respectable Domesticity 5. Plague and Managing the Commercial City 6. White Labor and the American Standard of Living 7. Making Medical Borders at Angel Island 8. Healthy Spaces, Healthy Conduct 9. Reforming Chinatown Conclusion: Norms as a Way of Life Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'A rollicking good read' IAN RANKIN'Employs a turbulent 1930s India as the canvas for a nefarious assassination plot complete with tiger hunts and shady maharajahs. A rollicking Raj-era mystery' VASEEM KHAN The second in the series of the Dabble and Harris thrillers! Set in the mid-twentieth century, this adventure series is perfect for fans of action-packed, historical fiction.............................................................India, 1937. Intrepid reporter Sir Percival Harris is hunting tigers with his friend, Professor Ernest Drabble. Harris soon bags a man-eater - but later finds himself caught up in a hunt of a different kind...Harris is due to interview the Maharaja of Bikaner, a friend to the Raj, for his London newspaper - and he and Drabble soon find themselves accompanied by a local journalist, Miss Heinz. But is the lady all she seems? And the Maharaja himself is proving elusive...Meanwhile, the movement for Indian independence is becoming stronger, and Drabble and Harris witness some of the conflict first-hand. But even more drama comes on arrival at Bikaner when the friends find themselves confined to their quarters... and embroiled in an assassination plot!Just who is the enemy in the Maharaja's palace? What is the connection to a mysterious man Drabble meets in Delhi? And what secret plans do the British colonial officers have up their sleeves?............................................................Praise for Alec Marsh's Drabble and Harris thrillers:'An immensely readable treat!' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'Told with humour and flair, Enemy of the Raj is a highly enjoyable, riveting read'ABIR MUKHERJEE'A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable diversion'NEW STATESMAN on Enemy of the Raj 'Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh's first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave'STANLEY JOHNSONTrade ReviewA thoroughly engaging and enjoyable diversion * New Statesman *Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh's first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave * Stanley Johnson *A rollicking good read * Ian Rankin *An immensely readable treat! * Alexander McCall Smith *Told with humour and flair, Enemy of the Raj is a highly enjoyable, riveting read. I'm already looking forward to the next one! * Abir Mukherjee *

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Book SynopsisDhwani Shah moves the focus from using psychoanalytic theory and technique to explore the patient’s mind from a safe distance. Instead, he concentrates on the analyst’s feelings, subjective experiences, and histories, and how these impact on the intersubjective space between analyst and patient. His eight chapters each highlight a particular emotional state or problematic feeling and explore their impact on the analytic work, which requires emotional honesty and open reflection. This authenticity is vital for every unique encounter within the shared space of both the analyst and patient. The analyst must strive to be responsive, yet disciplined, and this requires the work of mentalization. An ability to “go there” with patients offers the best chance at helping them. The analyst’s uncomfortable and disowned emotional states of mind are inevitably entangled with the therapeutic process and this has the potential to derail or facilitate progress. The chapters deal with uncomfortable themes for the analyst to face: arrogance, racism, dread and its close relation erotic dread, dissociation, shame, hopelessness, and jealousy. These bring up common ways in which analysts stop listening and struggle in the face of uncertainty and intensity; the difficulties in facing unbearable experiences with patients, such as suicidality; disruptions to being with patients in an affective and embodied way; and thwarted fantasies of being the “hero”. With all of these difficult topics, Shah describes painful and tormenting experiences in a clinically meaningful way that allow growth. In this exceptional debut work, Shah demonstrates that what analysts feel, in their affects, bodies, and reveries with patients, is vital in helping them to understand and metabolise the patients’ emotional experiences. This is a must-read for all practising clinicians.Trade Review'The book really comes to life when Shah offers personal reflexivity on the therapeutic process through clinical vignettes. [...] Written in a clear, digestible style, I read the book from start to finish, underlining points that really resonated. I can see myself regularly returning to specific chapters when an ‘unbearable state’ emerges in my client work, for both theoretical and skills-based ideas on how to navigate a complex intersubjective process. Overall, I found the book to be a helpful reminder that often as ‘wounded-healers’ working in the profession, how we respond to clients can be deeply intwined in our personal histories. Therefore, ongoing and honest self-reflection alongside one’s own analysis can be as important for making sense of the unfolding intersubjective process as analysing the client’s inner world.' -- Lettica Banton, TR Together, February 2024‘Anyone wanting to know how it feels to be a psychoanalytic therapist should read this book. Dhwani Shah has given us an uncommonly honest, compelling account of the emotional consequences of genuine engagement with patients’ suffering. Although his writing reflects extensive scholarship and clinical experience, it is his humanity, humility, and originality that take these chapters beyond ordinary reflections on countertransference. The Analyst’s Torment achieves something rare for a psychoanalytic book: it is a real page-turner. I recommend it enthusiastically to clinicians, students, patients, and scholars interested in the haunted inner life of the therapist.’ -- Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology‘Dhwani Shah’s The Analyst’s Torment is honest, probing, and does not hesitate in the pursuit of investigating the integrity of psychoanalytic work. The book draws from a range of theorists but does not stay aloft in abstract, illustrating the ideas with detailed, incisive clinical examples. Shah addresses many of the most compelling topics that influence contemporary psychoanalytic work. However, this is a book that all clinicians can learn and grow from: humility is needed in order to be genuinely affected by and to affect our patients.’ -- Elliot Jurist, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology and Philosophy, CCNY, CUNY‘In The Analyst’s Torment, Dhwani Shah speaks to what remains silenced within the analyst’s mind: their arrogance, racism, dread of mental anguish or unrelenting erotic longing, envy, and jealousy. Affects that can leave the analyst ashamed, dissociated, and, if prolonged, in a state of existential hopelessness. Shah explores all this and more with openness and authenticity, allowing the clinician to recognize similar affects within themselves; remaining in the sunken and unsavoury places that must be embodied for therapeutic understanding and transformation. During this time of pandemic, sociopolitical and racial upheaval, Shah’s compassion invites the reader to dwell within these complex affect states for their inherent value, resulting in our feeling less alone and incapacitated by these powerful emotions. Shah’s book should be a constant companion for any contemporary psychotherapist or psychoanalyst and should serve as a source of relief in these tormenting times.’ -- Dionne R. Powell, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, the Psychoanalytic Association of New York and Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research‘Sitting all day in a chair, listening to innumerable tales of horror, certainly cannot be described as easy or relaxing. In this immensely honest, highly refreshing, and grippingly written book, Dr Dhwani Shah has drawn upon his rich clinical experience and his unique insights, and has provided us with a very illuminating map of the confidential complexities of the consulting room. Every mental health clinician should read this excellent work, which will prompt us all to review our own practices with much greater vigilance.’ -- Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health, Regent’s University London‘While this book covers many complex psychoanalytic concepts, it does so in a way that is accessible and peppered with personal insight and humour. […] Shah has an easy, conversational style in presenting the clinical work, and is incredibly honest in sharing his own personal thoughts, feelings and associations to it, including his perceived missteps.’ -- Jeanine Connor, psychodynamic psychotherapist, 'Therapy Today' April 2023'Shah balances both classical and contemporary views of countertransference without losing focus on his central theme: staying open to and curious about countertransference rather than evading it or grasping for ready-made explanations. While Shah cites many theoretical concepts from writers of different times and of different orientations, he does not “present” a theory on how to deal with the “unbearable mental state”. I feel that the strength and the focus of the book is to demonstrate how to stay present and non-defensive with countertransferential reactions. This is especially useful for beginning therapists in learning how to familiarize themselves with various difficult mental states and making use of them in clinical work. Shah’s openness and sincerity make this book an important contribution to the current discussion of countertransference.' -- Grace Yan, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2023, (104)(6):1147-1150Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About the author Introduction CHAPTER 1 Arrogance CHAPTER 2 Racism CHAPTER 3 Dread CHAPTER 4 Erotic Dread CHAPTER 5 Dissociation CHAPTER 6 Shame CHAPTER 7 Hopelessness CHAPTER 8 Jealousy References Index

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Book SynopsisRelations between Israel and the Gulf states are not anything new. In the immediate aftermath of the 1993 Oslo Accords, both Qatar and Oman established low-level yet open diplomatic ties with Israel. In 2010, Ha'aretz reported that the former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, was on friendly terms with Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Zayed, her counterpart from the UAE, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties between the two states. The shared suspicion towards the regional designs of Iran that undoubtedly underpinned these ties even extended, it was alleged, to a secret dialogue between Israel and Saudi Arabia, led by the late Meir Dagan, the former head of Mossad. Cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia in thwarting Iran's regional ambitions also casts light on Washington's lack of strategic leadership, which had previously been the totem around which Israel and the Gulf states had based regional security strategies. Jones and Guzansky contend that, at the very least, ties between Israel and many of its Gulf counterparts are now more vibrant than hitherto realised. They constitute a tacit security regime which, while based on hard power interests, does not preclude competition in other areas. Ultimately, these relations are helping shape a new regional order in the Middle East.Trade Review‘Thorough, detailed, and timely.’ -- Foreign AffairsA compact and well-written book.’ -- Survival‘A timely contribution to Middle Eastern studies, raising more questions in the reader’s mind, in addition to providing a wide historical perspective on controversies and conflicts of interest.’ -- Global Policy‘Fraternal Enemies is a must read … an excellent theoretical roadmap, reinforced by superb empirics … [this] prescient and timely account … represents a welcome addition to the shelf of policymakers and scholars seeking a nuanced realist theorisation of conflict and cooperation in the Middle East.’ -- LSE Review of Books‘'Fraternal Enemies' meticulously documents the dramatic increase in high-level engagement and co-operation between Israel and the Arab Gulf monarchies… Clive Jones and Yoel Guzansky have produced a critically important framework through which to understand the complexities surrounding the new regional order. Fraternal Enemies is an essential read for anyone hoping to understand the intricacies of the evolving relationship and the latest shift in contemporary Middle East politics.’'One could not imagine a timelier book ... Jones and Guzansky offer us a very useful guide to Israel-Gulf relations that is well-researched, theoretically informed, and empirically based.' -- The Middle East Journal'Jones and Guzansky’s study offers an insightful […] examination of the bilateral relationships that Israel has forged with some of the Sunni Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Their work clearly merits the close attention of everyone with an interest in this aspect of Israeli foreign policy.' -- Israel Affairs'Fresh, perceptive and extremely timely. Jones and Guzansky paint a vivid picture of the relationship between Israel and the Gulf States. A treasure trove of rich empirical data that adds much to our knowledge of an important and critical topic.' -- Mehran Kamrava, Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University Qatar’s School of Foreign Service'A clear, succinct and very useful guide for exploring this rapidly developing topic. Jones and Guzansky set out for readers the sum of Israel-Gulf relations as they have developed historically and where they stand today.' -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy'An impeccably sourced and rigorously analytical account of how shared hostility to Iran and Islamists has forged increasingly visible security and trade links between Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Gulf states, despite the continuing impasse in the ever-emotive Palestinian question.' -- Ian Black, author of 'Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017'

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Book SynopsisThe Qur'an is the sacramental foundation of prayer in Islam. Its inspirational power is perpetually renewed through being recited and meditated upon by Muslims on a daily basis throughout their lives. This succinct monograph provides a unique contemporary insight into the spiritual, intellectual and moral dynamics set in motion by the short Qur'anic chapters recited in their prayers by Muslims of all traditions, but which are particularly recommended within Shi'i Islam. Dr Shah-Kazemi engages creatively with the chapters of the Qur'an, including the 'Opening' (al-Fatiha) chapter, basing his own philosophical reflections on the teachings of Imam 'Ali. He focuses in particular on the relationship between the moral and the mystical aspects of the texts. The result is a stimulating philosophical meditation probing the depths of meaning comprised within the verses of a Revelation by which the spiritual quest of Muslims has constantly been inspired, nourished and fulfilled.Table of ContentsN/A

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Book SynopsisSayyid Amjad Hussain Shah Naqavi’s introduction and annotated scholarly translation of Ayatollah Khomeini’s The Mystery of Prayer brings to light a rarely studied dimension of an author better known for his revolutionary politics. Writing forty years before the Islamic revolution, Khomeini shows a formidable level of insight into the spiritual aspects of Islamic prayer. Through discussions on topics such as spiritual purity, the presence of the heart before God, and the stations of the spiritual wayfarer, Khomeini elucidates upon the nature of reality as the countenance of the divine. Drawing upon scriptural sources and the Shīʿah intellectual and mystical tradition, the subtlety of the work has led to it being appreciated as one of Khomeini’s most original works in the field of gnosis.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Translator’s Introduction Author’s Dedication Prologue Introduction 1 The Degrees and Progressions of Man and the Degrees and Levels of Prayer 2 On the Prayer of the Wayfarer and the Perfect Nearmost One 3 On the Mystery of the Prayer of the Folk of Gnosis 4 On the Presence of the Heart and its Levels 5 On the Means of Realising the Presence of the Heart 6 On Matters which Aid in Realising the Presence of the Heart Part 1 On the Preludes to Prayer 1 On the Mystery of Purity 2 On the Mysteries of Purification with Water and Earth 3 On the Tradition of Imām al-Ṣādiq Regarding Ablution 4 On the Mysteries of a Noble Ḥadīth 5 On the Mystery of the Covering Up of Shame 6 On the Removal of Impurity 7 On the Location of Prayer 8 On the Permissibility of a Location of Worship 9 On the Mysteries of Time 10 On the Mystery of Turning Towards the Kaʿbah Part 2 On the Linkings of Prayer and their Correspondences 1 On the Mysteries of the Calls to Prayer 2 On the Mysteries of Standing During Prayer 3 On the Mysteries of Intention 4 On the Mystery of the Opening Magnifications 5 On Some of the Mysteries of Qurʾānic Recitation During Prayer 6 On the Mystery of Seeking Refuge in God 7 On the Mysteries of Sūrat al-Ḥamd 8 On an Allusion to the Exegesis of the Noble Sūrat al-Tawḥīd 9 On Some of the Mysteries of Bowing During Prayer 10 On the Mystery of Raising the Head after Bowing 11 On the Mystery of Prostration 12 On the Mystery of the Testimony of Prayer and the Invocation of Peace in Prayer Epilogue Translator’s Bibliography Persian Editors’ Bibliography Index Index of Qurʾānic Verses

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Book SynopsisBullhe Shah’s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as a master of mystical Sufi poetry. This striking new translation is the most authoritative and engaging introduction to an enduring South Asian classic.Trade ReviewThe lucid and informative introduction by the volume’s editor and translator, Christopher Shackle, takes readers through the trajectory of Sufism from Persia to India and the several orders within the movement in India. But most useful is a short essay on the themes of the lyrics. The poems that follow open up in all their appeal, universal and timeless in their great subject of love, endearing in their simplicity of expressiveness. -- Neel Mukherjee * New Statesman *Drawing from the Sufi tradition of mysticism, Bullhe Shah wrote poetry that is sharp, simple and immortal. His verses question strictures of organized religion and societal norms. They are beautiful paeans to romantic and mystical love underpinned by rich spiritual philosophy. -- Pragya Tiwari * India at LSE blog *

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Book SynopsisThe fourth volume in a pioneering series on the Chinese military, Imagined Enemies illuminates the People's Liberation Army's central decisionmaking system, operational plans and systems, and strategies for war against Taiwan and the United States.Trade Review"The authors' recognized expertise and the reality that a confrontation over Taiwan is the single most probable cause of a Sino-American military clash make this book of singular interest to military and civilian policymakers and analysts."—Parameters"This excellent book could not be more timely, dealing as it does with what the authors convincingly describe as a growing grave threat to the world as we know it, namely, China's military preparations for 'the coming confrontation with Taiwan' and the possible use of nuclear weapons in a war with the United States."—The Journal of Military History...this is a very valuable study that deserves to be widely read."—CHOICE"Well known for their earlier volumes covering the history of China's nuclear weapons program, the Sino-Soviet relationship during the Korean war and the development of Chinese strategic sea power, John Lewis and Xue Litai have again joined forces to produce another excellent study of the modern Chinese military."—Pacific Affairs"This is the fourth book in the series of pioneering works on the Chinese military by Lewis and Xue, rounding off their series on the nuclear weapons programme, sea power and entry into the Korean War. As is to be expected, this new volume achieves its purpose of providing a full account of the security decision-making process and its associated organizations." – The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents @toc4:Preface xxx 1. Introduction 1 @toc1:PART ONE. History, Memory, and Experience in Chinese Military Thinking @toc2:2. The Threat of War, the Necessity of Peace 000 3. Strategic Challenges and the Struggle for Power, 1964<- >1969 000 @toc1:PART TWO. Lessons Applied: Security Policymaking and Military Operations @toc2:4. National Command Authority and the Decisionmaking Process 000 5. Military Command, Control, and Force Operations 000 @toc1:PART THREE. Modernizing the Main Arsenal @toc2:6. Redefining the Strategic Rocket Forces 000 7. The Quest for a Modern Air Force 000 @toc1:PART FOUR. National Strategy and Threat of War @toc2:8. Sun Tzu's Pupils and the Taiwan Challenge 000 @toc4:Notes 000 References Cited 000 Index 000 Photographs follow page 000

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Table of ContentsContentsPreface1 The Riddle of the Enemy2 Our World-Historical Gamble3 Defining the Enemy4 The Grand Illusion5 Ruthlessness and the Origin of Civilization6 The Birth of Patriotism and the Historic Role of the United States7 Two Types of Cosmopolitanism: Liberal Versus Team8 How Reason Goes Wrong9 Tolerance: A Case Study10 The Origin of the Enemy11 The Rare Virtues of the West12 Conclusion: The Next Stage of HistoryAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisC.P. Ellis grew up in the poor white section of Durham, North Carolina, and as a young man joined the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Atwater, from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fight. Now a major motion picture, The Best of Enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all odds.

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Book SynopsisAs a result of world events over the past few years, Islam has entered our consciousness in an unprecedented way. The Qur''an, guiding text for over one billion Muslims, is being looked to for answers to questions like: does the Qur''an promote peace and harmony or discord and conflict, does it contribute to pluralism or exclusivism, is its message spiritual or fanatical? Based on a profound study of the Sufi perspectives of the likes of Ibn ''Arabi, Rumi and Ghazali, The Other in the Light of the One is an attempt to answer the above questions and is an invitation to study the universality that is present in the Qur''an. Its aim is to relate some of the most profound interpretations of the Qur''an to philosophical and spiritual questions concerning interfaith dialogue.For Muslims, The Other in the Light of the One offers a pioneering view of da''wa, in that it allows them the tangible means of putting into practice the many Qur''anic verses that commend discoursing with others on the basis of ''the finest, most beautiful manner.''

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Book SynopsisHerman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife. Unsure of who he really is, what he wants and whether he can ever find peace, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of paranoia and impending doom. Published in 1972, Enemies, A Love Story is an astonishing novel that blends humour and pathos to create a rich, humane portrayal of a man who cannot escape his past.Trade ReviewOne is forever suspended between laughter and tears by this rich and marvellous novel * The New York Times *Isaac Bashevis Singer is a rare pleasure ... a literary genius * San Francisco Chronicle *

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Book SynopsisA documentary history telling the story of how the Comintern (Communist International) participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930s. The author analyzes the Comintern's roles as agent, instrument and victim of terror using archival documents.Trade Review"This book is about an extraordinary group of people at an extraordinary time caught up in a life and death struggle. The documents show bluntly and brutally how the Russian Revolution under Stalin ate its own children." Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisFelicity's sure she's going to do something big. Exactly what is still a mystery, but she'll figure it out.Her sister, Letty, teases Felicity that she never finishes stuff, but that's just because Letty is so perfect. Still, life is good with plenty of friendsdrawing with the art club and playing games with her buddies keep her busy. But when she decides to join a contest to show Letty that she can get things done, Felicity begins to wonder if friends becoming enemies is easier than she thought.Are they really enemies, though? What does it even mean to be enemies? And...who is it that she needs the most on her side...?

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