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The Israel/Palestine Reader Alan Dowty (Professor Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and former Kahanoff Chair of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary) 9781509527342
RRP: $37.78$33.68Introduction to any complex international conflict is enriched when the voices of the adversaries are heard. The Israel/Palestine Reader is an innovative collection, focused on the human dimension of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian confrontation. Its... -
The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution by Vijay Prashad 9780520293267
RRP: $42.00$33.37This fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts today, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to the chaos in Turkey. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of... -
Crossing Suez, 1973: A New point of view by Amiram Ezov 9789655505498
RRP: $35.68$28.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789655505498Author Amiram EzovFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint ContentonowPublisher ContentonowWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm -
Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East by Paul S Rowe 9780367580490
RRP: $92.38$81.56The Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East gathers a diverse team of international scholars, each of whom provides unique expertise into the status and prospects of minority populations in the region. The dramatic events of the past decade,... -
Defence Diplomacy: Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict Daniel H. Katz (Baker Institute, Rice University, USA) 9781032174235
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book analyzes examples of strategic engagement in order to identify the factors which contribute to the success or failure of defence diplomacy in preventing interstate conflict.For more than a century, nations have engaged in defence diplomacy to... -
False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East by Steven Cook
RRP: $49.33$36.62Half a decade after Arabs across the Middle East poured into the streets to demand change, hopes for democracy have disappeared in a maelstrom of violence and renewed state repression. Egypt remains an authoritarian state, Syria and Yemen are in the... -
The Muslim Brothers in Society: Everyday Politics, Social Action, and Islamism in Mubarak's Egypt by Marie Vannetzel 9789774169625
RRP: $83.98$68.82The Islamists' political rise in Arab countries has often been explained by their capacity to provide social services, representing a challenge to the legitimacy of neoliberal states. Few studies, however, have addressed how this social action was... -
Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Deal by Scott Ritter 9780999874752
RRP: $49.35$46.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999874752Author Scott RitterFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *... -
ReTargeting Iran by David Barsamian 9780872868045
RRP: $23.08$18.94A timely primer on the conflict between the United States and Iran by scholars of Middle Eastern politics who advocate diplomacy and de-escalation.The United States and Iran seem to be permanently locked in a dangerous cycle of brinkmanship and violence... -
Egypt's Diplomacy in War, Peace and Transition by Nabil Fahmy 9783030300074
RRP: $52.48$40.30Written from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines Egypt's diplomacy in transformative times of war, peace and transition. The author offers unique insights, first-hand... -
Dynamics of the Arab-Israel Conflict: Past and Present: Intellectual Odyssey II by Michael Brecher 9783319837710
RRP: $52.48$37.04This book comprises findings from the author's wide-ranging research since 1948 on the unresolved Arab/Israel protracted conflict. Brecher reflects back on his detailed analysis of the UN Commission created in November 1947, and his near-seven decades of... -
Anti-Israel Agenda: Inside the Political War on the Jewish State by Alex Ryvchin 9789652299147
RRP: $44.08$28.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652299147Author Alex RyvchinFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing House -
Gender, Governance and Islam by Deniz Kandiyoti 9781474455435
RRP: $46.18$37.74Following a period of rapid political change, both globally and in relation to the Middle East and South Asia, this collection sets new terms of reference for an analysis of the intersections between global, state, non-state and popular actors and their... -
Embodying Geopolitics: Generations of Women’s Activism in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon by Nicola Pratt 9780520281769
RRP: $52.50$41.14When women took to the streets during the mass protests of the Arab Spring, the subject of feminism in the Middle East and North Africa returned to the international spotlight. In the subsequent years, countless commentators treated the region's gender... -
The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party by Carl C. Yonker 9783111121741
RRP: $38.85$30.20The Syrian Social Nationalist Party devoted itself to reviving and unifying the Syrian nation and establishing this nation's complete independence over its historical homeland, Greater Syria. It continues its struggle today, influencing and shaping... -
Yellow Wind, the by David Grossman 9780312420987
RRP: $39.90$25.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312420987Author David GrossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity by Akbar Ahmed
RRP: $63.00$48.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727583Author Akbar AhmedFormat HardbackPage Count 591Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 1120gDimensions(mm)... -
Altered States: The Remaking of the Political in the Arab World by Sune Haugbolle 9781032134147
RRP: $83.98$73.63Building on Timothy Mitchell's seminal 1991 exploration of the "Limits of the State," this book brings together contributions on the state in the Arab world from the past and present in an edited volume. Altered States views the state less as a matter of... -
State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein by Lisa Blaydes
RRP: $52.50$41.14A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisionsHow did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century? The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political... -
Modern Egypt: The Formation Of A Nation-state by Arthur Goldschmidt
RRP: $83.98$80.72This second edition of scholar Arthur Goldschmidt presents a concise survey of Egyptian history since the mid-eighteenth century. It focuses on Egypt's evolution as a nation-state, dispelling common misconceptions about Egypt's modern history. Professor... -
Iraq: People, History, Politics Gareth Stansfield (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) 9780745649306
RRP: $35.68$31.96Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military... -
The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates by Andrea B. Rugh 9780230105003
RRP: $94.48$94.44The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very... -
Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Woman Who Are Transforming the Arab World by Katherine Zoepf
RRP: $46.18$30.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109945Author Katherine ZoepfFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran by Dan Kovalik 9781510739345
RRP: $39.88$25.24* "Spectacular!" * -Oliver Stone The world has a lot of questions about the current state of affairs between the United States and Iran... How has the US undermined democracy in Iran?Is Iran really trying to develop nuclear weapons?How has US waged a... -
Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-To-Five Emergency by Melissa Gatter
RRP: $105.00$85.49The politics and governance of Jordan's Azraq camp for Syrian refugeesAzraq refugee camp, built in 2014 and host to forty thousand refugees, is one of two official humanitarian refugee camps for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Time and Power in Azraq Refugee... -
The Power Triangle: Military, Security, and Politics in Regime Change by Hazem Kandil
RRP: $96.58$77.99Iran, Egypt, and Turkey all experienced remarkably similar coup-installed regimes in the middle of the twentieth century, and shared comparable state-building ambitions. Despite these similarities, each followed a different trajectory: Iran became an... -
The UAE after the Arab Spring: Strategy for Survival by Khalifa Al-Suwaidi 9780755648030
RRP: $178.50$178.42Why did the Gulf monarchies – and the UAE in particular - avoid the upheavals and challenges of the Arab uprisings? This book examines how the UAE survived the waves of regional unrest. It departs from attributing regime survival to rentier state theory... -
Libya Jacob Mundy (Colgate University) 9781509518739
RRP: $31.48$28.52Libya is teetering on the edge of collapse, having become a new haven for terrorist organizations and an epicenter of the refugee crisis. Few could have imagined that the uprising against the longstanding regime of Mu'ammar Al-Gaddafi would expose a... -
Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel by David Leach 9781770413405
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770413405Author David LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada -
Egypt's Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: My Testimony by Ahmed Aboul Gheit 9789774169601
RRP: $73.50$61.36Ahmed Aboul Gheit served as Egypt's minister of foreign affairs under President Hosni Mubarak from 2004 until 2011. In this compelling memoir, he takes us inside the momentous years of his time in office, revealing the complexities and challenges of... -
A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State by Meredith Tax 9781942658108
RRP: $31.48$29.42"This is the book I've been waiting for--only it's richer, deeper, and more intriguing than I could have imagined. A Road Unforeseen is a major contribution to our understanding of feminism and Islam, of women and the world, and gives me fresh hope for... -
Genocide in Iraq Volume II: The Obliteration of a Modern State by Tarik Al-Ani 9780986076923
$49.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986076923Author Abdul Haq Al-AniFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm... -
Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power by Diana Galeeva 9781032215822
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book explains the parameters of Qatar's political growth by developing an alternative theory of power - 'rented' power.The author demonstrates how Qatar's emergence as a regional power can be solely explained by its capacity as a gas-rich rentier... -
Tribes and the State in Libya and Iraq: From the Nationalist Era to the New Order by Alison Pargeter 9781805260448
RRP: $84.00$74.61Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, security and social actors. But despite this increased role and visibility, tribes remain... -
A Political Theory for the Jewish People by Chaim Gans 9780190237547
$148.13Chaim Gans's A Political Theory for the Jewish People examines the two dominant interpretations of Zionism, contrasts them with post-Zionist alternatives, and develops a third model. Along with exploring the historiographic, philosophical and moral... -
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan by Joas Wagemakers
RRP: $65.08$47.99Since its founding in 1945, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has enjoyed decades of almost continuous parliamentary presence and state acceptance in Jordan, participating in elections, organising events and even establishing a hospital. In this detailed... -
Civil-Military Relations in Post-Communist Europe: Reviewing the Transition Timothy Edmunds (University of Durham, UK) 9781138376694
RRP: $69.28$61.24Fifteen years after the fall of communism, we are able to appraise the results of the multi-faceted postcommunist transition in Central and Eastern Europe with authority. This volume specifically addresses the fascinating area of Civil-Military relations... -
Chaotic Uncertainty: Reflections on Islam The Middle East and The World System by Immanuel Wallerstein 9789752439511
RRP: $41.98$27.01Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most important and yet controversial thinkers and activists of our time, writing on a wide range of topics from global economics and international politics. To Wallerstein, capitalist world-system, which was created... -
From Resilience to Revolution: How Foreign Interventions Destabilize the Middle East by Sean L. Yom
RRP: $105.00$82.15Based on comparative historical analyses of Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, Sean L. Yom examines the foreign interventions, coalitional choices, and state outcomes that made the political regimes of the modern Middle East. A key text for foreign policy... -
Hizb-ut-Tahrir: The Untold History of the Liberation Party by Reza Pankhurst
RRP: $37.78$33.89Although Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamic political party, regularly holds conferences from Jakarta to Ramallah attended by tens of thousands of people, little is known about the organisation, which was founded in 1953, beyond generalities...