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Efraim Karsh

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Nov/Dec
2003
Being Yasir Arafat: A Portrait of Palestine's President
Glenn E. Robinson

Two Israeli studies of the polarizing Palestinian leader don't shed much light on their subject. But they do make clear why his time may be past.

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2000
Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
L. Carl Brown
Capsule Review
Nov/Dec
1996
Perilous Prospects: The Peace Process and the Arab-Israeli Military Balance; Between War and Peace: Dilemmas of Israeli Security
William B. Quandt
Capsule Review
Spring
1993
The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order
William B. Quandt
Capsule Review
Winter
1991
Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography
Robert O. Freedman
Capsule Review
Fall
1986
The Cautious Bear: Soviet Military Engagement in Middle East Wars in the Post-1967 Era
William G. Hyland
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November/December 2009 / 6, 88
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In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.

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