Middle East
Rogan tackles the story of Ottoman rule throughout Arab lands from early in the sixteenth century, its replacement by diverse European colonies starting some three centuries later, decolonization, the rise and fall of Arab nationalism, and the discovery of oil during this past century.
This collection of 30 articles by Shlaim that have appeared over the past two decades in journals such as the London Review of Books and the Journal of Palestine Studies ranges chronologically from the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the present and topically from individuals to governments and from wars to peace processes.
Using four crises spread over four decades, from just after World War II to the 1980s, Limbert appraises the negotiating style of Iran and of those it confronts.
Avoiding the pitfalls that generally confront the study of terrorism -- either expressing outrage at such inhumane behavior or dismissing one man's terrorist as another man's freedom fighter -- the authors dispassionately study the backgrounds, social networks, and motives of the terrorists.
Edited by Joshua Teitelbaum
This multiauthored survey of all the Persian Gulf states begins with a regionwide appraisal, followed by short country studies.
