Middle East
In this book, the reader finds the Israel that emerged in the wake of the Holocaust linked decades later in off-the-books diplomacy to an apartheid South Africa led by Nazi sympathizers.
Approximately one in six Iraqis, Amos reports, became a refugee or was displaced during the war and chaos following the 2003 U.S. invasion.
Hirst presents a history of Lebanon's regional diplomacy since the late nineteenth century, and Young's book is a meditation on the distinctive Lebanese cluster of religious communities that falls short of being a viable state.
Those who have suspected that the "graveyard of empires" label does not quite capture Afghanistan in international politics past and present will find in this book the comprehensive coverage they seek.
A journey needs a vade mecum, and this little book fits the bill in size and substance for a journey through political Islam.
