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Storm from the East
The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West
Written by Milton Viorst
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
America’s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century.
Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to... Read more >
The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West
Written by Milton Viorst
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
America’s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century.
Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to... Read more >
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The Storyteller's Daughter
One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland
Written by Saira Shah
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
Imagine that a jewel-like garden overlooking Kabul is your ancestral home. Imagine a kitchen made fragrant with saffron strands and cardamom pods simmering in an authentic pilau. Now remember that you were born in London, your family in exile, and that you have never seen Afghanistan in peacetime.
These are but the... Read more >
One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland
Written by Saira Shah
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $9.99
Imagine that a jewel-like garden overlooking Kabul is your ancestral home. Imagine a kitchen made fragrant with saffron strands and cardamom pods simmering in an authentic pilau. Now remember that you were born in London, your family in exile, and that you have never seen Afghanistan in peacetime.
These are but the... Read more >
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The Yom Kippur War
The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
Written by Abraham Rabinovich
Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Rabinovich’s masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the... Read more >
The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
Written by Abraham Rabinovich
Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Rabinovich’s masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Lost Years
Radical Islam, Intifada, and Wars in the Middle East 2001-2006
Written by Charles Enderlin
Translated by Suzanne Verderber
Format: Hardcover, 378 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2007
Price: $25.95
"Enderlin meticulously chronicles the political and diplomatic impasses...revealing the history of this former film noir through interviews with the men who were its lead actors." —Le Monde
From Ariel Sharon's ascent to power in February 2001 to the Israel-Lebanon conflict in July 2006, the Middle East has seen the most murderous years... Read more >
Radical Islam, Intifada, and Wars in the Middle East 2001-2006
Written by Charles Enderlin
Translated by Suzanne Verderber
Format: Hardcover, 378 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2007
Price: $25.95
"Enderlin meticulously chronicles the political and diplomatic impasses...revealing the history of this former film noir through interviews with the men who were its lead actors." —Le Monde
From Ariel Sharon's ascent to power in February 2001 to the Israel-Lebanon conflict in July 2006, the Middle East has seen the most murderous years... Read more >
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City of Widows
An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance
Written by Haifa Zangana
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $20.00
In City of Widows, Haifa Zangana tells the story of her country, from the early twentieth century through the US-UK invasion and the current occupation. She brings to light a sense of Iraq as a society mainly of secularists who have been denied, through years of sanctions, war, and occupation, a... Read more >
An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance
Written by Haifa Zangana
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $20.00
In City of Widows, Haifa Zangana tells the story of her country, from the early twentieth century through the US-UK invasion and the current occupation. She brings to light a sense of Iraq as a society mainly of secularists who have been denied, through years of sanctions, war, and occupation, a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Iron Cage
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $17.00
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East... Read more >
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2007
Price: $17.00
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Lost History
The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
Written by Michael H. Morgan
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $26.00
In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems mainly defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, we often forget that for centuries Muslim civilization was the envy of the world. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the major role played by the early Muslim world in influencing modern... Read more >
The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
Written by Michael H. Morgan
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2007
Price: $26.00
In an era when the relationship between Islam and the West seems mainly defined by mistrust and misunderstanding, we often forget that for centuries Muslim civilization was the envy of the world. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the major role played by the early Muslim world in influencing modern... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Storm from the East
The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West
Written by Milton Viorst
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $13.95
America’s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century.
Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to... Read more >
The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West
Written by Milton Viorst
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $13.95
America’s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century.
Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
Written by Robert Fisk
Format: Trade Paperback, 1136 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $24.00
A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over thirty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from... Read more >
The Conquest of the Middle East
Written by Robert Fisk
Format: Trade Paperback, 1136 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $24.00
A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over thirty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from... Read more >
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Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in Combat
Written by Shlomo Aloni
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $22.95
Diplomacy, politics and national trauma has dominated the frontline career of the Israeli F-15 to date. In the wake of the losses suffered in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli government opted for technology in an effort to reassure a traumatised population that they would never suffer a surprise... Read more >
Written by Shlomo Aloni
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $22.95
Diplomacy, politics and national trauma has dominated the frontline career of the Israeli F-15 to date. In the wake of the losses suffered in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli government opted for technology in an effort to reassure a traumatised population that they would never suffer a surprise... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Iraq Study Group Report
Written by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 19, 2006
Price: $8.99
On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level... Read more >
Written by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 19, 2006
Price: $8.99
On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Iraq Study Group Report
The Way Forward - A New Approach
Written by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 6, 2006
Price: $10.95
On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level... Read more >
The Way Forward - A New Approach
Written by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 6, 2006
Price: $10.95
On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Embracing the Infidel
Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West
Written by Behzad Yaghmaian
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $14.00
An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris. In this groundbreaking book, Iranian-American Behzad Yaghmaian has done what no other writer has managed to do–as he enters the world of... Read more >
Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West
Written by Behzad Yaghmaian
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $14.00
An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris. In this groundbreaking book, Iranian-American Behzad Yaghmaian has done what no other writer has managed to do–as he enters the world of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Bleeding Afghanistan
Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
Written by Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls
Foreword by David Barsamian
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $18.95
Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the-ground interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, Bleeding Afghanistan examines the connections between the U.S... Read more >
Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
Written by Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls
Foreword by David Barsamian
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $18.95
Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the-ground interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, Bleeding Afghanistan examines the connections between the U.S... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Iron Cage
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $17.00
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes... Read more >
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Written by Rashid Khalidi
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $17.00
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Love & War in Afghanistan
Written by Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2006
Price: $17.95
Love and War in Afghanistan presents true stories of fourteen ordinary men and women living in Northern Afghanistan. In a quarter-century of uninterrupted war, the people of Afghanistan have endured foreign invasions, ethnic strife, a fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian regime, and the unending crossfire of rival warlord factions. The country remains an... Read more >
Written by Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 7, 2006
Price: $17.95
Love and War in Afghanistan presents true stories of fourteen ordinary men and women living in Northern Afghanistan. In a quarter-century of uninterrupted war, the people of Afghanistan have endured foreign invasions, ethnic strife, a fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian regime, and the unending crossfire of rival warlord factions. The country remains an... Read more >
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Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Read by Craig Wasson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $25.00
Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Read by Craig Wasson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $25.00
Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively... Read more >
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Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Read by Craig Wasson
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $17.48
Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Read by Craig Wasson
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $17.48
Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively... Read more >
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Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $13.99
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $13.99
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Blood & Oil
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
Written by Manucher Farmanfarmaian and Roxane Farmanfarmaian
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $16.95
PEN/West Award Finalist
" Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."
--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles Times
Iran was the first country in the... Read more >
A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
Written by Manucher Farmanfarmaian and Roxane Farmanfarmaian
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $16.95
PEN/West Award Finalist
" Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."
--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles Times
Iran was the first country in the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Embracing the Infidel
Written by Behzad Yaghmaian
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 29, 2005
Price: $13.99
An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris. In this groundbreaking book, Iranian-American Behzad Yaghmaian has done what no other writer has managed to do–as he enters the world of... Read more >
Written by Behzad Yaghmaian
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 29, 2005
Price: $13.99
An eye-opening personal account of an epic human drama, Embracing the Infidel takes us on an astounding journey along a modern-day underground railroad that stretches from Istanbul to Paris. In this groundbreaking book, Iranian-American Behzad Yaghmaian has done what no other writer has managed to do–as he enters the world of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
Written by Robert Fisk
Format: Hardcover, 1136 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $40.00
During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the American hostage crisis in Beirut (as one of only two Western journalists in the city... Read more >
The Conquest of the Middle East
Written by Robert Fisk
Format: Hardcover, 1136 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2005
Price: $40.00
During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution, from the American hostage crisis in Beirut (as one of only two Western journalists in the city... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Mezzaterra
Fragments from the Common Ground
Written by Ahdaf Soueif
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $14.95
From the bestselling author of the Booker Prize finalist The Map of Love–an incisive collection of essays on Arab identity, art, and politics that seeks to locate the mezzaterra, or common ground, in an increasingly globalized world.
The twenty-five years’ worth of criticism and commentary collected here have earned Ahdaf Soueif a... Read more >
Fragments from the Common Ground
Written by Ahdaf Soueif
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $14.95
From the bestselling author of the Booker Prize finalist The Map of Love–an incisive collection of essays on Arab identity, art, and politics that seeks to locate the mezzaterra, or common ground, in an increasingly globalized world.
The twenty-five years’ worth of criticism and commentary collected here have earned Ahdaf Soueif a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Yom Kippur War
The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
Written by Abraham Rabinovich
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $18.95
In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Rabinovich’s masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the... Read more >
The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
Written by Abraham Rabinovich
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $18.95
In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Rabinovich’s masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Mirage
Power, Politics, And the Hidden History of Arabian Oil
Written by Aileen Keating
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2005
Price: $30.99
At the close of World War I, the great oil reserves of the Arabian Peninsula lay hidden beneath the desert sands. Westerners dismissed today’s opulent Gulf States as little valued back lots among the rich real estate that made up the British Empire. Although the British adeptly appropriated the underground petroleum... Read more >
Power, Politics, And the Hidden History of Arabian Oil
Written by Aileen Keating
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2005
Price: $30.99
At the close of World War I, the great oil reserves of the Arabian Peninsula lay hidden beneath the desert sands. Westerners dismissed today’s opulent Gulf States as little valued back lots among the rich real estate that made up the British Empire. Although the British adeptly appropriated the underground petroleum... Read more >
