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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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A very thorough and engaging book, "Six Days of War" was virtually impossible for me to put down. This is 'required reading' for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of current issues in the Middle East. the book will also be of assistance in understanding the rise of Pan-Arabism and Nasserism, the situation with the Occupied Territories (West Bank ... »
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
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Normally it takes me maybe four or five hours to finish a whole book. With this one, I would read for four hours and discover I had read maybe 50 pages.
There is a lot of information in here. Fisk often rambles on and on, and he could have seriously used an editor, but when he writes from his perspective about something interesting, it... »
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)
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In a phrase coined by Captain Arthur Connolly of the East India Company before he was beheaded in Bokhara for spying in 1842, a "Great Game" was played between Tsarist Russia and Victorian England for supremacy in Central Asia. At stake was the security of India, key to the wealth of the British Empire. When play began early in the 19th century, the fr... »
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Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics)
An excellent travel adventure through the Arabian deserts in the early part of the 20th century. For anyone who wants to understand the Arab mind/viewpoin... »
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Blood Brothers, exp. ed.
This book as assigned to my son for reading for an online class. I picked it up and starting reading it to help him and got glued to its pages. Easy and... »
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