Middle Eastern history

Provides a short, accessible, and lively introduction to Jerusalem Jerusalem - A Brief History shows how Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures confer providential meaning to the fate of the city and how modern Jerusalem is haunted by waves of biblical fantasy aiming at mutually exclusive status-quo rectification.

A valuable guide to a successful career as a statistician A Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts.

A valuable guide to a successful career as a statistician A Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts.

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur an and its place in historic and contemporary Muslim society.

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur an and its place in historic and contemporary Muslim society.

Why Israel's greatest weakness is its greatest strength, and what its supporters and enemies can learn from its success Israel's critics in the West insist that no country founded on a single religion or culture can stay democratic and prosperous but they're wrong.

Respected human rights activist Nonie Darwish assesses the potential for freedom to succeed following the recent revolutions in the Middle EastThe recent powerful wave of Middle East uprisings has fueled both hope and trepidation in the region and around the world as the ultimate fate-and fallout-of the Arab Spring continue to hang in the balance.

This is the fourth volume in a wonderful series of publications covering the history of the First World War.

Demystifies the area's culture, politics, and religions Explore Middle Eastern history from ancient to modern times Looking to better understand the Middle East?

Examining the concept of dignity, or karama in Arabic, this provides insights into protesters'' motives in participating in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Examining the concept of dignity, or karama in Arabic, this provides insights into protesters'' motives in participating in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

A historical analysis of economic thought in Islamic tradition which interrogates contemporary Islamic economics as a hybrid system.

Shedding light on the historical origins of violence, trafficking, piracy and civil unrest in Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti.

A historical analysis of economic thought in Islamic tradition which interrogates contemporary Islamic economics as a hybrid system.

Shedding light on the historical origins of violence, trafficking, piracy and civil unrest in Somalia, Yemen and Djibouti.

Offers fascinating insights into the careers of the first leaders of Twelver Shiʿism: agents who claimed to speak for the ''hidden Imam''.

Offers fascinating insights into the careers of the first leaders of Twelver Shiʿism: agents who claimed to speak for the ''hidden Imam''.

Explores how early Christianity sought to define its relationship to speakers of foreign languages.

An expertly curated and annotated collection of declassified records, revealing the inner workings of US-Iran relations after 1978.

Provides an historical narrative to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and the relationship between it and its supporters in Turkey.

Examines the role of minorities and identity in twentieth-century Iraqi political and cultural history through the relationship between the state and the Assyrians.

Examines the role of minorities and identity in twentieth-century Iraqi political and cultural history through the relationship between the state and the Assyrians.

Offers new perspectives on Sa''dallah Wannous'' significance as a playwright and public intellectual in the Arab world and world theatre.

An expertly curated and annotated collection of declassified records, revealing the inner workings of US-Iran relations after 1978.

How the United States pivoted from containment to regime change in Iraq between the Gulf War and September 11, 2001.

Explores how Turkey first became a democracy and Western ally in the 1950s and why this is changing today.

Explores how long-distance trading networks and commercial hubs connect geopolitically fraught Eurasian contexts in the twenty-first century.

Explores how Turkey first became a democracy and Western ally in the 1950s and why this is changing today.

How the United States pivoted from containment to regime change in Iraq between the Gulf War and September 11, 2001.

Explores how long-distance trading networks and commercial hubs connect geopolitically fraught Eurasian contexts in the twenty-first century.

Examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who were hostile to Islam''s fourth caliph, Ali, and his descendants.

Examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who were hostile to Islam''s fourth caliph, Ali, and his descendants.

Explores how early Christianity sought to define its relationship to speakers of foreign languages.

Provides an historical narrative to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and the relationship between it and its supporters in Turkey.

A multi-disciplinary approach, placing the 1979 Iranian revolution within global and transnational contexts, showing how the revolution became possible and consequential.

A multi-disciplinary approach, placing the 1979 Iranian revolution within global and transnational contexts, showing how the revolution became possible and consequential.

A comparative analysis of the nation-building projects of Turkey under Ataturk and Erdogan, concentrating on the idea of the ''desired'' citizen.

An examination of the Israeli regime, looking at its diverse aspects in order to explore its democratic nature – or otherwise.

An examination of the Israeli regime, looking at its diverse aspects in order to explore its democratic nature – or otherwise.

A history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions.

A comparative analysis of the nation-building projects of Turkey under Ataturk and Erdogan, concentrating on the idea of the ''desired'' citizen.

Offers new perspectives on Sa''dallah Wannous'' significance as a playwright and public intellectual in the Arab world and world theatre.

A history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions.

Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.

Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.

Among the most progressive of Zionist settlement movements, Hashomer Hatzair proclaimed a brotherly stance on Zionist-Palestinian relations.

A comprehensive but accessible examination of how elite Chinese politics work covering the period from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping.

Using a canonical-agrarian approach, Stulac demonstrates the rhetorical and theological contribution of the Elijah narratives to the Book of Kings.

Using a canonical-agrarian approach, Stulac demonstrates the rhetorical and theological contribution of the Elijah narratives to the Book of Kings.

Illuminates the influence of the US in internal Iranian politics long before the 1953 coup by examining recently declassified CIA and US State Department documents.