The current turmoil in the Middle East is on all of our minds. For a selection of titles that presaged the current revolutionary enviroment see our Revolution in the Middle East
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Simon Sebag Montefiore The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it. | Paul Smyth With the conflict in Afghanistan in the public eye almost constantly, this is a timely book that tells the real story of what it's like for those men and women... |
James Barr The untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle-lines of the modern Middle East | David Finkel A magnificent account of one American platoon's tour of duty in Baghdad. It is simply one of the most powerful, nerve-shredding pieces of war writing ever. |
Tom Holland In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while... | Amos Oz Analyses the historical roots of violence and confronts truths about the extremism nurtured throughout society. By bringing us face to face with fanaticism, this title suggests ways in which we... |
Frank Ledwidge Examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. This title looks at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to... | Simon Sebag Montefiore The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it. Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £25.00 | £18.25 | 27% |  Despatched in 1 business day. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 11am today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £25.00 | £21.25 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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David W. Lesch When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came to power upon his father's death in 2000, many in Syria held high hopes that the young doctor would bring long-awaited reform. This book... | Raja Shehadeh It is often the smallest details of daily life that tell us the most. And so it is under occupation in Palestine. What most of us take for granted has... |
Robert Lacey Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the... | Albert Hourani; Malise Ruthven; ... Presents the definitive history of the Arab people from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian Peninsula westwards, to the present day... |
David Blakeley Nine men. 2,000 enemies. No back-up. No air support. No rescue. No chance... Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £18.99 | £13.86 | 27% | Despatched in 1 business day. | Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 11am today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £18.99 | £16.14 | 15% | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
| Alex Crawford Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that... |
Marius Kociejowski Kociejowski is a metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, and who discovers once again among the outcasts at the periphery of Damascene... | James Cartwright Few soldiers are deemed good enough to be selected and trained as snipers and even fewer qualify. As a result, snipers are regarded as the elite of their units and... |