The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
Palestine 1936 masterfully chronicles the 1936-1939 Great Arab Revolt, a seminal but forgotten uprising a decade before Israels birth that has cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. In Kesslers engaging, journalistic voice, this book reveals world-changing events through extraordinary individuals on all sides.
The Middle East and South Asia 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on the Middle East and South Asia countries through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.
Most accounts of the history of Palestine start from the premise that giving the country to the Zionists was just, and righted a wrong. How this unlikely event came about is described in detail. The conclusion is that this most historical of thefts has left the Palestinians in a state of subjugation and wretchedness with little hope of ......
America and the Palestinians, from Balfour to Trump
Looks at the interplay between the U.S.-led peace process and internal Palestinian politics-namely, how a badly flawed peace process helped to weaken Palestinian leaders and institutions and how an increasingly dysfunctional Palestinian leadership, in turn, hindered prospects for a diplomatic resolution.
How the US and Israel Conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty
Presents evidence suggesting collusion between US and Israeli intelligence in the attack on a US naval surveillance vessel during the Six-Day War and the more than fifty-year long cover-up. On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, an unarmed intelligence ship reporting to the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the auspices of the National Security Agency, ......
The Aerial Campaign Against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War
The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history. More than 100,000 sorties were launched as American and other Coalition aircraft pounded enemy targets with 88,000 tons of bombs. This book reconstructs events through the eyes of the strategists who planned it and the pilots who flew the missions.
The Unknown Story of Smuggling Weapons and Winning a Nation's Independ
Saving Israel is history that reads like a thriller. It tells the story of how a group of American World War II veterans risked their lives, freedom, and US citizenship to arm newborn Israel with basic war instruments and battle-ready planes, aiming to prevent what they viewed as an imminent genocide.
The Middle East and South Asia 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on the Middle East and South Asia countries through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.
