Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy by Ami Ayalon; Anthony David (As told to); Dennis Ross (Foreword by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
A highly decorated Israeli military officer, leader, and former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet, sees the light on what his country must do to achieve a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In this deeply personal journey of discovery, Ami Ayalon seeks input and perspe ...Show more
Red Line - The Unravelling of Syria and the Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick
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Category: Middle East
In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, the international community warned that any such use would cross "a red line", warranting a military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus ...Show more
Arab Winter A Tragedy by Noah Feldman
$30.00 AUD
Category: Middle East | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWhy the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrong The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East. Yet everywhere except Tunisia it led to either renewed dictatorship, civil war, extremist te ...Show more
Mosul: Australia's secret war inside the ISIS caliphate by Ben Mckelvey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
From the best-selling author of The Commando and Born to Fight comes a fascinating investigation of modern warfare that combines methodical research and the fast-paced action of battle with the personal stories of the combatants on both sides of the line. Taking us from the suburbs of western Sydney ...Show more
Blood and Oil: Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Bradley Hope; Justin Scheck
$33.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Thirty-five-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair and WME Chairman Ari Emmanuel flew out to meet with the Crown Prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. He spoke passi ...Show more
War Gardens - A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm by Lalage Snow
$23.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
A journey through the most unlikely of gardens: the oases of peace people create in the midst of war In this millennium, we have become war weary. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Ukraine to South Sudan and Syria, from Kashmir to the West Bank, conflict is as contagious and poisonous as Japanese knotweed ...Show more
MBS The Rise to Power of Mohammad Bin Salman by Ben Hubbard
$33.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power. Even in his youth as a prince among thousands of princes, Mohammed bin Salman nurtured sweeping ambitions. He wanted power - enough of it to reshape his hyper-conservative, insular Islamic kingdom. When his ...Show more
Looming Tower: Al Qaeda's Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
$23.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Brilliantly written, compelling and highly original, The Looming Toweris the first book to tell the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on astonishing interviews and first-hand sources, it investigates the extraordinary group of idealogues behind this organization - and those who t ...Show more
Revolutionary Iran: A History Of The Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION 'If you were to read only one book on present-day Iran you could not do better than this' Ervand Abrahamian, Times Higher EducationFor some 40 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, and sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many ...Show more
Ibn Khaldun - An Intellectual Biography by Robert Irwin
$40.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the ...Show more
The Killing in the Consulate by Jonathan Rugman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Middle East
'Reporting at its best. Immaculately researched, sober and informative' John le Carré 'Compulsory reading...fast-paced and brilliantly written' Jeremy Bowen After Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was filmed going in to the Saudi consulate in Turkey, he was never seen alive again. What happene ...Show more
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire by Alev Scott
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
It's a story of surprises. An acolyte of Erdogan in Christian-majority Serbia confirms the wide-reaching appeal of his authoritarian leadership. A Druze warlord explains the secretive religious faction in the heart of the Middle East. The palimpsest-like streets of Jerusalem's Old Town hint at the Ottom ...Show more