Middle East 56 books by John

The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, influences and instability

ByRobert Mason,Simon Mabon,+1 more

1 Reader

Oil and the political economy in the Middle East: Post-2014 adjustment policies of the Arab Gulf and beyond

ByMartin Beck(Editor),Thomas Richter(Editor)

1 Reader

Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services

ByIan Black,Benny Morris

1991 • 2 Readers

Under Siege: P.L.O. Decisionmaking During the 1982 War

ByRashid Khalidi

1985 • 2 Readers

Theory in Forms

Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation

ByFadi A. Bardawil

2 Readers

Except for Palestine

ByMarc Lamont Hill,Mitchell Plitnick

2021 • 10 Readers • 227 pages • 5

The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory

ByBrian Fishman

2 Readers

Revolution in Rojava

ByAnja Flach

3 Readers

#10

Hezbollah: A Short History

ByAugustus Richard Norton

2007 • 3 Readers • 217 pages

#11

Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic

ByMichael Axworthy

2013 • 4 Readers • 528 pages • 3

#12

Hacking ISIS: How to Destroy the Cyber Jihad

ByMalcolm W. Nance,Christopher Sampson

2017 • 1 Reader

#13

Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State

ByOlivier Roy

1 Reader • 130 pages

#14

ISIS

ByJessica Stern,J. M. Berger

2015 • 3 Readers • 432 pages

#15

ISIS

ByMichael Weiss,Hassan Hassan

2015 • 2 Readers • 270 pages

#16

Radical Origins: Why We Are Losing the Battle Against Islamic Extremism and How to Turn the Tide

ByAzeem Ibrahim

1 Reader

#17

Rojava: Revolution, War and the Future of Syria's Kurds

ByThomas Schmidinger

2014 • 1 Reader

#18

The Struggle for Power in Syria: Politics and Society Under Asad and the Ba'th Party

ByNikolaos van Dam

2 Readers

#19

Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14

ByBen Barry

2020 • 1 Reader • 528 pages

#20

Actors and Dynamics in the Syrian Conflict's Middle Phase: Between Contentious Politics, Militarization and Regime Resilience

ByJasmine K Gani(editor)

1 Reader

#21

The Isis Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement

ByHaroro J Ingram,Craig Whiteside,+1 more

1 Reader

#22

The Terror Years

ByLawrence Wright

2018 • 8 Readers • 384 pages • 3.7

#23

The Burning Shores : Inside the Battle for the New Libya

ByFrederic Wehrey

2017 • 2 Readers • 352 pages • 3

#24

Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence

ByAliza Marcus

2007 • 2 Readers

#25

Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea

ByShiraz Maher

2016 • 2 Readers • 314 pages

#26

The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad

ByAntonio Giustozzi

1 Reader

#27

Ghost Wars

BySteve Coll

2004 • 38 Readers • 712 pages • 4.4

#28

Syria through Jihadist Eyes: A Perfect Enemy

ByNibras Kazimi

2010 • 1 Reader

#29

Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding

ByHusain Haqqani

2013 • 3 Readers • 3

#30

Syria's Uprising and the Fracturing of the Levant

ByEmile Hokayem

2013 • 1 Reader

#31

Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East

ByDavid Hirst

2008 • 4 Readers • 496 pages • 5

#32

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon

ByRobert Fisk

8 Readers

#33

The Afghanistan Papers

ByCraig Whitlock,The Washington Post

2021 • 16 Readers • 368 pages • 4.5

#34

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

BySteve Coll

4 Readers

#35

Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World

ByShadi Hamid

2016 • 2 Readers

#36

Rise and Kill First

ByRonen Bergman

2018 • 31 Readers • 784 pages • 4.4

#37

How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt

ByOmar Ashour

1 Reader

#38

False Prophets: British Leaders' Fateful Fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria

ByNigel Ashton

2022 • 1 Reader • 448 pages

#39

Unwinnable: Britain's War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014

ByTheo Farrell

2017 • 2 Readers

#40

Qatar and the Gulf Crisis

ByKristian Coates Ulrichsen

1 Reader

#41

Hezbollah: Mobilization and Power

ByAurelie Daher

2014 • 1 Reader

#42

Iran Resurgent: The Rise and Rise of the Shia State

ByMahan Abedin

1 Reader

#43

The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf

ByKristian Coates Ulrichsen(Editor)

1 Reader

#44

Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East

ByNader Hashemi(Editor),Danny Postel(Editor)

1 Reader

#45

Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan

ByEliza Egret,Tom Anderson

1 Reader • 228 pages

#46

The Operators

ByMichael Hastings

2011 • 6 Readers • 352 pages • 3.5

#47

EU, Turkey and Counter-Terrorism: Fighting the PKK and ISIS

ByEthem Ilbiz,Christian Kaunert

1 Reader

#48

How Al-Qaeda survived drones, uprisings, and the Islamic State

ByAaron Y. Zelin(editor)

1 Reader • 124 pages

#49

Jihadism Transformed: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State's Global Battle of Ideas

BySimon Staffell(editor),Akil Awan(Editor)

1 Reader

#50

Qatar Securing the Global Ambitions of a City-state

ByDavid B. Roberts

2014 • 1 Reader • 356 pages

#51

Blood and Oil

ByBradley Hope,Justin Scheck

2020 • 15 Readers • 368 pages • 4.5

#52

Qatar: The Rise to Power and Influence

ByAllen J. Fromherz

2011 • 1 Reader

#53

Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

ByIan Black

2017 • 5 Readers • 512 pages • 4

#54

Iraq: The Cost of War

ByJeremy Greenstock

1 Reader

#55

No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan

ByBen Anderson

2011 • 3 Readers • 266 pages

#56

Son of Hamas

ByMosab Hassan Yousef

12 Readers • 4.2

#57

Keys to Understanding the Middle East

ByAlam Payind,Melinda McClimins

1 Reader

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