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A powerful account conveying the idealism and fear that united diverse religious and ethnic groups in Syria to rise against their autocratic government, with the outcome still uncertain.
With important insights into Middle Eastern affairs and American policymaking, this is highly recommended for serious readers. [See Prepub Alert, 1/8/12.]
This memoir by an intellectual committed to a relentless search for historical understanding of a complex society is highly recommended for both specialists and interested general readers.[See Prepub Alert, 11/21/11.]
This impressive achievement brings together a vast amount of information in a lucid manner. Highly recommended for general and academic libraries as an objective, accurate analysis of the Arab Spring of 2011.
A well-written and thought-provoking critique of contemporary higher education of interest to all readers concerned about the future strength of American society.
Covering a minor front in World War I, the book is so thorough it's sometimes hard to follow. Yet it will be of great interest to patient readers willing to work to understand how irresponsible imperial powers can bring damaging consequences both to their victims and to their own interests.
A highly recommended personal perspective on political and cultural aspects of the war-riven Middle East, with an appealing focus on food and its ability to bring people some stability and security in an otherwise unstable society.
A solid, well-written, and useful study that explains the impact of a traditional monarchy within a modernizing state and how it shaped the Iran that confronts the United States today. For all interested readers.