Can regime change in Iran be done from the air? Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah by Baqer Moin, 1999. Trump believes he can create regime…
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Tag: Middle Eastern Politics
Israel and Nasser—Part 1
The Six-Day War is the popular name for the 1967 Arab–Israeli war (5–10 June 1967). For all of Nasser’s popularity with the Egyptians and Arabs…
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The Question of Palestine – Part 1
This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…
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A Story of Leadership, Loss, and Loyalty
Andrew Scott Copper writes extremely well. His research is thorough. He paced the story well. It is a joy to read this account of the…
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Excellent books
5 excellent books which I bought at Kinokuniya KLCC last Sunday. Two are on Japanese wood block prints. They give a good picture of this…
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Challenges in Palestine: Truman’s Role Revisited
The British Mandate over Palestine was a disaster for all inhabitants of this ancient land. The attitude of those in charge is best summed up…
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Truman and Global Conflicts
Vice President Truman played an outsize role in world history due to the untimely demise of FDR towards the end of WWII. Unfortunately, he was…
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The Rise and Fall of Economies: Comparative Histories of Middle East and China
These three books are on comparative history. The long divergence’s key argument is that by the 19th century, the Middle East had fallen way behind…
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By Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is the doyen of western historians of the Middle East. This is his memoir. Written in an engaging language in 2012 at the…
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The Arab Spring
The Arab Spring- a term coined by Western interests who favored the uprisings against the Arab countries- happened 10 years ago this year. Yet, there…
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