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1	The Good Soldiers more books like this by David Finkel add to wishlist Combining the action of Mark Bowden's "Black Hawk Down" with the literary tone of Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers" takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War. see all copies from $17.47! new only from $17.47!
2	Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army more books like this by Jeremy Scahill add to wishlist On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled "Baghdad's Bloody Sunday," was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U. S. soldiers. The shooters were private forces working for the secretive mercenary company, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future more books like this by Joel C Rosenberg add to wishlist With over one million novels in print, the "New York Times"-bestselling author has been called "eerily prophetic" for his uncanny ability to write political thrillers that come true. In his first "nonfiction" book, this evangelical Christian from an Orthodox Jewish heritage embarks on an unforgettable journey through prophecy and current events. see all copies from $7.19! new only from $9.77! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women more books like this by Geraldine Brooks add to wishlist As a foreign correspondent covering the Middle East for the Wall Street Journal, Brooks examined the attitudes of Muslim women toward a society that many Western feminists consider oppressive. Donning the hijab, the black veil, Brooks sought to enter the world of Islamic women--in Egypt, Iran, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the occupied ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Generation Kill more books like this by Evan Wright add to wishlist Based on the author's National Magazine Award-winning series in "Rolling Stone," this "New York Times" bestseller is "one of the best books to come out of the Iraq War" ("Financial Times"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.17! \| SVS
6	The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 more books like this by Thomas E Ricks add to wishlist "Fiasco," Ricks's #1 "New York Times" bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. "The Gamble," the story of Gen. David Petraeus and the American military, reveals that many high-level officials were opposed to the 2003 invasion. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Crusades Through Arab Eyes more books like this by Amin Maalouf add to wishlist Maalouf's account of the Crusades relies on Arabic testimonies of the event--some contemporary chronicles, others historical eyewitnesses to the invasion--effectively giving Western readers the other side of the Crusades story. see all copies from $6.19! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood more books like this by Donovan Campbell add to wishlist In this thrilling and inspiring memoir, Campbell recounts his time as a commander of a 40-man infantry platoon and the unit of hard-pressed Marines defined by their leadership, loyalty, faith, and camaraderie. see all copies from $11.98! new only from $14.01! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia more books like this by Jean Sasson add to wishlist This is the true story of a woman born to unbelievable wealth, who had the courage to challenge the traditions and religious laws that make the life of women in Saudi Arabia a barren, hopeless wasteland. Princess Sultana, who cannot reveal her real name for fear of death, has told her story to the bestselling author of The Rape of Kuwait. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World more books like this by Roger Crowley add to wishlist In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. see all copies from $3.96! new only from $7.89! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Forever War more books like this by Dexter Filkins (Read by) add to wishlist A prizewinning "New York Times" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A History of the Modern Middle East more books like this by William L Cleveland add to wishlist This comprehensive survey analyzes political, social, cultural, and economic developments in the Middle East from the Ottoman and Safavid Empires to the present day. Cleveland lays the groundwork for this modern history by describing the roots of Islamic civilization in ancient times and tracing the relationship between distinctly Middle Eastern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.98! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror more books like this by Bernard W Lewis (Read by) add to wishlist Based on Lewis's George Polk Award-winning article for "The New Yorker, Crisis of Islam" is a spectacular primer on the historical roots of anti-Americanism in the Islamic world. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to know where 9/11 came from, and how Americans can fight back. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.40! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq more books like this by Thomas E Ricks add to wishlist The definitive military chronicle of the Iraq war--and a searing judgment on the strategic blindness with which America has conducted it--draws on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East more books like this by David Fromkin add to wishlist This history charts the post-World War I efforts by the Allies to deal with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how decisions made then influenced the region's history and geopolitics for the rest of the century (and beyond). These efforts included creating new states and entities, including what was to become Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and, later, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.90! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine more books like this by Ilan Pappe add to wishlist Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In our communicative world, few modern catastrophes are concealed from the public eye. And yet, Ilan Pappe unveils, one such crime has been erased from the global public memory: the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1948. The pervasive denial of ... see all copies from $7.60! new only from $8.91! \| SVS
17 view cover	Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society more books like this by Janet L Abu-Lughod add to wishlist A beautifully-written--almost poetic--ethnography of the Bedouins in Egypt as well as a study of gender relations through analysis of their oral lyric poetry. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.04! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	From Baghdad, with Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava more books like this by Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth add to wishlist A war memoir that will capture the hearts of its readers, just as one scruffy puppy sneaked his way into the hearts of hardened Marines just when they needed it most. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The annals of Imperial Rome more books like this by Cornelius Tacitus add to wishlist Tacitus' "Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
20 view cover	From Beirut to Jerusalem more books like this by Thomas L Friedman (Read by) add to wishlist In this book the author seeks to understand the political causes and psychological effects of the conflicts in the Middle East. He sketches the prelude to the troubles, and places the events of 1979 to 1988 in their historical context while examining the course and meaning of the Lebanese civil wars, the Syrian self-mutilation at Hama, the refugee ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present more books like this by Michael B Oren, PH.D. add to wishlist From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines - from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace - the United States has been involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood more books like this by Marjane Satrapi add to wishlist The critics made the inevitable comparisons to MAUS when reviewing this graphic novel-style memoir. But this deeply personal child's-eye view of Iran during the fall of the Shah deserves to be considered in its own right. Marjane Satrapi is related both to the old Persian royal family and to Communist rebels. Therefore, it's not surprising that ... see all copies from $3.19! new only from $6.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone more books like this by Rajiv Chandrasekaran add to wishlist Hailed by "The New York Times Book Review" as absolutely brilliant, this national bestseller examines the numerous self-inflicted pitfalls, miscalculations, and blunders that had plagued the first year of the American occupation of Iraq. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East more books like this by Michael B Oren, PH.D. add to wishlist In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $10.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Islamic Imperialism: A History more books like this by Professor Efraim Karsh add to wishlist From the first Arab-Islamic Empire of the mid-seventh century to the Ottomans, the last great Muslim empire, the story of the Middle East has been the story of the rise and fall of universal empires and, no less important, of imperialist dreams. So argues Efraim Karsh in this highly provocative book. Rejecting the conventional Western ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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