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  • Mubarak Al-Sabah

    The Foundation of Kuwait

    by Souad M. Al-Sabah ...
    Translated by Laila Asser, John King ...
    Amidst political upheaval and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the State of Kuwait emerged as an independent country under British protection in 1899, with Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah widely accredited as the instrument of its foundation. But the path to power for Mubarak was not a simple or smooth one. The author here presents an original perspective on the difficulties and controversies ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Ibn Saud

    The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    by Barbara Bray, Michael Darlow ...
    Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham. Equipped with immense physical courage, he fought and won, often with weapons and tactics not unlike those employed by the ancient Assyrians, a series of astonishing military victories over a succession of enemies much more powerful than himself. Over the same ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour

    by Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered what a tough enemy the Afghans are after nearly a decade of conflict from 1979 to 1989. When not fighting foreign invaders, Afghanistan was torn ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • Pakistan: A Hard Country

    by Anatol Lieven ...
    DAILY TELEGRAPH and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 20122011 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALISTIn the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin Laden, and the spread of terrorist attacks by groups based in Pakistan to London, Bombay and New York, there is a clear need to look further than the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A History of the Middle East

    4th Edition

    by Peter Mansfield ...
    Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, fully updated to 2009, follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question and Islamic ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Arabs

    A History

    by Eugene Rogan ...
    The internationally bestselling definitive history of the Arab world, named a best book of the year by the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Atlantic -- now updated to cover the latest developments in the Middle EastIn this groundbreaking and comprehensive account of the Middle East, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on five centuries of Arab sources to place the Arab ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Taliban

    The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

    by Ahmed Rashid ...
    This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban availableThis modern classic brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Central Asia into sharp focus. Ahmed Rashid offers an authoritative account of the Taliban’s rise to power, the effects of changing American attitudes toward it, and the new faces ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The History of Saudi Arabia

    by A M Vasilev ...
    How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its ... Read more

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  • Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

    by Ahmed Rashid ...

    $20.99 CAD

  • Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes

    by Victoria Clark ...

    $22.99 CAD

  • Iran at War

    1500-1988

    by Dr Kaveh Farrokh ...
    Following on from his award-winning book on the history of ancient Persia, Kaveh Farrokh goes on to examine Iran's wartime history from the Safavid dynasty of the 16th and 17th century through to the 1979 Revolution and beyond.He shows how the early military successes were followed by centuries of defeat as the external influences of nations like Russia and Britain began to shape the internal ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life

    by Nigel Ashton ...
    A towering figure in the history of Jordan, King Hussein reigned for nearly half a century, from his grandfather’s assassination in 1953 to his own death in 1999. In this fascinating biography, Nigel Ashton recounts the eventful life of the king who not only survived but flourished amidst crisis after crisis as ruler of a poor desert nation surrounded by powerful and hostile neighbors. Hussein ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD