Intro to the Middle East: Read these for a good ME background
Discover essential books for a solid Middle East background. Explore top reads on history, culture, and politics in this curated intro to the Middle East.
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive …
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All the Shah's Men
by Stephen Kinzer
This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written …
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas L. Friedman
Examines Israeli-Palestinian relations, the PLO, Israeli politics, Lebanese factions, news reporting from the Middle East, and other issues of the Middle East.
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What Went Wrong?
by Bernard Lewis
For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader …
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The Middle East
by Bernard Lewis
In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth …
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No God But God
by Reza Aslan
In this compelling--and profoundly hopeful--book, Aslan demonstrates that Islam has much in common with Christianity and Judaism, and bears seeds of egalitarianism and social reform …
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