The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq120 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Best Book on the Iraq War (so far) + Good Sale + "Iraq was too important to be left to the partisans" + Intellectual history with a bite + Mandatory reading for all politicians and citizens             Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assasination of Rafik Hariri and its Impact on the Middle East6 reviews Nicholas Blanford I. B. Tauris, 2006 An account by an energetic reporter + A convincing and extremely readable account + Excellent summary of recent Lebanese history + Superb + A must read             Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds85 reviews Stephen Kinzer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 In Understanding the Turkish Culture, this book was the way to go + Excellent perceptive cry for Turkey + Ataturk's Dream + GREAT BOOK!             Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire14 reviews Caroline Finkel Basic Books, 2006 Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire + A detailed, comprehensive history + A great resource for Ottoman history-it is large for a reason An excellent book. Very readable. A great way to compress six centuries of the great Ottoman Empire in a relatively short space. Finally the truth about Ottomans are emerging from the pens of eminent scholars, instead of garbage spewn by Armenians, Greeks, and some European powers that vied for ...             The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace33 reviews Ali A. Allawi Yale University Press, 2007 Excellent history of the Iraq war + best book there is on Iraq + An Iraqi Account of the War + An Iraqi perspective + book:The Occupation Of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace             The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy192 reviews John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 All the stars in the sky wouldn't be enough to rate this book + Fast delivery, great book + wonderfully worded, honest, accurate, and up to date. + Sensitive Issues             Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life15 reviews Sari Nusseibeh, Anthony David Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 Once Upon a Peace Maker! + A moderate palestinian's story + Amazing author and wonderful tale + A moderate Palestinian's story             All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror137 reviews Stephen Kinzer Wiley, 2004 Sometimes the truth has a liberal bias + Blame the Brits + A few good murders by a few good men gone awry + A must read to understand the middle east             Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East13 reviews Ali Ansari Basic Books, 2006 A Timely Subject + Good Book + Historical Insights-Modern Applications + Not a Bad Read on a Complex Subject             The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future91 reviews Vali Nasr W. W. Norton, 2006 Almost perfect + Great Deal + A Must Read for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Islam + Helped me understand             The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)3 reviews David Commins I. B. Tauris, 2006 The Best book on Wahhabism and Salafism in the Gulf + Outstanding Presentation of Wahhabism + Authoritative Of the recent spate of books on Wahhabism, this is by far and away the best. David Commins is better qualified to write on Saudi fundamentalism than just about any other scholar I know. He speaks and reads Arabic with a fluency very few non-natives can match, having lived in the Middle East off and ...             Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 Roger Crowley Faber & Faber, 2008 "Empires of the Sea" shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453, it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Coupled with dramatic set piece battles, a wealth of riveting first-hand accounts, epic ...             A History of the Modern Middle East25 reviews William L. Cleveland Westview Press, 2004 Nothing Less than Excellent + Thorough narrative of Middle East history. + Excellent book + WOW             The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq60 reviews Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2007 Highly opinionated, politically incorrect and not at all "big picture" + Personal Depiction of Governing Post War Iraq + No good deed goes unpunished + A troublesome perspective             The Truth About Camp David: The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process (Nation ...18 reviews Clayton E. Swisher Nation Books, 2004 Highly recommended for any American who wants to know what happened. + Great, well researched and well thought out + An Outsider Intrudes on the Insiders' Story Lines This book presents detailed, eye-witness accounts from all sides of the US/Israeli peace negotiations with the Syrians and Palestinians during the latter part of the Clinton administration. This is not a particularly well written book, it is clear that Mr. Swisher is still developing his craft, ...             The Places In Between154 reviews Rory Stewart Harvest Books, 2006 Babur's Journey + A Cold but Not Too Lonely Walk + Outstanding Must Read book + Totally Changed My Mindset!             Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East11 reviews Robin Wright Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Required reading for all who want to understand the Middle East. + Excellent and easy to read overview of the middle-east + A hopeful book + Great book!!!             The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq120 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Best Book on the Iraq War (so far) + Good Sale + "Iraq was too important to be left to the partisans" + Intellectual history with a bite + Mandatory reading for all politicians and citizens             Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life15 reviews Sari Nusseibeh, Anthony David Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 Once Upon a Peace Maker! + A moderate palestinian's story + Amazing author and wonderful tale + A moderate Palestinian's story             The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future91 reviews Vali Nasr W. W. Norton, 2006 Almost perfect + Great Deal + A Must Read for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Islam + Helped me understand