Middle East

Leïla Vignal Hardback, 328 pages 9781787384767   To see Syria’s future in the Middle East, we must analyse its destruction: not just the physical r...

Roger Hardy Paperback, 288 pages 9781849049542    Hardy examines the unfortunate legacies of intervention that continue to fester almost fifty year...

Sean McMeekin Paperback, 576 pages 9780718199715   War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East 1908-1923

Asher Orkaby Paperback, 256 pages 9780190932275   A comprehensive introduction to Yemen's current crises, major players, and potential solutions to...

Guy Laron Hardback 9780300222708   A big-picture history that examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its globa...

Ahmed Gatnash Iyad El-Baghdadi Paperback, 256 pages 9781787383043   Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance   Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, a...

Madawi Al-Rasheed Hardback, 416 pages 9781787383791   Reform and ruthless repression go hand in hand in MBS’s Saudi Arabia.   In 2018, journalist J...

Bachar Bakour Paperback, 328 pages 9789670526812   Although Syria, since the 1960s, has been dominated by a secular-nationalist regime, the 2011 up...

Nasir al-Huzaimi Paperback, 208 pages 9780755600113   On 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi...

Ömer Taspinar Hardback 9781788310109   Why Islam is Not the Problem   The West's actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstan...

Kim Ghattas Paperback 9781472271136   Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East   A timely and unprecedented examination o...

Fanar Haddad Hardback 9781787382060   Sunni–Shi’a Relations in the Modern Arab World   Much has been published on sectarianism in the Middle East b...

Behrooz Sabet, Cyrus Rohani (eds.) Paperback 9780863563881     The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa   Recent developments...

James Verini Hardback 9781786077486   The battle is for a city. The war is for history. In autumn 2016, Iraqi forces began operations to recapture ...

Fawaz A. Gerges Paperback 9780691196466   Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East   How the conflict between political Islamists an...

Peter Mansfield Paperback 9780141988467   Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This no...

Ryszard Kapuscinski Paperback 9780141188041   Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran, and is a compelling meditation on the natu...

John McHugo Paperback 9780863561603   Syria’s descent into chaos since 2011 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, while more than nine millio...

Tim Mackintosh-Smith Paperback 9780300251630   This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloos...

Caroline Williams Paperback 9789774168550   Contents:   1. Historical Summary and Chronology   2. Architectural and Ornamental Summary   3. The Isl...

Ginny Hill Hardback 9781849048057   Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia   Why is oil-rich Saudi Arabia involved in a costly and m...

Andrew Hammond Paperback 9780745332697  

Barbara Drieskens Hardback 9780863566950   The djinn is an invisible spirit with a will of its own that may hide in the bathroom, lurk in dark alle...

John McHugo Paperback 9780863567421   The key to understanding the Arab world today is unlocking its past.   In this authoritative account, John Mc...