Middle East

Three Kings

The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II

Lloyd C. Gardner

A magisterial history of America’s ascent in the Middle East during and after World War II—the essential, untold backstory to America’s current predicament in the Middle East and in the world—by the eminent historian

Kill Khalid

The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas

Paul McGeough

NOW IN PAPERBACK “A must-read,” (Jon Lee Anderson) that offers a gripping account of the botched assassination attempt of Khalid Mishal, which became a pivotal moment in the rise of Hamas

Al' America

Travels Through America’s Arab and Islamic Roots

Jonathan Curiel

From surf music to the ice cream cone—a lively and eye-opening look at the little-known influence of Arab and Islamic culture on America, by the San Francisco Chronicle journalist

Road from ar Ramadi

The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía

Camilo Mejía

The inspiring story of a soldier who fought in Iraq and refused to return

Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam

Or, How Not to Learn from the Past

Edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Marilyn B. Young

Leading historians tease out the connections between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War—and point to the many lessons that went unlearned

Iran

A People Interrupted

Hamid Dabashi

NOW IN PAPERBACK a deeply informed political and cultural narrative of a country thrust into the international spotlight

Enemy Combatant

My Imprisonment at Guantánamo, Bagram, and Kandahar

Moazzam Begg

NOW IN PAPERBACK The “shocking firsthand account” (Chicago Sun-Times) of one man’s years inside the notorious American prison—and his Kafkaesque struggle to clear his name

Literature from the "Axis of Evil"

Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations

Edited by Words Without Borders

NOW IN PAPERBACK “The book every American should read this year.” —The Bloomsbury Review

Iraq

The Logic of Withdrawal

Anthony Arnove

A forceful argument for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq

Against the Wall

Israel’s Barrier to Peace

Edited by Michael Sorkin

Voices from Israel and the occupied territories, as well as around the world, explore the intersection of architecture and politics

Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington

The Brit Who Set Congress Straight About Iraq

George Galloway

A rousing account from the British MP who took D.C. by storm

Next Year in Jerusalem

Everyday Life in a Divided Land

Daphna Golan-Agnon

From a pioneering Israeli human rights activist, a stirring memoir on life in the troubled region

The Freedom

Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq

Christian Parenti

NOW IN PAPERBACK An instant classic on America's catastrophic—and indefinite—occupation of Iraq

The Other Israel

Voices of Refusal and Dissent

Edited by Roane Carey and Jonathan Shainin

NOW IN PAPERBACK Israeli citizens disavow their government’s current policies

Islam Explained

Tahar Ben Jelloun

NOW IN PAPERBACK A uniquely accessible introduction to Islam, by the celebrated author of Racism Explained to My Daughter

Muhammad

M. Maxine Rodinson

Back in print, a definitive and fascinating introduction to the life, ideas, and impact of the founder of Islam

This Blinding Absence of Light

A Novel

Tahar Ben Jelloun

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