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"Israeli-Arab" Political Mobilization
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00This book examines the political mobilization of 'Israeli-Arabs,' Palestinian citizens of Israel. By examining the events, context, and effects of Land Day 1976 and Habbat October 2000, and combining them with original research and interviews, the author presents fresh insights into Palestinian political mobilization against Israeli injustices. more...
The "Ugly American" in the Arab Mind
Potomac Books Inc. 2011; US$ 27.50The roots of America's image problem in the Middle East more...
1453
Hyperion 2013; US$ 15.99A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th... more...
The 188th Crybaby Brigade
Free Press 2010; US$ 25.00Look at me. Do you see me? Do you see me in my olive-green uniform, beret, and shiny black boots? Do you see the assault rifle slung across my chest? Finally! I am the badass Israeli soldier at the side of the road, in sunglasses, forearms like bricks. And honestly -- have you ever seen anything quite like me? Joel Chasnoff is twenty-four... more...
1948
New York Review Books 2012; US$ 9.99Sixty years after fighting in Israel's War of Independence, Yoram Kaniuk tries to remember what exactly did?and did not?happen in his time as a teenage soldier in the Palmach. The result is a touchingly poignant and hauntingly beautiful memoir that the author himself considers a work of fiction, for what is memory but one's own story about the past?... more...
1967
Henry Holt and Co. 2007; US$ 19.99From Israel's leading historian, a sweeping history of 1967--the war, what led up to it, what came after, and how it changed everything Tom Segev's acclaimed works One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted views of the history of Israel. Now, in 1967 --a number-one bestseller in Hebrew--he brings his masterful... more...
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 24.00Two veteran scholars of the Middle East bring together experts in their fields to reassess the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war. more...
1979
Westview Press 2008; US$ 34.00The Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the continuing US-Iraqi confrontation, the changing political dynamics in Iran, recent Pakistani-Indian hostilities, and Osama bin Laden -- all of these have one important common denominator: significant strands of their origins can be traced to the tumultuous year of 1979. This books offers a new paradigm for... more...
The 2008 Battle of Sadr City
RAND Corporation 2011; US$ 2.99The authors identify factors critical to the coalition victory over Jaish al-Mahdi in the 2008 Battle of Sadr City and describe a new model for dealing with insurgent control of urban areas. more...
3 Commando: Helmand Assault
Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 10.67When the Royal Marines Commandos returned to a chaotic Helmand in the winter of 2008, they realised that to stand any chance of success they would need to pursue an increasingly determined Taliban harder than ever before. This time they were going to hunt them down from the air. With the support of Chinooks, Apaches, Lynx, Sea Kings and Harriers,... more...









