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  • JFK's Forgotten Crisis

    Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Bruce Riedel provides new perspective and insights into Kennedy's forgotten crisis in the most dangerous days of the cold war.The Cuban Missile Crisis defined the presidency of John F. Kennedy. But during the same week that the world stood transfixed by the possibility of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, Kennedy was also consumed by a war that has escaped history's ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Kings and Presidents

    Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Series series Geopolitics in the 21st Century
    An insider's account of the often-fraught U.S.-Saudi relationshipSaudi Arabia and the United States have been partners since 1943, when President Roosevelt met with two future Saudi monarchs. Subsequent U.S. presidents have had direct relationships with those kings and their successors-setting the tone for a special partnership between an absolute monarchy with a unique Islamic identity and the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Al-Qaeda's Revenge

    The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings

    by Fernando Reinares ...
    Series series Woodrow Wilson Center Series
    In Al-Qaeda's Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings, Fernando Reinares tells the story of "3/11" - the March 11, 2004, bombings of commuter trains in Madrid, which killed 192 people and injured more than 1,800. He examines the development of an al-Qaeda conspiracy in Spain from the 1990s through the formation of the 3/11 bombing network beginning in March 2002, and discusses the preparations for ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

    The Saudi Struggle for Iraq

    by Katherine Harvey ...
    In recent years, the geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has dominated the headlines. Many have charted the polarization between a Saudi-led Sunni camp and an Iranian-led Shia one, assuming that a predominantly Shia state like Iraq would automatically ally with Iran. In this compelling account, Katherine Harvey tells a different story: Iraq's alignment with Iran was not a foregone ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Jordan and America

    An Enduring Friendship

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    A telling history of one of the most important relationships in the Middle EastThis is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the relationship between Jordan and the United States and how their leaders have navigated the dangerous waters of the most volatile region in the world.Jordan has been an important ally of the United States for more than seventy years, thanks largely to two members ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • America and the Yemens

    A Complex and Tragic Encounter

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    In this book, Bruce Riedel, one of America’s leading experts on the Middle East, provides a history of US relations with the various entities of north and south Yemen, and the first in-depth review of America’s role in the deadly Saudi directed war in the Yemens. Three Presidents—Obama, Trump, and Biden-- have been deeply involved in this conflict. Riedel places this current war in the context of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • What We Won

    America's Secret War in Afghanistan, 1979?89

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    In February 1989, the CIA's chief in Islamabad famously cabled headquarters a simple message: "We Won." It was an understated coda to the most successful covert intelligence operation in American history.In What We Won, CIA and National Security Council veteran Bruce Riedel tells the story of America's secret war in Afghanistan and the defeat of the Soviet 40th Red Army in the war that proved to ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Aspiration and Ambivalence

    Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan

    by Vanda Felbab-Brown ...
    After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyzes the U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Search for Al Qaeda

    Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist movement in history. Yet most people in the West know very little about it, or their view is clouded by misperceptions and half truths. This widely acclaimed book fills this gap with a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda-the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Beirut 1958

    How America's Wars in the Middle East Began

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Find out about the 1958 U.S. intervention that succeeded and apply those lessons to today's conflicts in the Middle EastIn July 1958, U.S. Marines stormed the beach in Beirut, Lebanon, ready for combat. They were greeted by vendors and sunbathers. Fortunately, the rest of their mission—helping to end Lebanon's first civil war—went nearly as smoothly and successfully, thanks in large part to the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Deadly Embrace

    Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Pakistan and the United States have been locked in a deadly embrace for decades. Successive American presidents from both parties have pursued narrow short-term interests in the South Asian nation, and many of the resulting policies proved counterproductive in the long term, contributing to political instability and a radicalized public. This background has helped set the stage for the global ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Avoiding Armageddon

    America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back

    by Bruce Riedel ...
    Series series Brookings FOCUS Book
    India and Pakistan will be among the most important countries in the twenty-first century. In Avoiding Armageddon, Bruce Riedel clearly explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship.Born from the British Raj, the two nations share a common heritage, but they are different in many important ways. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD