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  • Israel's Security Networks

    A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective

    by Gabriel Sheffer, Oren Barak ...
    Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and particularly after the Israeli-Arab War of 1967, a highly informal but simultaneously potent security network has influenced Israel's domestic sphere. Composed of acting and former security personnel and their partners in the state's various civilian spheres, this security network has affected Israeli culture, politics, society, economy, ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • State Expansion and Conflict

    In and between Israel/Palestine and Lebanon

    by Oren Barak ...
    Lebanon and Israel/Palestine are two political entities that expanded in 1920 and 1967 respectively, and became divided societies characterized by periods of stability and conflict. This book provides the first detailed comparison between the two states and also explores the effects of their expansion on their changing relations. It looks first at how both expanded states attempted to cope with ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Nonstate Actors in Intrastate Conflicts

    Edited by Dan Miodownik, Oren Barak ...
    Series series National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
    Intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars and ethnic confrontations, are the predominant form of organized violence in the world today. But internal strife can destabilize entire regions, drawing in people living beyond state borders—particularly those who share ideology, ethnicity, or kinship with one of the groups involved. These nonstate actors may not be enlisted in formal armies or political ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Civil–Military Relations in Israel

    Essays in Honor of Stuart A. Cohen

    by Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Aharon Kampinsky, Oren Barak, Amichai Cohen, Asher Cohen, Ronald Krebs, Yagil Levy, Tamir Libel, Amiram Oren0, Yoram Peri1, Orna Sasson-Levy2, Yehudit Sher3, Bernard Susser4, Eliav Taub5, Arial Vainer6, Eyal Ben-Ari7, Reuven Gal8 ...
    This book, a collection of essays in honor of Stuart Cohen, examines a variety of issues in civil-military relations (CMR) in Israel and abroad. Beyond honoring Cohen’s work, this collection makes a substantial contribution to the field for a number of reasons. First, it brings together prominent scholars from different disciplines in the field, from both Israel and abroad, sketching its ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Nonstate Actors in Intrastate Conflicts

    Edited by Dan Miodownik, Oren Barak ...
    Series series National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
    Intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars and ethnic confrontations, are the predominant form of organized violence in the world today. But internal strife can destabilize entire regions, drawing in people living beyond state borders—particularly those who share ideology, ethnicity, or kinship with one of the groups involved. These nonstate actors may not be enlisted in formal armies or political ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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  • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

    A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

    by Rashid Khalidi ...
    A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family historyIn 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Arab Winter

    A Tragedy

    by Noah Feldman ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceWhy the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrongThe Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Middle East. Yet everywhere except Tunisia it led to either renewed dictatorship, civil war, extremist terror, or all three. In The Arab Winter, Noah Feldman argues that the Arab Spring was neverthel... ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • Revolution without Revolutionaries

    Making Sense of the Arab Spring

    by Asef Bayat ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed. Several years on, however, it has caused limited shifts in structures of power, leaving much of the old political and social order intact. In this book, noted author Asef Bayat—whose Life as Politics anticipated the Arab Spring—uncovers ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Martin Bunton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, reducing it to its very essence - a modern territorial contest between two nations and one geographical territory. Adopting a fresh and original approach, each section ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Contemporary Politics in the Middle East

    by Beverley Milton-Edwards ...
    The fourth edition of this dynamic and popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary politics in the Middle East. Fully revised and updated throughout, it features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and its aftermath, plus a wide range of vibrant case studies, data, questions for class discussion and suggestions for further reading.Purposefully employing a clear thematic ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • A Path Out of the Desert

    A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

    by Kenneth Pollack ...
    “A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –KirkusThe greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. By inflaming political unrest and empowering terrorists, these forces pose ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Israeli Solution

    A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East

    by Caroline Glick ...
    A landmark manifesto issuing a bold call for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict.The reigning consensus in elite and academic circles is that the United States must seek to resolve the Palestinians' conflict with Israel by implementing the so-called two-state solution. Establishing a Palestinian state, so the thinking goes, would be a panacea for all the region’s ills. In a time ... Read more

    $14.99 USD