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  • The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia

    de David Commins ...
    Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • The Gulf States

    A Modern History

    de David Commins ...
    The geopolitical importance of the Gulf region is a source both of great interest and great tension. David Commins here provides an in-depth narrative of the modern political history of the Gulf States, offering a comprehensive and accessible account of their recent development and strategic importance.This book sets out a detailed study of the region's history, starting from the empires and ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Syria

    de Omar Imady, David Commins, David W. Lesch ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
    Historical Dictionary of Syria, Fourth Edition covers the recent events in Syria as well as the history that led up to these events. The cross-referenced dictionary section has over 500 entries on significant persons, places and events, political parties and institutions, literature, music and the arts.. ... Leer más

    $141.99 USD

  • The Mecca Uprising

    An Insider's Account of Salafism and Insurrection in Saudi Arabia

    de Nasir al-Huzaimi, David Commins ...
    On 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi, seized control of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in the Muslim World. The Salafi Group was not trying to establish an Islamic state. Instead, its members believed they were players in a prophetic script about the End of Time. After a two-week siege, the Saudi government recaptured the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Syria

    de David Commins, David W. Lesch ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
    In 2011, massive protest movements that appeared to come out of nowhere caught the Arab world’s autocrats by surprise and brought down powerful leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in March 2011 calling for the “fall of the regime,” the popular slogan of Arab uprisings, but found themselves confronting a determined foe willing to slaughter thousands ... Leer más

    $136.99 USD

  • The Mission and the Kingdom

    Wahhabi Power Behind the Saudi Throne

    de David Commins ...
    In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins' book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Islam in Middle East and North Africa: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    de David Commins ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Saudi Arabia

    A Modern History

    de David Commins ...
    Narrado por Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Completo

    11 hora 43 minutos

    A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present daySaudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam's two holiest cities. It is also one of the world's only absolute monarchies. How did Saudi Arabia get to where it is today?In this comprehensive account, David Commins narrates the ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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  • Understanding Iran

    Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Khamenei

    de William R. Polk ...
    "A digestible history of this tortured land is something Americans sorely need. . . . Polk carefully constructs one." ― USA TodayWilliam R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history ... Leer más

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  • The Arab Uprisings:What Everyone Needs to Know

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    de James L. Gelvin ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Beginning in December 2010 popular revolt swept through the Middle East, shocking the world and ushering in a period of unprecedented unrest. Protestors took to the streets to demand greater freedom, democracy, human rights, social justice, and regime change. What caused these uprisings? What is their significance? And what are their likely consequences? In an engaging question-and-answer format, ... Leer más

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  • Sudan, South Sudan, and Darfur:What Everyone Needs to Know

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    de Andrew S. Natsios ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    For thirty years Sudan has been a country in crisis, wracked by near-constant warfare between the north and the south. But on July 9, 2011, South Sudan became an independent nation. As Sudan once again finds itself the focus of international attention, former special envoy to Sudan and director of USAID Andrew Natsios provides a timely introduction to the country at this pivotal moment in its ... Leer más

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  • The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History

    From Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

    de Thomas J. Barfield ...
    Series Libro 9 - Princeton Shorts
    When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfield shows, the history of previous efforts to build governments in Afghanistan does much to explain ... Leer más

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