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Write a book review on any book which relates to the history and politics of the Middle East

Any book with the title “Politics of or History of [Any country in West Asia or North Africa]” is acceptable

Any book with a similar title to the titles on the list

A book review typically consists of a brief summary or description followed by analysis and evaluation

Introduce book and try to hook the reader in the beginning

Describe which field the book relates to and whether it contributes to the field (example: the field of Political Science, Economics, History, Sociology, Psychology, Religious Studies, etc.)

Describe methodology and ideology if possible

Describe whether argument is plausible

Describe whether it is well written

Describe the materials or sources the author uses

Indicate if the book provoked any specific arguments

Explain why you recommend or do not recommend the book

If possible, explain why it is the best or worst book you have ever read

If possible, provide a brief background about the author

Include title and number of pages

1-2 Pages Double Space

You may choose a book from the suggested reading list for your book review and you may add a book to the reading list if it is approved

0. The Gathas

1. A History of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce

2. Avesta Eschatology by Lawrence Heyworth Mills

3. Zoroastrian Theology by Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla

4. The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism by Robert Charles Zaehner

5. When Zarathustra Spoke by Mary Settegast

6. A Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce

7. Treasure of the Magi by James Hope Moulton

8. Al-Muqaddimah by Abu Zayd Ibn-Khaldun

9. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

10. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin

11. Gharbzadegi [Westoxication or Occidentosis: A Plague from the West] by Jalal Al-e Ahmad

12. Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran by Mehdi Moslem

13. The Shi’ite Movement in Iraq by Faleh A. Jabar

14. The Olama in Contemporary Islam by Muhammad Qasim Zaman

15. Islam: The View from the Edge by Richard W. Bulliet

16. Orientalism by Edward Said

17. Rogue States and US Foreign Policy by Robert S. Litwak

18. Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis

19. Lectures on the Philosophy of History by GWF Hegel

20. The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran by Denise Natali

21. The Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr

22. Arab-Iranian Relations Khair el-Din Haseeb

23. Bhagavad Gita

24. Hindu Writings by Klaus K. Klos

25. Armenians: Their History and Culture by Ara Baliozian

26. Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution 1905-1911 by Houri Berberian

27. Hidden Iran by Ray Takeyh

28. The Iranian Military in Revolution and War by Sepehr Zabih

29. Islamic Government and the Revolution in Iran by Yahya Noori

30. The Other Israel: Voice of Refusal and Dissent by Tom Segev

31. A History of Modern Israel by Colin Shindler

32. The Sages by Efraim Elimelech Urbach

33. Israel and Palestine – Multiple Books with this title

34. Civil War in Lebanon, 1975 by Edgar O’ballance

35. The War for Lebanon, 1970-1985 by Itamar Rabinovitch

36. Lebanon: War and Politics in a Fragmented Society by Charles Winslow

37. A Brief History of Egypt by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

38. Jordan: Living in the Crossfire by Alan George

39. A Modern History of Syria, including Lebanon and Palestine by Abdul Latif Tabawi

40. Saudi Arabia: From Bedouin Beginnings to Modern Kingdom by Gene Lindsey

41. The New Iranian Leadership by Yonah Alexander

42. Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile’s Road to Socialism by Peter Winn

43. The Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koestler

44. Las sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo

45. America’s prisoner: the memoirs of Manuel Noriega by Manuel Antonio Noriega

46. Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara

47. Arab and Jewish Immigrants in Latin America by Ignacio Klich and Jeffrey Lesse

48. Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson

49. Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict by Michael T. Klare

50. Low Intensity Warfare edited by Michael T. Klare and Peter Kornbluh

51. The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama

52. Ma’alim fi al-Tariq “Milestones” by Sayyid Qutb

53. The Wages of Oil – Parliaments of and Economic Development in Kuwait and UAE by Michael Herb

54. Group conflict and political mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf by Justin Gengler

55. The conflicts in Yemen and US national security by Andrew Terill

56. Destroying Yemen by Isa Blumi

57. Libya in the Arab Spring: the constitutional discourse since the fall of Gaddafi by Nadine Schnelzer

58. NATO’s Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa

59. Qatar: small state, big politics

60. Democracy and Youth in the Middle East: Islam, Tribalism and the Rentier State in Oman by Sulaiman Al-Farsi

61. Tunisia as a Revolutionized Space of Migration by Glenda Garelli and Martina Tazzioli

62. Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam by Mansoor Moaddel