middle east

This third volume also takes a quality all of the best histories have, the ability to show that history in today: why our world is now as it is, because history is never just the past, dates, facts, events, it?s a rich tapestry, perhaps the most elaborate tapestry humans have created, so many inter-connecting threads all forming the today.

In the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. take in the tumultuous period that began with Iraq?s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama?s decision, in 2013, not to intervene in Syria.

An analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the possibility of peace.

"Retired army colonel ... Andrew J. Bacevich ... [reassesses] U.S. military policy in the Middle East over the past four decades ...[Provides a narrative] of episodes as varied as the Beirut bombing of 1983, the Mogadishu firefight of 1993, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the rise of ISIS"--Provided by publisher.

"Explores the history of US engagement in the Middle East, its consequences, and its potential benefits through a range of different voices to encourage readers to form their own opinions on this important topic"--Back cover.

Examine social, political, and environmental issues using practical examples on the oil crisis.

Offers a comprehensive history of America's involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush, discussing the profound impact America has had on the region's turbulent social and political history.