The Emergence of the Modern Middle East

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Coursera - Tel Aviv University: List of books on the reading list and student suggestions
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A History of the Arab Peoples
de Albert Hourani
3,262 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: course text
4
The Middle East: 2000 Years of History From the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day
de Bernard Lewis
1,592 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.5
4 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: course text
5
Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present
de Michael B. Oren
1,044 membros
14 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
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6
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
de Michael Korda
657 membros
14 resenhas
4
4 Members
aulsmith, avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
aulsmith: I recently read this. Excellent book and very helpful in understanding some of the current problems in the Middle East.
7
Orientalism
de Edward W. Said
5,725 membros
41 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
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avatiakh: student
8
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
de Tom Segev
577 membros
5 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
10
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
de Scott Anderson
1,408 membros
50 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
11
The Modern Middle East: A Reader
de Albert Hourani
79 membros
2
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: course text
12
1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
de Benny Morris
321 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
13
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
de Lawrence Wright
3,450 membros
79 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student - gives perspective to how events of the last half of the 20th century have shaped and spawned global terrorism in the middle east and abroad in the last three decades.
14
Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism 1920-1945
de Philip S. Khoury
18 membros
½ 4.5
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: Reading List week 6
15
Islam and the West
de Bernard Lewis
251 membros
1 resenha
3.8
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: course text
16
Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
de Gordon Thomas
730 membros
16 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
HxBuff, Luchtpint
17
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
de Ari Shavit
822 membros
55 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
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18
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
de Lucette Lagnado
552 membros
24 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
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19
Israel Has Moved
de Diana Pinto
20 membros
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
20
Suez 1956: The Inside Story of the First Oil War
de Barry Turner
51 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
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21
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
de Tom Holland
926 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, simppeli, Phoenxangelfire
22
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
de Yoram Peri
8 membros
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
23
Jerusalem: The Biography
de Simon Sebag-Montefiore
2,183 membros
43 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
24
The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism
de Hamid Dabashi
38 membros
½ 2.5
3 Members
avatiakh, johnhealey, Phoenxangelfire
25
Napoleon in Egypt
de Paul Strathern
199 membros
4 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
26
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
de Tamim Ansary
1,023 membros
36 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student - reaches beyond the Middle East to chronicle the history of the entire Islamic world
27
The Greatness that was Babylon
de H. W. F. Saggs
451 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, simppeli, Phoenxangelfire
28
O Jerusalem!
de Larry Collins
1,421 membros
29 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
29
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
de T. E. Lawrence
4,781 membros
55 resenhas
4
3 Members
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avatiakh: student
30
Second Person Singular
de Sayed Kashua
196 membros
13 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student - fiction about Jewish and Israeli-Arab identity in modern Israel
31
A Tale of Love and Darkness
de Amos Oz
2,358 membros
58 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
32
Palestine Betrayed
de Efraim Karsh
79 membros
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
33
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
de Abraham Rabinovich
253 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
35
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
de Robert Fisk
1,962 membros
40 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
36
Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
de Michael H. Morgan
206 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.6
3 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, Phoenxangelfire
37
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
de Ibn Battuta
336 membros
5 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
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38
Israel: A History
de Anita Shapira
105 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
39
Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
de Efraim Karsh
138 membros
1 resenha
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
40
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge Historical Atlases)
de Martin Gilbert
322 membros
2 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
41
Loaded Dice: The Foreign Office and Israel
de Neill Lochery
3 membros
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
42
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State (Council on Foreign Relations)
de Noah Feldman
115 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
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43
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
de Ahmed Rashid
1,449 membros
17 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
45
Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)
de Daniel Gordis
63 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
46
Culture and Imperialism
de Edward W. Said
2,031 membros
11 resenhas
4
3 Members
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47
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
de Stephen Kinzer
1,189 membros
22 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
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48
The Ottoman Centuries
de Lord Kinross
803 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
49
Out of Place: a memoir
de Edward W. Said
742 membros
11 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
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50
Self-Criticism After the Defeat
de Sadik Al-Azm
16 membros
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: reading list
51
The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
de Yehuda Avner
152 membros
4 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
52
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
de Jimmy Carter
1,428 membros
27 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
53
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
de Thomas E. Ricks
2,096 membros
30 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explicações
avatiakh: student
54
The Arabs: A History
de Eugene Rogan
724 membros
6 resenhas
4
3 Members
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Explicações
avatiakh: student
55
Islam and Politics (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
de John L. Esposito
65 membros
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: Week 2
56
The Emergence of Modern Turkey
de Bernard Lewis
159 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: week 2
57
The History of Modern Egypt: From Muhammad Ali to Mubarak
de P. J. Vatikiotis
34 membros
1 resenha
3.2
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: week 2
58
The Making of the Modern Near East 1792-1923
de Malcolm Yapp
61 membros
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: course text
59
The Contemporary Middle East: A Westview Reader
de Karl Yambert
36 membros
1 resenha
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student - many contemporary contributors
60
Six Days of War
de Michael B. Oren
1,524 membros
23 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: Reading list: week 7
61
Britain's Moment in the Middle East 1914-1956
de Elizabeth Monroe
12 membros
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student rec
62
A History of the Modern Middle East
de William L. Cleveland
687 membros
6 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
63
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
de Lee Smith
58 membros
2 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student rec
64
Afghani and 'Abduh: An Essay on Religious Unbelief and Political Activism in Modern Islam
de Elie Kedourie
8 membros
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: week 2
65
Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak
de Tarek Osman
89 membros
2 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
66
Nasser: The Last Arab
de Said K. Aburish
50 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
67
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939
de Albert Hourani
166 membros
1 resenha
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: week 2
68
Nasser: A Political Biography
de Robert Stephens
10 membros
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
69
Colonising Egypt
de Timothy Mitchell
134 membros
½ 3.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
70
The Middle East and the West
de Bernard Lewis
60 membros
5
2 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff
71
Egyptian Service 1902-1946
de Sir Thomas Russell. Pasha
5 membros
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
72
Lebanon: A History, 600–2011
de William Harris
33 membros
1 resenha
4
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
73
Russell Pasha
de Ronald Seth
2 membros
1 resenha
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
74
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
de Avi Shlaim
434 membros
6 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
75
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
de Vali Nasr
620 membros
9 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff
76
The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon
de Fouad Ajami
54 membros
1 resenha
3
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
Explicações
avatiakh: Reading List week 6
78
The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire
de Taner Akçam
51 membros
1 resenha
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student - an important contribution to the documentation of the Armenian Genocide
79
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
de Barbara W. Tuchman
819 membros
14 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
80
The Mantle of the Prophet: religion and politics in Iran
de Roy Mottahedeh
265 membros
4 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
avatiakh
81
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
de Shareen Blair Brysac
173 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
82
Photography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation (Issues & Debates)
de Ali Behdad
10 membros
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
83
The Middle East water question : hydropolitics and the global economy
de J. A. Allan
6 membros
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
84
Doing Visual Ethnography
de Sarah Pink
61 membros
½ 3.3
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
85
The Arab Awakening
de Tariq Ramadan
23 membros
1 resenha
3
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
86
Islam: A Very Short Introduction
de Malise Ruthven
650 membros
4 resenhas
3.1
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
87
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
de Bernard Lewis
2,282 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
88
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
de Adam J. Silverstein
202 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
89
Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East
de Matt Rees
39 membros
2 resenhas
5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
90
Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope
de Shirin Ebadi
552 membros
16 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
91
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
de Robert J. C. Young
477 membros
4 resenhas
3.2
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
92
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
de Avi Shlaim
107 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
93
Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction
de Patricia Aufderheide
146 membros
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
96
Islam: A Short History
de Karen Armstrong
2,825 membros
38 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
97
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
de Karen Armstrong
983 membros
17 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
98
Why Blame Israel?
de Neill Lochery
41 membros
½ 2.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
99
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
de Sandy Tolan
1,185 membros
45 resenhas
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student
100
The View from the Fence: The Arab-Israeli Conflict from the Present to Its Roots
de Neill Lochery
6 membros
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explicações
avatiakh: student