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| 978-1-59333-591-5 | Brune, Lester H.. United States and Two Gulf Wars
This incisive study by historian Lester Brune examines the background and implications of these events. Considering the late twentieth-century involvement of the United States in Iraq, Brune discusses the policy of containment and the decision to go to war a second time in the region in the twenty-first century. He traces the situation up to the creation of an Iraqi government and Saddam Hussein’s capture and trial. The continuing implications of the wars are also analyzed. More... | $127.00 | Add to Cart |  | 
| 1-59333-102-9 | Crone, Patricia. Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam: the supposition that Mecca was a trading center. In addition, she seeks to elucidate sources on which we should reconstruct our picture of the birth of the new religion in Arabia. More... | $89.00 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-967-8 | Stavridis, Stavros T.. The Greek-Turkish War 1919-23
The book provides a historical development of the Australian press from Colonial Times till 1923. Since Australia was part of the British Empire, foreign policy decisions made in London impacted on this far-flung dominion located in the South –West Pacific. Australia’s national identity was forged on the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula fighting against the Ottoman Empire in 1915. More... | $105.00 | Add to Cart | |
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