Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Syria's kurds Syria's kurds Jordi Tejel "This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach, Jordi Tejel provides fine, com… OL11826124W
Saladin Saladin John Brian Walter "Who was the real Saladin? To answer this question, A. R. Azzam argues, it is essential to appreciate the age Saladin lived in. The first major biography of Saladin for twenty years, A. R. Azzam's ac… OL11971228W
The Syrian rebellion The Syrian rebellion Fouad Ajami Freedom's call and its cruel price. In The Syrian Rebellion, Fouad Ajami offers a detailed historical perspective on the current rebellion in Syria. Focusing on the similarities and the differences i… OL16682156W
The Land of the Elephant Kings The Land of the Elephant Kings Paul J. Kosmin The Seleucid Empire (311-64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds had seen. Stretching from present-day Bulgaria to Tajikistan -- the bulk of Alexander the Great'… OL17078809W
They Say We Are Infidels They Say We Are Infidels Mindy Belz “Everywhere militants were blowing up Christians, their churches, their shops. They threatened them with kidnapping. They promised to take their children. The message to these ‘infidels’: You have no… OL17342471W
Pais en llamas Pais en llamas Robin Yassin-Kassab,Leila Al-Shami In 2011, Syrians took to the streets to demand the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war-zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to go. Bu… OL17696919W
Ancient Syria Ancient Syria Trevor Bryce Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year … OL19667625W
The Raqqa diaries The Raqqa diaries Samer "Since ISIS occupied Raqqa in eastern Syria, it has become one of the most isolated and fear-ridden cities on earth. The sale of television has been banned, wearing pants the wrong length is a punish… OL19714596W
The Impossible Revolution The Impossible Revolution Yāsīn Ḥājj Ṣāliḥ "This first book in English by Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, the intellectual voice of the Syrian revolution, describes with precision and fervor the events that led to the Syrian uprising of 2011--the metamo… OL19715085W
The shattered lens The shattered lens Jonathan Alpeyrie "Discover a gripping and harrowing tale of war and torture from the man who lived it in this powerful memoir by the celebrated war journalist who not only documented over a dozen conflict zones world… OL19716745W
The way of the strangers The way of the strangers Graeme Wood The definitive book on the distinctive history and psychology of ISIS, based on Wood's unprecedented access to the Islamic State's own recruiters and supporters, and his extensive time reporting thro… OL20046495W
Rebels Rebels Aris Roussinos The hidden truth about war is how much fun it is. However they begin, whatever their aims, wars are fought by young men. They fight in burned-out buildings and shelter under thorn trees. They eat the… OL20816200W
The World's Oldest Church The World's Oldest Church Michael Peppard Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumpti… OL20930380W
Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect Tom Pierre Najem,Walter C. Soderlund,E. Donald Briggs 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : OL21600001W
Syrian notebooks Syrian notebooks Jonathan Littell "In 2012, Jonathan Littell went to the heart of the Syrian conflict, embedding himself with the Free Syria-Army in the historic city of Homs. He watched from the front line as the city was ruthlessly… OL23227211W
A Journey to Palmyra A Journey to Palmyra Delbert R. Hillers A Journey to Palmyra originates from the desire to remember Delbert R. Hillers, who greatly contributed with his work to Palmyrene studies. However, it is not meant just as a memorial volume, but as … OL5609359W
White Banners White Banners Paul M. Cobb "Using Arabic, non-Arabic and newly available local Syrian sources, this detailed study examines the central events of medieval Islamic history: the fall of the Syrian Umayyad caliphate and the rise … OL9036309W