Israel Political and Economic Reports 1948-1953 7 Volume Set (Cambridge Archive Editions)
by Robert Jarman
These 4400 pages are the collected British government political and economic reports on the state of Israel from its creation in May 1948 to the end of the first premiership of David Ben Gurion. Ben Gurion, regarded as the 'Father of Israel', held the post of Defence Minister as well as Prime Minister during the first 5 years of the Israeli state, throughout the War of Independence, the first wave of immigration, the implementation of mass settlement, development projects and the signing of a re...
The Origin of the Indo-Iranians (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary)
by Kuz'mina
Israel's Wars (Warfare and History)
Since its foundation, the state of Israel has endured almost constant violence. Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country. From the 1947-8 Jewish-Palestinian struggle for mastery of the land of Palestine to the on-going Al-Aqsa intifada and the second Lebanon war, this book exposes hitherto unknown facts, including details of secret Soviet involvement in inciting the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli bombing of the American warship the USS...
Etude Sur La Chine, Abrege de Son Histoire, Son Etat Present Et Son Avenir. 2e Edition
by Gainet-J-C
Philosophical Dissertations on the Egyptians and Chinese V2 (1795)
by Cornelius De Pauw
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat (Osprey Combat Aircraft, #37) (Combat Aircraft)
by Farzad Bishop and Tom Cooper
Different versions of the jet have provided the backbone of the frontline strength of the Iranian air force since the 1970s, and whole generations of Iranian pilots and ground personnel have been trained to fly and maintain them. Indeed, the type bore the brunt of active combat operations during the long war with Iraq. Iranian F-4 Phantom IIs were also some of best equipped examples ever exported by the USA. Some Iranian Phantom II pilots gathered immense experience on the type, flying it in com...
Although beauty, in the pre-modern Arab world, was enjoyed and promoted almost everywhere, Islam does not possess a general theory on aesthetics or a systematic theory of the arts. This is a study of the Arabic discourse on beauty. The author had to search for her evidence in written statements from a wide variety of sources, such as the Qur'an, legal, religious and Sufi texts, chronicles, biographies, belle-lettres, literary criticism, and scientific, geographic and philosophical literature. Th...
Ajanta: History and Development (Ajanta: History and Development, #1)
by Walter Spink
Egypt for the Egyptians! (St. Antony's Middle East Monographs, #14)
by Alexander Scholch
The Land beyond the Border (SUNY series in Comparative Politics)
by Johannes Becke
The definitive biography of the military leader who stood at the center of Arab politics for four decadesRevered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in World War I and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the art of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade...
Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt (Studies in Intelligence)
by Polly A Mohs
Military Intelligence and the Arab Revolt examines the use and exploitation of intelligence in formulating Britain’s strategy for the Arab Revolt during the First World War. It also presents a radical re-examination of the achievements of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as an intelligence officer and guerrilla leader. Modern intelligence techniques such as Sigint, Imint and Humint were incorporated into strategic planning with greater expertise and consistency in Arabia than in any other the...
Bush Administrations and Saddam Hussein, The: Deciding on Conflict (Advances in Foreign Policy Analysis)
by Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew Kaufman
Imperial Japan (Routledge Library Editions: Japan)
by A Morgan Young
A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years, the author collected in this volume the most significant current events for discussion. They include the financial crisis of 1927, hostilities with China and in particular Manchuria, Japan's booming manufacturing industry, Japanese nationalism, Japan's new empire and its place within the Far East and East Asia. Written from a Western perspective, the volume nonetheless presents a balanced view of Japan and its behaviour which only close obser...
