Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
By: Sam Dagher
4.29
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tla…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Bit by bit, the uprising that had brought out the best in Syrians and projected their aspirations and yearnings was vanishing as pain, vengefulness, and war took over. It was yet another page from the playbook of Hafez as well as all the despots who clung desperately to power at the start of the Arab Spring: civil war is acceptable and even desirable to defend the leader."-Sam Dagher, Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
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1. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
By: Chris Whipple
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and i… read more
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2. To søstre
By: Åsne Seierstad
4.21
Format: 490 pages, Hardcover
This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9788248916826. Historien om to ungjenter fra Bærum… read more
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3. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
By: Peter Hessler
3.84
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In the heart of China's Sichuan province lies the small city of Fuling. Surrounded by the terraced … read more
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4. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
By: Joby Warrick
3.64
Format: None pages, ebook
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick reveals how the strain of militant Islam now raising i… read more
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5. Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
By: Dan Ephron
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of the Year. The assassination of Israeli Prime Minis… read more
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6. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
By: Steve Coll
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more
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7. The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
By: Yaroslav Trofimov
4.89
Format: 78 pages,
In "The Siege of Mecca," acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilli… read more
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8. The Arabs: A History
By: Eugene Rogan
3.86
Format: None pages,
To American observers, the Arab world often seems little more than a distant battleground character… read more
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9. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
By: Margaret MacMillan , Richard Holbrooke
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
'Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever wri… read more
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10. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
By: Catherine Belton
4.18
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more
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11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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12. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
By: Steve Coll
4.21
Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more
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13. Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
By: Sam Dagher
4.29
Format: 564 pages, Hardcover
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14. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
By: Kim Ghattas
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Black Wave is a paradigm-shifting recasting of the modern history of the Middle East, telling the l… read more
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"Beyond the headlines about war and death, the region is alive with music, art, books, theater, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, libraries, cafes, bookshops, poetry, and so much more, as old and you…"-Kim Ghattas, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
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15. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
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16. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
By: Bradley Hope
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more
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17. MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman
By: Ben Hubbard
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling roya… read more
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18. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
By: Andy Greenberg
4.50
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more
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19. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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20. The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran's Global Ambitions
By: Arash Azizi
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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21. Nine Lives: My time as the MI6's top spy inside al-Qaeda
By: Aimen Dean
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
As one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of… read more
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