Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Saudi Arabia and the United States, Birth of a Security Partnership, by Parker T. Hart.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , by David E. Long.
Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent , by Mamoun Fandy.
Murder in the Name of God: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin , by Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman.
Islam in the United States of America , by Sulayman S. Nyang.
Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus , ed. by Ole Hoiris and Sefa Martin Yurukel.
Minorities and the State in the Arab World , edited by Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor
Arab National Communism in the Jewish State , by Ilana Kaufman     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969–1993 , by Edward W. Said.
Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years , by Israel Shahak. Foreward by Gore Vidal.
All That Remains: the Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Walid Khalidi, ed.
The Palestine Liberation Organization: From Armed Struggle to the Declaration of Independence , by Jamal R. Nassar.
Building Peace in the Middle East, Challenges for States and Civil Society, edited by Elise Boulding.
Crisis in the Arabian Gulf: An Independent Iraqi View , by Omar Ali.
America and the Iraqi Crisis, 1990–1992: Origins and Aflermath , by Lester H. Brune.
Iraqi Statesman: A Portrait of Mohammed Fadhel Jamali , by Harry J. Almond.
Broadcasting in the Arab World: A Survey of the Electronic Media in the Middle East , by Douglas Boyd.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue.
Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance , by David Gardner.
Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest , by Lawrence Davidson.
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace , by Avi Shlaim.
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life , by Nigel Ashton.
The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran , by Yossi Melman and Meir Javedanfar.
The Crisis of Islamic Civilization , by Ali A. Allawi.
Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey , by M. Hakan Yavuz.
Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France and Turkey , by Ahmet T. Kuru.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Civil Society in the Middle East, Volume I , edited by Augustus Richard Norton.
War and Peace in the Middle East: A Critique of American Policy , by Avi Shlaim.
Beyond Alliance: Israel and U.S. Foreign Policy , by Camille Mansour.
Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza: Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Jihad , by Ziad Abu-Amr.
The Revenge of God: The Resurgence of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the Modern World , by Gilles Kepel.
Water Wars: Coming Conflicts in the Middle East , by John Bulloch and Adel Darwish.
Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication Culture and the Iranian Revolution , by Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi and Ali Mohammadi.
Don't Kill the Messenger: The Tragic Story of Wells Hangen and Other Journalistic Combat Victims , by Charles Arnot.
A Persian Requiem , by Simin Daneshvar, translated from the Farsi by Roxane Zand.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue.
R eview E ssay : T he A rmenian Q uestion *
Ermeni Meselesi Hallolunmuştur: Osmanlı Belgelerine Göre Savaş Yıllarında Ermenilere Yönelik Politikalar [The Armenian Question Resolved: Policies Toward the Armenians in the War Years according to Ottoman Documents]¹ By Taner Akçam.
Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations , by Avi Shlaim.
Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State , by Marc Valeri.
Images of the Prophet: Narratives of the Prophet of Islam across the Centuries , by Tarif Khalidi.
The Arabs, A History , by Eugene Rogan.
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West , by Christopher Caldwell.
Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power and Performance in Yemen , by Lisa Wedeen.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA from Iran-Contra to 9/11 , by Melissa Boyle Mahle
Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East , edited by Thomas Carothers and Marina Ottaway
Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity, and Muslims in Britain , by Tariq Modood
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism , by Robert A. Pape
The Path to Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Agreement , 1996–2004, by Yossi Beilin
West Bank Diary: Middle East Violence as Reported by a Former American Hostage , by Jerry Levin
The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies , by Dilip Hiro
Germany and the Middle East, 1871–1945 , edited by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz     

Iranian balances

Roots of Revolution, An Interpretive History of Modern Iran, by Nikki R. Keddie with a Section by Yann Richard. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981. Pp.321.

Continuity and Change in Modern Iran edited by Michael Bonine and Nikki R. Keddie, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981. Pp.359.     

Book Reviews

Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East , by Matt Rees
A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples , by Ilan Pappé
Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble , by Mitri Raheb
Zionism: A Brief History , by Michael Brenner, translated by Shelley L. Frisch
Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle , by Mazin B. Qumsieh
Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing about Zionism and Israel , edited by Adam Shatz
The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America , by Kenneth M. Pollack
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam , by Reza Aslan     

Tribes,states and anthropologists

Nomads and the Outside World by A.M. Khazanov, translated by Julia Crookenden with a foreword by Ernest Gellner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pp. xxvii + 369. £37.50.

The Conflict of Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan edited by Richard Tapper. London: Croom Helm, 1983, Pp. 463. £19.95.

Khans and Shahs. A Documentary Analysis of the Bakhtiyari in Iran by Gene R. Garthwaite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xiii + 213,, plus microfiche. £25.00.     

Book reviews

The Jewish Discovery of Islam: Studies in Honor of Bernard Lewis edited by Martin Kramer. Tel Aviv: Moshe Dayan Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1999. Pp.viii + 311. $24.95. ISBN 965–224–040–0.

Kordofan Invaded, Peripheral Incorporation and Social Transformation in Islamic Africa edited by Endre Stiansen and Michael Kevane. Leiden‐Boston‐Koln: Brill, 1998. Pp.x + 303, bibliography, index and illustrations. $94.00. ISBN 9004110496.

War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I by Donald M. McKale. Kent, Ohio and London: The Kent State University Press 1998. Pp.xxii + 332, bibliography, index. $39.00. ISBN 87338–602–7.

Sudan in Crisis: The Failure of Democracy by G. Norman Anderson. Gainesville: University of Florida, 1999. Pp. xvii + 277, bibliography, index. £39.95. ISBN 0–8130–1671–1.

Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century by Ali Gheissari. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 199, bibliography, index. $18.95 (paper). ISBN 0–292–72760–7.

An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari'ati by Ali Rahnema. London: IB. Tauris, 1998. Pp.xiii + 402, bibliography, index. £39.50 (cloth). ISBN 1–86064–118–0.     

The Ottoman Ceremony of the Royal Purse

Churchill's Secret War: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey by Robin Denniston. Stroud: Sutton Publishing; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Pp.xv + 208, bibliography, index, illustrations. £25.00 (hardback).

The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans‐state Ethnic Conflict by Kemal Kiri?ci and Gareth Winrow. London and Portland: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp.xvi + 237, bibliography, index. £32.50 (hardback); £17.50 (paperback).

The Army and the Creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran, 1910–1926 by Stephanie Cronin. London: Tauris Academic Studies, 1997. Pp.vii + 296, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. £39.50.

Religious Radicalism in the Greater Middle East edited by Bruce Maddy‐Weitzman and Efraim Inbar. No.4 in the Cass Series on Political Violence. London and Portland: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp viii + 264, index. £29.50 (hardback); £12.99 (paperback).

Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour‐Paul. London: Curzon Press, 1997. Pp.xx + 283, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. £45.00.

Languages of Dress in the Middle East edited by Nancy Lindisfarne‐Tapper and Bruce Ingham. London: Curzon Press, 1997. Pp.196. £12.99.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability, edited by Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi
The UAE: Formative Years, 1965–75, A collection of historical photographs by Ramesh Shukla, text by Asha Bhatia.
The Rise, Corruption, and Coming Fall of the House of Saud, by Said K. Aburish.
The United States and Arab Nationalism: The Syrian Case, 1953–1960, by Bonnie F. Saunders.
Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society, by Michael Gilsenan.
Shalom, Friend: The Life & Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin, by The Jerusalem Report staff (edited by David Horovitz).
The New Geopolitics of Central Asia and Its Borderlands, edited by Ali Banuazizi and Myron Weiner.
In Their Shoes, by Grace Halsell.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Jewish Lands in Judea, Samaria, the Gaza District, and East Jerusalem (in Hebrew), by Eyal Zamir and Eyal Benvenisti.
Building a Palestinian State: The Incomplete Revolution, by Glenn E. Robinson.
Christian Communities in Jerusalem and the West Bank Since 1948: An Historical, Social and Political Study, by Daphne Tsimhoni.
Christians in the Holy Land, edited by Michael Prior and William Taylor.
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude, by Bat Ye'or. Madison, NJ:
Traditional Egyptian Christianity: A History of the Coptic Orthodox Church, by Theodore Hall Patrick. Greensboro,
Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabisrn and Political Order in Syria and Iraq, by Malik Mufti.
L'Affaire Zeghar: ddliquescence d'un Etat, l'AlgCrie sous Chadli. By Hanafi Taguemout.
Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics, by Susan E. Waltz. Berkeley:
Small Islands, Big Politics: The Tonbs and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf, Hooshang Amirahmadi, editor.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Middle Eastern Politics and Ideas: A History from Within , Edited by Moshe Ma'oz and Ilan Pappé. Gulf Security in the Twenty-First Century, edited by David E. Long & Christian Koch. The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion, edited by Gary G. Sick and Lawrence G. Potter. Coalition, Coercion and Compromise: Diplomacy of Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991, by Gordon S. Brown. Islamist Impasse, by Ibrahim Karawan. Faces of Lebanon - Sects, Wars and Global Extensions, by William Harris. The Reconstruction of Palestine: Urban and Rural Development, edited by A. B. Zahlan. In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey, by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea. The Turkish Labyrinth: Ataturk and the New Islam, by James Pettifer.     

Book NOTES

BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT 1930–1980. By D.B. Waterson and John Arnold.
BLACK ARMADA: Australia and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence 1942–49.
PUBLIC POLICY AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. By Helen Praetz.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR JAPANESE STUDIES: History and International Relations. Vol. 6:l. Edited by John W.M. Chapman.
AFRICA GUIDE 1982. Edited by Enver Carim.
INSIDE THE THIRD WORLD: The Anatomy of Poverty. Second edition. By Paul Harrison.
FROM EMBARGO TO OSTPOLITIK: The Political Economy of West German-Soviet Relations 1955–1980. By Angela Stent.
GROUND RULES: Soviet and American Involvement in Regional Conflicts. By Joanne Gowa and Nils H. Wessell.
WORLD POLITICS SINCE 1945. Fourth edition. By Peter Calvocoressi.
AN INVITATION TO THE LAW. By C. G. Weeramantry.
DECENTRALISATION: Options and Issues. A Manual for Policy Makers. By Edward P. Wolfers, Diana Conyers, Peter Larmour & Yash P. Ghai.
DISARMAMENT AND WORLD DEVELOPMENT. Edited by Richard Jolly.
CHANGE PROCESSES IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. By Lawrence T. Farley.
ON THE AUTONOMY OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE. By Eric A. Nodlinger.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
REVIEW ESSAY: I sraeli N ational S ecurity : A N ew C onceptualization
The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force , by Martin Van Creveld.
Knives, Tanks and Missles: Israel's Security Revolution , by Eliot A. Cohen, Michael Eisenstadt and A.J. Bacevich.
Israel and the Bomb , by Avner Cohen.
Rabin and Israel's National Security , by Efraim Inbar.
National Security: The Israeli Experience , by Yisrael Tal
Brother Against Brother: Violence and Extremism in Israeli Politics from Altalena to the Rabin Assassination , by Ehud Sprinzak.
The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building , by Barry Rubin.
Separate and Unequal: The Inside Story of Israeli Rule in East Jerusalem , by Amir S. Chesin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed.
Islamic Politics in Palestine , by Beverly Milton-Edwards.
Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege , by Amira Hass. New York:
The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond , by Helena Cobban.
Bring Down the Walls. Lebanon's Post-War Challenge , by Carole H. Dagher.
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia , by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Sandcastles: The Arabs in Search of the Modern World , by Milton Viorst.
Trick or Treason: The October Surprise Mystery , by Robert Parry.
Islam in History: Ideas, People and Events in the Middle East (New Edition, Revised and Expanded), by Bernard Lewis.
Islam and the West , by Bernard Lewis.
Muquddinuz fiilm al-istighrab (An Introduction to "Occidentalism") , by Hasan Hanafi.
Battle Lines: The American Media and the Intifada , by Jim Lederman.
Turmoil: The Druzes, Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli Conflict , by Najib.
The Middle East on the Eve of Modernity: Aleppo in the Eighteenth Century , by Abraham Marcus.     

The New Turkish Republic. Turkey as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World

Arab History and the Nation‐State: A Study in Modern Arab Historiography 1820–1980 by Youssef M. Choueiri. London and New York: Routledge, 1989. Pp.xix + 238, appendices, glossary, index. £35.00.

Baytun fi Baghdad, a novel by Ishaq Bar‐Moshe, with an introduction by Shmuel Moreh. Jerusalem: Association for Jewish Academics from Iraq (Dr David Sala's Library for Jewish Authors from Iraq) 1983. Pp.424.

Ayyam al‐'Iraq, a novel by Ishaq Bar‐Moshe, with an introduction by Mahmud ‘Abbasi. Shefaamru: Dar al‐Mashriq, 1988. Pp.392.

al‐Khuruj min al‐'Iraq: dhikrayat 1945–1950, by Ishaq Bar‐Moshe. Jerusalem: Council of Sephardi Community, 1975. Pp.600.

Deltio Kentrou Mikrasiatikon Spoudon, Vol.6, 1986–87, edited by Paschalis M. Kitromilides. Athens: Centre of Asia Minor Studies, 1988,470 pp.     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this issue.
The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel , by Stephen J. Sniegoski.
The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last , by Bernard Avishai.
The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower , by Robert Baer.
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran , by Hooman Majd.
Culture and Conflict in the Middle East , by Philip Carl Salzman.
Syria: Chess Match at the Borders , A Film by Amal Hamelin des Essarts.
Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader, A Story of True Jihad , by John W. Kiser.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Fima , by Amos Oz, trans. Nicholas de Lange.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Operation Shylock, A Confession , by Philip Roth.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Unsettled States, Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza , by Ian S. Lustick.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Palestinians: The Making of a People , by Baruch Kimmerling and Joel S. Migdal.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Arabs and Israel for Beginners , by Ron David. Illustrated by Susan David.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Egypt during the Nasser Years: Ideology, Politics, and Civil Society , by Kirk J. Beattie.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: The Middle East and Problems of Democracy , by Heather Deegan.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Islam and Arabs in Early American Thought: The Roots of Orientalism in America , by Fuad Shaban.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States , by F. Gregory Gause III.
REVIEW ESSAY: JERUSALEM DAZE: The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracking the Break-Up, 1980-92 , by Branka Magas.