Books on the Middle East

by Geoffrey Wawro

An excellent argument for the necessity of careful sifting of historical precedent and error. Full review >

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by Jack O'Connell with Vernon Loeb

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by Robin Wright

More journalism than deep analysis, the book paints a vivid portrait of dramatic changes in the Islamic world that may or... Full review >

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by Robin Wright

A fine set of dispatches from the front. Full review >

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by Stephen Kinzer

An imaginative solution to the Middle-East stalemate, though perhaps too imaginative for most American readers. Full review >

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by Thanassis Cambanis

Hezbollah is a formidable presence that cannot be ignored, and Cambanis’s book, a well-balanced blend of journalism, history... Full review >

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by Jared Cohen

Riveting from start to finish. Full review >

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by Haleh Esfandiari

Though the author left her home country after the 1979 revolution, the details of her incarceration shed light on the... Full review >

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by James Hider

Horrifying true tales intelligently told. Full review >

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by Elinor Burkett

Enlightening but sobering, particularly when one wonders where Meir’s utopian ideals went to. Full review >

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by Neil MacFarquhar

A humane, well-reasoned investigation of the Arab countries of the Middle East and the tremendous vitality of their... Full review >

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by Andrew Scott Cooper

A revelatory, impressive debut. Full review >

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by Avi Shlaim

Hussein’s legacy, Shlaim holds, is “the possibility, at least, of peace in the Middle East,” toward which he contributed a... Full review >

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by Kai Bird

If one person’s story can shed light on a larger history, Bird’s memoir carries many excellent lessons. Full review >

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