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William J Mares,William R Polk
Two Americans cross the great Arabian desert on camel back-a daring journey in search of the last Bedouin tribes.
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William R Polk
Noted Middle East expert Polk sets the current Iraqi crisis within the context of world history as he illuminates the role played by guerrilla warriors in several conflicts throughout history…
The Nineteenth Century Great Game for control of Central Asia was played along the mountains and in the deserts of Afghanistan. The players were British and Russian intelligence agents of…
Scholars and the concerned public have long relied on William Polk for comprehensive and insightful analysis of the culture and politics of the Arab world. The Arab World Today, a…
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William R. Polk
Polk undertakes a captivating investigation of his impressive family tree and of the broader American tale it narrates. This is the saga of the descendants of the Scots-Irish Robert Pollock…
William Polk
First published in 1979, this book highlights the crucial developments in the Middle East during the twentieth century: the coming of nationalism, the struggle for independence, the effects of the…
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An autobiography of William R. Polk. Born in Texas at the beginning of the Great Depression and spending much of his youth on a ranch, William Polk considers himself to…
An analysis of current political situations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
A collection of essays by noted historian William R. Polk, author of Violent Politics, Polk’s Folly, Out of Iraq, Understanding Iraq, Understanding Iran, and many other books.
Scott Ritter
We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life. – ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Scorpion King…
From the author of Understanding Iraq comes a concise, interpretive overview of colonial America and how it grew and developed from before Columbus to the Revolution.
What really happened in the centuries of conflict between Europe, Russia, China, America, and the peoples of the Muslim world
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George McGovern,William R Polk
The authors present a detailed blueprint for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq that is bound to stir a national debate.
William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. Polk describes a country…
William J. Quirk,R Randall Bridwell
Do you consider yourself a member of the middle class? Eighty percent of Americans describe themselves in those terms; working-class citizens who are neither rich nor poor.
Quirk William J.,Bridwell R. Randall
American society has undergone a revolution within a revolution. Until the 1960s, America was a liberal country in the traditional sense of legislative and executive checks and balances. Since then…
William J. Karnowski
