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The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution

William R Polk

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.

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Distant Thunder: Reflections on the Dangers of Our Times

William R Polk

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.

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Personal History: Living in Interesting Times

William R Polk

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…

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Humpty Dumpty: The Fate of Regime Change

William R Polk

An analysis of current political situations in the Middle East and Central Asia.

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Blind Man’s Buff

William R Polk

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…

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Polk’s Folly: An American Family History

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…

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The Arab World Today

William R Polk

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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The Opening of South Lebanon, 1788-1840

William R Polk

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Understanding Iraq: The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, from Genghis Khan’s Mongols to the Ottoman Turks to the British Mandate to the American Occupation

William R Polk

From a leading expert on the Middle East and the author of The U.S. and the Arab World comes an acute and penetrating historical explanation of current U.S. intervention and…

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Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Ahmadinejad

William R. Polk

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…

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Violent Politics

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…

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Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North

William R. Polk

What really happened in the centuries of conflict between Europe, Russia, China, America, and the peoples of the Muslim world

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The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century

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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The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century

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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Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now (Original)

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.

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Scorpion King: America’s Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump

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

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Passing Brave

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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Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota

R 1845-1916 Holcombe, William H Bingham

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Compendium of History and Biography of Polk County, Minnesota

R 1845-1916 Holcombe, William H Bingham

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Space Physiology and Medicine: From Evidence to Practice

As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty.

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Space Physiology and Medicine: From Evidence to Practice

As space medicine evolved from the late 1950s onward, the need arose for a ready reference for students and practitioners on the basic concepts of this new specialty.

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