An incisive analysis of the roots and implications of the turmoil in the Middle East journeys behind the familiar facade of Iraq to argue that troubles in the Arab world can be linked to America's limited understanding of the region, thirst for oil, and need to deal with terrorism, as well as to the stranglehold that pan-Arabic thought has on the area. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

A nationally prominent commentator on Middle East affairs offers an elegiac account of a group of Arab men and women living after World War I whose hopeful vision of Arab culture and nationhood clashed with traditional Arab customs. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. NYT.

Product Description: How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Fouad Ajami seeks to answer these and related questions in his illuminating study of the constraints and possibilities facing the Arab world today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Recounts how Musa al Sadr became the spiritual leader of the Muslim Shia sect in Lebanon, explains how he encouraged their political commitment, and describes the circumstances surrounding his mysterious disappearance in Libya

Photographs show the people of Beirut and everyday life in wartorn city, and are accompanied by a discussion of the history of the region

Examines the Arab response to the defeat of 1967, looks at Egypt as a model of Arab problems and possibilities, and considers the impact of the revival of Islamic fundamentalism