CSUN NATO Failure in Libya Lessons for Africa by Horace Campbell Book Report
I’m working on a political science multi-part question and need an explanation to help me understand better.
Write a book review on any book which relates to the history and politics of the Middle East
Any book with the title “Politics of or History of [Any country in West Asia or North Africa]” is acceptable
Any book with a similar title to the titles on the list
A book review typically consists of a brief summary or description followed by analysis and evaluation
Introduce book and try to hook the reader in the beginning
Describe which field the book relates to and whether it contributes to the field (example: the field of Political Science, Economics, History, Sociology, Psychology, Religious Studies, etc.)
Describe methodology and ideology if possible
Describe whether argument is plausible
Describe whether it is well written
Describe the materials or sources the author uses
Indicate if the book provoked any specific arguments
Explain why you recommend or do not recommend the book
If possible, explain why it is the best or worst book you have ever read
If possible, provide a brief background about the author
Include title and number of pages
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You may choose a book from the suggested reading list for your book review and you may add a book to the reading list if it is approved
0. The Gathas
1. A History of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce
2. Avesta Eschatology by Lawrence Heyworth Mills
3. Zoroastrian Theology by Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla
4. The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism by Robert Charles Zaehner
5. When Zarathustra Spoke by Mary Settegast
6. A Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce
7. Treasure of the Magi by James Hope Moulton
8. Al-Muqaddimah by Abu Zayd Ibn-Khaldun
9. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
10. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin
11. Gharbzadegi [Westoxication or Occidentosis: A Plague from the West] by Jalal Al-e Ahmad
12. Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran by Mehdi Moslem
13. The Shi’ite Movement in Iraq by Faleh A. Jabar
14. The Olama in Contemporary Islam by Muhammad Qasim Zaman
15. Islam: The View from the Edge by Richard W. Bulliet
16. Orientalism by Edward Said
17. Rogue States and US Foreign Policy by Robert S. Litwak
18. Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
19. Lectures on the Philosophy of History by GWF Hegel
20. The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran by Denise Natali
21. The Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr
22. Arab-Iranian Relations Khair el-Din Haseeb
23. Bhagavad Gita
24. Hindu Writings by Klaus K. Klos
25. Armenians: Their History and Culture by Ara Baliozian
26. Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution 1905-1911 by Houri Berberian
27. Hidden Iran by Ray Takeyh
28. The Iranian Military in Revolution and War by Sepehr Zabih
29. Islamic Government and the Revolution in Iran by Yahya Noori
30. The Other Israel: Voice of Refusal and Dissent by Tom Segev
31. A History of Modern Israel by Colin Shindler
32. The Sages by Efraim Elimelech Urbach
33. Israel and Palestine – Multiple Books with this title
34. Civil War in Lebanon, 1975 by Edgar O’ballance
35. The War for Lebanon, 1970-1985 by Itamar Rabinovitch
36. Lebanon: War and Politics in a Fragmented Society by Charles Winslow
37. A Brief History of Egypt by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.
38. Jordan: Living in the Crossfire by Alan George
39. A Modern History of Syria, including Lebanon and Palestine by Abdul Latif Tabawi
40. Saudi Arabia: From Bedouin Beginnings to Modern Kingdom by Gene Lindsey
41. The New Iranian Leadership by Yonah Alexander
42. Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile’s Road to Socialism by Peter Winn
43. The Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koestler
44. Las sergas de Esplandián by Garci Rodriguez De Montalvo
45. America’s prisoner: the memoirs of Manuel Noriega by Manuel Antonio Noriega
46. Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara
47. Arab and Jewish Immigrants in Latin America by Ignacio Klich and Jeffrey Lesse
48. Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
49. Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict by Michael T. Klare
50. Low Intensity Warfare edited by Michael T. Klare and Peter Kornbluh
51. The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
52. Ma’alim fi al-Tariq “Milestones” by Sayyid Qutb
53. The Wages of Oil – Parliaments of and Economic Development in Kuwait and UAE by Michael Herb
54. Group conflict and political mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf by Justin Gengler
55. The conflicts in Yemen and US national security by Andrew Terill
56. Destroying Yemen by Isa Blumi
57. Libya in the Arab Spring: the constitutional discourse since the fall of Gaddafi by Nadine Schnelzer
58. NATO’s Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa
59. Qatar: small state, big politics
60. Democracy and Youth in the Middle East: Islam, Tribalism and the Rentier State in Oman by Sulaiman Al-Farsi
61. Tunisia as a Revolutionized Space of Migration by Glenda Garelli and Martina Tazzioli
62. Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam by Mansoor Moaddel
