Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Published to provide British delegates with information for the Peace Conference.
Handbooks
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Published to provide British delegates with information for the Peace Conference.
Slick!
Author: David PerlsteinPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462045456
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
SLICK! skewers Middle East politics and American foreign policy with a barbed humor that will leave you wondering whether to laugh or cry-when you're not holding your breath. This satiric novel dissects Moq'tar, a Persian Gulf sultanate guided by a Berkeley MBA with grandiose economic plans. Moq'tar faces dangerous instability-and the United States a black eye-during a deadlocked election pitting the nation's acting CEO against his playboy brother. The ensuing power struggle leaves Bobby Gatling, a retired Special Forces officer and senior advisor to the Ministry of Security, enmeshed in a web of treachery, blackmail and hypocrisy. Bobby must cope with an alcoholic U.S. ambassador and a puzzling cultural attaché while struggling with loneliness, doubts about American intentions and his personal safety. All the while, a beautiful, tech-savvy princess with a questionable past lurks in the background.
Three Plays for Puritans
Author: Bernard ShawAfter the Sheikhs
Author: Christopher Michael DavidsonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019024450X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of these kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to.
In the Sheikh's Service
Author: Susan StephensPublisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 148800109X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Uncaging the lion of the desert… Sheikh Shazim Al Q'Aqabi is horrified to discover that the woman who will execute his late brother's conservation dream is the exotic dancer he encountered in London! But Isla Sinclair's feisty nature is like a cool glass of water in the desert to the unchallenged ruler. For his entire life, Shazim's only mistress has been duty. Now he's considering a far more pleasurable way to spend his nights under the desert stars. Yet acting on his desire for such an unsuitable woman would be tantamount to treason! Shazim will have to make the hardest decision of his life… Celebrating Susan Stephens's 50th book with Harlequin Presents!
Peace Handbooks
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia
Author: Austen Henry LayardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Babylonia
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Handbooks Prepared Under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office: Persian Gulf : French and Portuguese possessions, no. 76-81
Author: Tribes and the State in Libya and Iraq
Author: Alison PargeterPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197783333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, security and social actors. But despite this increased role and visibility, tribes remain poorly understood. Often mistakenly associated with the 'periphery' or with 'pre-national' or 'pre-modern' forms of political organisation, they are routinely portrayed as the antithesis of the state. Yet tribes--the Middle East's oldest, most enduring and most controversial social entities--have proved able to adapt and evolve, entering into mutually beneficial relationships with various regimes. Based on interviews with tribal sheikhs, tribal representatives and other stakeholders, Alison Pargeter traces the role of the tribe in Libya and Iraq from the revolutionary nationalist period into the fraught transitions that followed. She reveals how tribes have succeeded in developing a presence in national and local political structures; how they have engaged and bargained with major powerbrokers; and how they have become important security providers in their own right. Contrary to modernist approaches seeking to write the obituary of the tribe, this book shows how tribes have not only survived in Libya and Iraq, but remain a key component of the state in both countries.