Books on Middle East

The Truth About Camp David

The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process

By Clayton E. Swisher

"Clayton E. Swisher is the first to research the mistakes and miscalculations made by the Clinton administration that led to the collapse of the Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Any future mediator will have to read this account before the start of any final-status negotiations." --Charles Enderlin, author of Shattered Dreams.

Freedom Next Time

Resisting the Empire

By John Pilger

Blood of the Earth

The Battle for the World's Vanishing Oil Resources

By Dilip Hiro

Crimes of War: Iraq

By Richard Falk, Irene Gendzier and Robert Jay Lifton

From the same editorial team whose 1971 Crimes of War became one of the definitive Vietnam-era accounts of American war crimes comes this penetrating inquiry into the legal, historical, and psychological dimensions of the war in Iraq.

Inside the Resistance

The Iraqi Insurgency and the Future of the Middle East

By Zaki Chehab

While most Western journalists report from Iraq either from the safety of their hotel rooms or embedded with the US military, Zaki Chehab goes into the Sunni Triangle and other danger zones. The result is the first authoritative portrait of the insurgency in all its complexity.

Herzl's Nightmare

One Land, Two Peoples

By Peter Rodgers

Theodor Herzl's dream of a national homeland for the Jewish people was realized when Israel declared its independence in 1948. Yet it was made possible only through the deaths of millions of European Jews and at the expense of Palestinian society--a people who would never forget what they saw as a grave injustice. Herzl's dream would prove illusory.

Inside Hamas

The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement

By Zaki Chehab

What is the real nature of Hamas? Since their astounding victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections--and following Hamas's takeover of Gaza--this has become a hotly contested question in the Middle East.

On May 21, Zaki Chehab appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Watch here.

Lost Years

Bush, Sharon, and Failure in the Middle East

By Mark Matthews

Lords of the Land

The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007

By Idith Zertal, PhD and Akiva Eldar

Read other reviews on Truthdig and Ha'aretz.

The Man Who Pushed America to War

The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi

By Aram Roston

Read an adaptation of the book.

Read a review in Congressional Quarterly.

Read more about Aram Roston and check out his website.

Blackwater

The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
(paperback edition)

By Jeremy Scahill

On September 16, 2007, Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries opened fire in Baghdad's Nisour Square, killing 17 Iraqi civilians, among them women and children. In this fully revised and updated paperback, award-winning investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill reveals the explosive story of the company that has become the new face of the U.S. war machine.

Jeremy Scahill recently won the prestigious 2007 George Polk Book Award.

Collateral Damage

America's War Against Iraqi Civilians

By Laila Al-Arian and Chris Hedges

In this devastating exposé, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges and journalist Laila Al-Arian reveal the terrifying reality of daily civilian life in Iraq at the hands of U.S. troops. Collateral Damage is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with combat veterans who explain the tactics and operations that have turned many Iraqis against the U.S. military.

Michael Schwartz wrote on The Huffington Post that the book "offers the best account so far of what Hedges calls the 'vast enterprise of industrial slaughter unleashed in Iraq,' and its impact on the troops who are trained and ordered to administer it."

The Age of the Warrior

Selected Essays

By Robert Fisk

"Robert Fisk is one of the outstanding reporters of this generation. As a war correspondent he is unrivalled."
—Financial Times

Backstabbing for Beginners

My Crash Course in International Diplomacy

By Michael Soussan