The Middle East Today: Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives, Dona J. Stewart

Автор: Cooper Tom
Название: MIG-23 Flogger in the Middle East: Mikoyan I Gurevich MIG-23 in Service in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Syria, 1973 Until Today
ISBN: 1912390329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912390328
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Цена: 21070.00 T
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Описание: Following a protracted research and development phase, Mikoyan Gurevich’s MiG-23 finally entered service with the former Soviet Air Force in the early 1970s. Almost immediately, a number of foreign customers pressed Moscow for deliveries of this long-overdue type, expected to succeed the popular MiG-21 as a standard interceptor. Correspondingly, large numbers of MiG-23 interceptors and fighter-bombers were exported to five major Arab air forces in the mid-1970s. This is a detailed history of the operational service of this Soviet-manufactured interceptor and its fighter-bomber variants in service with Algerian, Egyptian, Iraqi, Libyan, and Syrian air forces, since 1974. While Egypt purchased only a handful before its final break with Moscow, and Algeria limited related acquisitions, Iraq, Libya and Syria continued purchasing advanced variants in significant numbers through the 1980s. The units operating MiG-23s were soon transformed into the backbone of the military services in question, and they saw combat service in a number of intensive military conflicts. In the 1980s, they fought against Israeli jets over Lebanon, against the Iranians in the Iran-Iraq War, and confronted US Navy’s F-14s on numerous occasions off Libya. In 1991 Iraqi MiG-23s were deployed in combat against the US-led coalition’s F-15s. Indeed, in Syria, different versions of MiG-23 continue flying combat operations today. Illustrated with over 110 photographs – many of these never published before –colour profiles and a dozen maps, this volume provides a unique point of reference, revealing much detail about camouflage patterns, unit insignia and aircraft markings.

Автор: Schumann William, Fletcher Rebecca Adkins
Название: Appalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress
ISBN: 0813166977 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813166971
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Цена: 66000.00 T
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Описание: In this innovative volume, editors William Schumann and Rebecca Adkins Fletcher assemble both scholars and nonprofit practitioners to examine how Appalachia is perceived both within and beyond its borders.

Автор: Zurcher Erik J.
Название: Turkey: A Modern History
ISBN: 1784531871 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784531874
Издательство: I B Tauris
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Цена: 20230.00 T
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Описание: This revised edition builds upon the twin themes of Turkey`s continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society.

Автор: Robert Kerr
Название: Kerr`s Voyages Series 1: Europe, Asia and the Middle East
ISBN: 184885613X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848856134
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 633600.00 T
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Описание: A truly comprehensive account of sea and land voyages, covering a thousand years of exploration from the ninth century to the epic voyages of Captain Cook. With an introduction by a leading scholar this handsome 5 volume set presents Kerr`s outstanding achievement in a unique and informative way.

Автор: Salem Press
Название: Middle East & North Africa
ISBN: 161925798X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781619257986
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 147840.00 T
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Описание: Territories in the Middle East and on the northern part of the African continent are covered in this volume. Includes profiles of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestie, Qatar, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Автор: Peutz Nathalie
Название: Islands of Heritage: Conservation and Transformation in Yemen
ISBN: 1503606392 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781503606395
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Soqotra, the largest island of Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago, is one of the most uniquely diverse places in the world. A UNESCO natural World Heritage Site, the island is home not only to birds, reptiles, and plants found nowhere else on earth, but also to a rich cultural history and the endangered Soqotri language. Within the span of a decade, this Indian Ocean archipelago went from being among the most marginalized regions of Yemen to promoted for its outstanding global value. Islands of Heritage shares Soqotrans' stories to offer the first exploration of environmental conservation, heritage production, and development in an Arab state.

Автор: Louise Fawcett
Название: International relations of the middle east, Fifth Edition
ISBN: 0198809425 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198809425
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Цена: 40120.00 T
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Описание: By combining the analysis of the key themes, actors, and issues with the history of the region, and insights from a leading team of international experts, International Relations of the Middle East provides the definitive guide to the subject.

Автор: William Schumann, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher
Название: Appalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress
ISBN: 0813174414 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813174419
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Цена: 33000.00 T
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Описание: In this innovative volume, editors William Schumann and Rebecca Adkins Fletcher assemble both scholars and non-profit practitioners to examine how Appalachia is perceived both within and beyond its borders. Together, they investigate the region`s transformation and analyse how it is currently approached as a topic of academic inquiry.

Автор: Gideon Aran
Название: The Smile of the Human Bomb: New Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism
ISBN: 1501724754 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501724756
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In 2017, nearly six thousand people were killed in suicide attacks across the world.

In The Smile of the Human Bomb, Gideon Aran dissects the moral logic of the suicide terrorism that led to those deaths. The book is a firsthand examination of the bomb site at the moment of the explosion, during the first few minutes after the explosion, and in the last moments before the explosion. Aran uncovers the suicide bomber’s final preparations before embarking on the suicide mission: the border crossing, the journey toward the designated target, penetration into the site, and the behavior of both sides within it. The book sheds light on the truth of the human bomb.

Aran’s gritty and often disturbing account is built on a foundation of participant observation with squads of pious Jewish volunteers who gather the scorched fragments of the dead after terrorist attacks; newly revealed documents, including interrogation protocols; interviews with Palestinian armed resistance members and retired Israeli counterterrorism agents; observations of failed suicide terrorists in jail; and conversations with the acquaintances of human bombs.

The Smile of the Human Bomb provides new insights on the Middle East conflict, political violence, radicalism, victimhood, ritual, and death and unveils a suicide terrorism scene far different from what is conventionally pictured. In the end, Aran discovers, the suicide terrorist is an unremarkable figure, and the circumstances of his or her recruitment and operation are prosaic and often accidental. The smiling human bomb is neither larger than life nor a monster, but an actor on a human scale. And suicide terrorism is a drama in which clich?s and chance events play their role.