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L. Carl Brown

Algeria: France’s Undeclared War

Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East; The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions

The Lingering Conflict: Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East, 1948–2011

A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy With Iran

Turkey and Its Neighbors: Foreign Relations in Transition

Iraq, Its Neighbors, and the United States: Competition, Crisis, and the Reordering of Power

Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi’s Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq

The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East

Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground

Troubled Triangle: The United States, Turkey, and Israel in the New Middle East

Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908–1918

The Crimean War: A History

The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square

The 9/11 Wars

America’s Challenges in the Greater Middle East: The Obama Administration’s Policies

Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World

Playing With Fire: Pakistan at War With Itself; Pakistan: Beyond the “Crisis State”

A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation; The Unmaking of Israel

Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril

Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography

How Pakistan Negotiates With the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster

Are Muslims Distinctive? A Look at the Evidence

The Shift: Israel-Palestine From Border Struggle to Ethnic Conflict

What Is a Palestinian State Worth?

Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations; 1820-2001

Pakistan: A Hard Country; Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad

Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak

The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy

Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia

Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran -- a Journey Behind the Headlines

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories

A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah's Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel

America's Misadventures in the Middle East

The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and the Rumors of War

Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why It Matters

The Land of Blood and Honey: The Rise of Modern Israel

Yemen: Dancing on the Head of Snakes

The East Moves West: India, China, and Asia’s Growing Presence in the Middle East

Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions

The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam

Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East

The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship With Apartheid South Africa

The Future of Islam; Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts From al-Banna to Bin Laden

Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics

From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1891-1949

The Other War: Winning and Losing in Afghanistan

The Cartoons That Shook the World

Dining With Al-Qaeda: Three Decades Exploring the Many Worlds of the Middle East

My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran

The International Relations of the Persian Gulf

Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Political Liberalization in the Persian Gulf

Jewish Terrorism in Israel

Negotiating With Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History

Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations

The Arabs: A History

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Terrorists, Modernists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia

Iraq: A Political History From Independence to Occupation

Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance

Arab Economies in the Twenty-first Century; Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries; "Waking From Its Sleep: A Special Report on the Arab World"

Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran

The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East

Kill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas

Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East

Engaging the Muslim World

Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs

Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, and Turkey Can Revive a Fading Partnership

Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East

Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq

Iran's Long Reach: Iran as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World

Kingdom Without Borders: Saudi Arabia's Political, Religious, and Media Frontiers; Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism and the State

Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success

Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East

The King's Messenger: Prince Bandar bin Sultan and America's Tangled Relationship With Saudi Arabia

Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

A History of Modern Iran

After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan

Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq

A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

Arguing the Just War in Islam

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East

The New Turkish Republic: Turkey as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World

Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East

The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East; The New Middle East

King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life; Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace

The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future

Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence

A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East -- From the Cold War to the War on Terror

Presumed Innocent

The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

Ahmadinejad: The Secret History of Iran's Radical Leader

The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State; Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a

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