Christopher Phillips An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria’s ongoing civil warMost accounts of Syria’s brutal, long-lasting...

Gideon Rachman The West’s domination of world politics is coming to a close. The flow of wealth and power is turning from West to East and a new era of...

Jonathan Schell Jonathan Schell’s extraordinary on-the-scene writing about Vietnam has stood the test of time in our continuing attempt to understand how and why the United States went to war–and...

John Quigley John Quigley’s controversial book seeks to provide a corrective on the character of the June 1967 war, widely perceived as being forced on Israel to prevent the annihilation...

Antony Beevor Recounts, in narrowing detail, and with formidable skill, the brutal death throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army. September 13, 2007 by Penguin...

Michael B Oren In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the...

Michael Walzer From the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai Massacre, from the wars in the Balkans through the first war in Iraq, Michael Walzer examines the moral...

Bruce Hoffman A landmark history, based on newly available documents, of the battles between Jews, Arabs, and the British that led to the creation of IsraelAnonymous Soldiers brilliantly re-creates the crucial...

Martin BellMartin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how...

Ken Follett   In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, this novel moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine...

George E Berkley Traces the history of the Jewish community in Vienna, assesses the extent of Austrian anti-Semitism, and explains why the Jews were so fond of pre-World War I...

Dan Raviv and Yossi MelmanThe first comprehensive and balanced account of the most controversial and well-known espionage organization in the world, taking readers through the complex web of politics and...