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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict (2nd Edition) by Mitchell G. Bard ISBN: 0-02-864410-7 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (102 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent overview of conflict in the middle east
Comment: Having little knowledge of the history of the conflict, I was eager to learn "just what is going on over there?" I agree that this book is somewhat pro-Israel, but keeping that in mind I found it to be quite interesting. While the author does present some opinion, the vast majority of the book concerns factual events. The book starts with a short history of the three major religions involved (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), then covers events in the region throughout history. It moves generally chronologically, although it covers certain subjects in total; for example, the Iran-Iraq war is covered in a separate chapter, though events in other chapters occurred simultaneously. After finishing this book, I had a much greater understanding of why there is so much animosity in the middle east.
Rating: 4
Summary: "Very Informative--More Than You'd Ever Want to Know!"
Comment: It was bound to happen--an idiot's guide to the Middle East! As a theologian and teacher, and with Middle Eastern tensions flaring, I decided to check this one out, and see if Bard had done his research. He had.
While there is an unbiased pro-Israeli slant to the book, there is more information than you could probably digest in a year.
Bard (rightly) traces the conflict back to Abraham, and follows the history factually and thoroughly. He discusses the Koran, the Bible, Mohammed, Arab oil, Jewish nationalism (1948), as well as Zionistic and Palestinian conflicts up to (nearly) current times. Virtually every cogent subject dealing with the conflict is discussed in a (reasonably) easy-to-read format.
I learned much from this book, and despite the rhetoric against it in some of these reviews due to its Jewish bias, the work is well worth the reading if you REALLY want to know all the material packed within its pages...and there's an awful lot there.
Rating: 5
Summary: Basic Account
Comment: This is not a bad book because it summarizes the complex situation in the Middle East in a relatively compact, easy to understand, book. Not a bad read.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick, Qasim Najar, Quasim Najar, Yahiya John Emerick ISBN: 0028642333 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israel Conflict, Second Edition by Mitchell G. Bard ISBN: 0971294518 Publisher: A I C E Pub. Date: 10 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Middle East for Dummies by Jr. Davis Craig ISBN: 0764554832 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts by Steven D. Strauss ISBN: 0028643666 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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