Books and References on the Middle East

Books and References on
Israel and the Middle East

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Israel's Sacred Terrorism: A study based on Moshe Sharett's Personal Diary, and other documents. by Livia Rokach. Foreword by Noam Chomsky (1986)

The Fateful Triangle:
The U.S., Israel and the Palestinians
by Noam Chomsky (1999)
Read Review and Excerpt.
For information including ordering click here.

Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World by Noam Chomsky, 1986.

The Gun and the Olive Branch: Roots of Violence in the Middle East by David Hirst (1977).

Jewish History; Jewish Religion. The Weight of Three Thousands Years by Israel Shahak (1996) forward by Edward Said.
Read reviews of this book in Washington Report and Z Magazine. Another copy of the book may be found here

Open Secrets: Israel Nuclear and Foreign Policies by Israel Shahak 1997. Review by Norton Mezvinsky and by Daniel Burton-Rose

Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Israel Shahak and Norton Mexzvinsky, 1999. Reviewed by Allan C. Brownfeld

Zionism in the Age of the Dictators: A Reappraisal by Lenni Brenner. A book on Zionist-Nazi-Fascist collaboration. (1983)

The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust by Tom Segev. (1993) (Review)

1949: The First Israelis by Tom Segev. (1986)

The Holocaust in American Life a book by Peter Novick reviewed by Rachelle Marshall (Washington Report 01/2000). See Amazon.com page about it.

Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship by Andrew and Leslie Cockburn (1991) (Review)

The Arab Israeli Dilemma by Fred Khoury 3rd edition (1985)

Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts about American-Israeli Relations by Paul Findley A book on the many sins of Israel towards Palestinians, Arabs and Americans. (1996) Reviewed by Richard Curtiss.

They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby by Paul Findley A book on Israel's control, through its lobby AIPAC, of American foreign policy (1989). Read review here .

Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk (1990). Review

War In The Gulf 1990-1991: The Iraq Kuwait Conflict and its Implications by Majid Khadduri and Edmund Ghareeb, (1997)

The Fire This Time: U.S. Crimes in the Gulf by Ramsey Clark (1993). Excerpts

The Arabs and Israel for Beginners by Ron David (1993) (Reviewed by Ronald Bleier. Page at Amazon.com)

The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination : 1969-1994 by Edward Said (1995) (Review)

The Yellow Wind by David Grossman (1988). Read a review by Catherine M. Willford.

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said (1979)

The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Middle East Conflict by Rosemay and Herman Ruether (1989). Reviewed by Fouad Moughrabi.

The Zionist Connection II: What Price Peace by Alfred Lilienthal (1978, 1982). Reviewed by Grace Halsell

The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time by Moshe Menuhin (1969)

The Controversy of Zion. Jewish Nationalism, the Jewish State, and the Unresolved Jewish Dilemma by Geoffrey Wheatcroft (1996)

A Fire in Zion: The Israeli-Palestinian Search For Peace by Mark Perry. William Morrow and Co., Inc., (1994). Reviewed by Andrew Killgore.

Zionism and the Palestinians by Simha Flapan (1979)

The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities by Simha Flapan (1987). Review by Andrew Killgore.

The Palestinian Catastrophe: The 1948 Expulsion of a People from Their Homeland by Michael Palumbo

The Obstruction of peace: The U.S., Israel, and The Palestinians by Naseer Aruri Common Courage Press Box 702, Monroe, ME 04951 (1995). Review by Cheryl Rubenberg and Ed Said. Another review by Kathleen Christison.

Israel, an Apartheid State by Uri Davis (1987)

The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem 1947-1949 by Benny Morris (1989). Review

Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War. By Benny Morris. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 451 pp. Reviewed by William Quandt.

The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1947-51 by Ilan Pappe (1994)

Collusion Across the Jordan by Avi Schlaim (198?)

Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel by Stephen Green (1984). Reviewed by Donald Neff

The Passionate Attachment: America's Involvement with Israel 1947 to the Present by George and Douglas Ball

Palestine and Israel: a Challenge to Justice by John Quigley

The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy by Seymour Hersh (1993)

Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad by Gordon Thomas (1999). Reviewed by Richard Curtiss

Original Sins: Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi 1993. Reviewed by H. J. Skutel

From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948 by Walid Khalidi (1987)

Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of "Transfer" in Zionist Political Thought 1882-1948 by Nur Masalha

A Land Without A People: Israel, Transfer and the Palestinians, 1949-1996 by Nur Masalha, 1997

The Holocaust Industry by Norman G. Finkelstein (2000) Read Extracts

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Norman G. Finkelstein (1995).

From the cover.

Reviewed by Ilan Pappe.

Reviewed by Noam Chomsky.

Reviewed by Edna Homa Hunt.

The Rise and Fall of Palestine:A Personal Account of the Intifada Years. by Norman G. Finkelstein (1998). Reviewed in the Nation by Ian Gilmour. From the cover.

Fallen Pillars: U.S. Policy Towards Palestine and Israel Since 1945 by Donald Neff, 1995. Read Chapter one. (Jewish Americans and the State Department, 1897-1945.) Reviewed by Andrew Killgore

Warriors Against Israel: by Donald Neff, 1988. Reviewed by R. Annick Avera

War in the Gulf 1990-'91 The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and its Implications by Majid Khadduri & Edmund Ghareeb, 1997. Summary.

The Scourging Of Iraq by Geoff Simons, 1996.
Iraq Under Siege Edited by Anthony Arnove (2000). Authors include Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Howard Zinn and Denis Halliday. Read a review by the Economist (03/24/2000)

By Way of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy (1991)

The Other Side of Deception: A Rogue Agent Exposes the Mossad's Secret Agenda by Victor Ostrovsky (1994). Reviewed by Andrew Killgore.

Israel A Colonial-Settler State? by Maxine Rodinson Monad Press, 1973

The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Arnold J. Toynbee Northwestern Univ Pr, (1987)

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control In Democratic Societies by Noam Chomsky (1989)

Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky (1992)

Israel: A Country Study Edited by Helen Chapin Metz Federal Research Division Library of Congress (1988).
See also Israel Army Area Handbook

One Nation, Under Israel Andrew Hurley, 1999. Reviewed by Richard Curtiss

The Invention of Ancient Israel and the Silencing of Palestinian History by Keith Whitelam (1997)

For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel By Ian S. Lustick, 1988

Sanctuary and Survival: The PLO in Lebanon by Rex Brynen (Boulder: Westview Press, 1990).

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Many of these books may be obtained at a discounted price from the AET book club, at (800) 368-5788, or Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU). An excellent source of all kind of books, used, new and out-of-print is BookFinder.