Abboud, Samer Nassif
Summary: In this fully revised second edition of his acclaimed text, Samer Abboud provides an in-depth analysis of Syria's descent into civil war, the subsequent stalemate, and the consequences of Russian military involvement after 2015.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Polity Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.91 ABDMiller, Scott
Summary: "Presents an account of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles led a network of disenchanted Germans in a plot to assassinate Hitler and end World War II before the invasion of opportunistic Russian forces,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DULLES, ALLEN MILStrathern, Paul
Summary: "By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a climate of constantly shifting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 STRKirkpatrick, David D.
Summary: A candid narrative of how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, and the truth about America's role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put Sisi in power--from the Middle East correspondent of the New York Times. In 2011, Egyptians of all sects, ages, and social classes shook off millennia of autocracy, then elected a Muslim Brotherhood president. The 2013 military coup...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018