BOOKS
The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and RivalriesAmira Jadoon with Andrew Mines The deadly attack on Kabul's airport in August 2021 shocked the world and brought concentrated attention to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISK). New questions quickly arose: How did this ISIS affiliate become such a force in Afghanistan and Pakistan? And why is it now a lethal threat to the Taliban? Addressing these questions, Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines draw on original data and newly More > |
The Israeli Arms Industry: Foreign Policy, Arms Transfers, and Military Doctrine of a Small StateStewart Reiser Israel is simultaneously a major exporter and a leading importer of the most modern weapons systems in the world. The exports of its arms industry provide the national economy with over $1 billion per year of foreign currency and employment for almost 30 percent of its industrial work force. The industry, which originated in clandestine workshops in Palestine under British mandate in the 1930s, More > |
The Jews of Latin America, 3rd EditionJudith Laikin Elkin When it was first published in 1980, Judith Laikin Elkin's foundational book on the Jewish communities of Latin America quickly became the standard resource on the topic. This new edition, the first in fifteen years, brings the story up-to-date, incorporating the events of recent decades and reflecting new insights provoked by the changing political, cultural, and economic conditions More > |
The Kurds of Iraq: Building a State Within a StateOfra Bengio Ofra Bengio explores the dynamics of relations between the Kurds of Iraq and the Iraqi state from the inception of the Baath regime to the present. Bengio draws on a wealth of rich source materials to carefully trace the evolution of Kurdish national identity in Iraq. Dissecting the socioeconomic, political, and ideological transformations that Iraqi Kurdish society has undergone across some More > |
The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of Science, Religion and DevelopmentSharon Harper, editor What do the realms of faith, science, and the world of international development have to offer one another? This book s contributors, each a scientist as well as a person of faith, tackle this question by showing how religious belief and personal faith can be deeply motivational and fruitful in scientific and development pursuits. This work furthers the search for a more More > |
The Last Good FreudianBrenda Webster The environment of New York City in the post-World War II era was one filled with new ideas and movements. The 1950s saw waves of Freudian disciples set up practices. In The Last Good Freudian, Brenda Webster describes what it was like to grow up in an intellectual and artistic Jewish family during this time. Her father, Wolf Schwabacher, was a prominent entertainment lawyer whose clients More > |
The Later Middle AgesStephen Medcalf, editor |
The Latino Male: A Radical RedefinitionDavid T. Abalos What does it mean to be a Latino man in the United States today? David Abalos shows how the traditional cultural stories—the male roles of the mujeriego (the womanizer), the macho, and the patriarch—are becoming unlivable. Too many men choose manipulation, power, or violence in response, in an effort to restore the old order. But there is an alternative, argues Abalos. Demonstrating More > |
The Limits of Democratic Governance in South AfricaLouis A. Picard and Thomas Mogale In the transition from apartheid rule to democratic governance in South Africa, what has been the impact on South African society at its base—on the people in the country's cities, towns, villages, and farms? Louis Picard and Thomas Mogale offer answers to this fundamental question, tracing historical trends and measuring change (or the lack of it) in the dynamic between the promise of More > |
The Little Black Fish and Other Modern Persian Stories, 2nd EditionSamad Behrangi, translated by Mary Hegland and Eric Hooglund Behrangi offers five children’s stories that are notable for their realism and social significance. In keeping with his desire to combat ignorance and bridge the cultural gap between the rural poor and wealthy city dwellers and land owners, his stories do not shield children from knowledge about the pain and cruelty of life. Rather, they pay homage to the lives of the poor, who despite their More > |