Describes the historical background of the region, looks at its wars and terrorist attacks, and recounts the intervention of Western nations.

Product Description: "Too many people are unfamiliar with the basic history of the conflict or simply don't have concise, fact-based replies to falsehoods propagated about Middle East issues," say author Dr. Mitchell Bard, one of the country's leading experts on U...read more

Follows the events leading up to the war, major campaigns by Allied and Axis powers, atrocities committed against civilians, and consequences.

Product Description: For years people have been asking for a resource that provides concise, factual information on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Myths and Facts fills this desperate need. This newly revised edition contains 25 chapters covering everything from Israel's roots to each of the wars to the events following September 11...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: From 1984 to 1991, Israel conducted a series of dramatic rescues, bringing thousands of Ethiopian Jews to the state of Israel. Codenamed Operation Sheba, this effort involved various covert means, including large-scale airlifts and exchanges for arms, to save these Jews from intolerable conditions in Ethiopia and the Sudan...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Essays debate the history of the Holocaust, reasons for its inception, intervention by other countries, and its lasting impact from a variety of viewpoints. (view table of contents)

Covers all aspects of the Holocaust through works by survivors, scholars, and journalists, from the rise of Adolf Hitler to the Nuremberg trials. (view table of contents)

Product Description: One common explanation for the world’s failure to prevent the Holocaust is that the information about the Nazi extermination program seemed too incredible to believe. Fifty years later, Americans may now also find it difficult to believe that their fellow citizens were among the twelve million people murdered by the Nazis, abandoned to this fate by their own government...read more

Product Description: This book is a veritable gold-mine of information on the Middle East. It is far, far more than a reference book. Granted, those who are looking for an extensive, in-depth study on the Middle East should look for a book that specifically deals with the particular subject in questio...read more

Product Description: One of the most commonly held notions in American politics is that American Jews have a great deal of influence on U.S. foreign policy. Some influential Americans have even argued that Jewish-Americans control American policy in the Middle East to the detriment of the national interest...read more