This second edition considers how the 'global war on terror' has changed the way the West views the Islamic world.

Field Notes reconstructs the origins and trajectory of area studies in the United States, focusing on Middle East studies from the 1920s to the 1980s. Drawing o

In God and Man in Tehran, Hossein Kamaly explores the historical processes that have made and unmade contending visions of God in Iran’s capital throughout th

This book looks anew at the vexing question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy, examining histories of Islamic politics and social movements in the M

The international relations of the Middle East have long been dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval a