Suggested Readings: War with Iraq

Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
By Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh
ISBN: 0-674-25152-0

"In a tour de force that offers a profoundly new understanding of a key modern issue in modern Middle Eastern history, Efraim and Inari Karsh review the relations between Europe and the Ottoman empire in the final century-and-a-half of the latter's existence, and in the process nearly reverse the standard historical interpretation." — Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum

The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission
By Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol
ISBN: 1-89-355459-4

"The War over Iraq makes the case for President Bush's policy against Saddam more clearly than any other document. It is also the best single primer on American foreign policy debates: What does America stand for? What is this clash all about?" —David Brooks, The Weekly Standard

Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
By Dore Gold
ISBN: 0-89526-135-9

"The Saudi establishment has accepted a Faustian bargain, buying protection for itself by financing the spread of Wahhabi hatred around the world. If you read one book to understand the roots of al-Qaeda's fury and the hostility to us within the Muslim world, it should be this." —R. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA

The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq
By Kenneth M. Pollack
ISBN: 0-37-550928-3

"Pollack takes time to describe Saddam's rise to power and the course of his relationship both with the West and with the other states of the Middle East. The first part of the book is devoted to rehearsing that history, as well as to a detailed study of the development and fortunes of American policy vis-à-vis Iraq." —Frederick W. Kagan, Commentary