MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
Israel's Counterterrorism Strategy
A Culture of Ambiguity
An Alternative History of Islam
Origins to the Present Boaz Ganor
Thomas Bauer
Translated by Hinrich Biesterfeldt and Tricia Tunstall
In this magisterial cultural and intellectual history, Thomas Bauer reconsiders classical and modern Islam by tracing differing attitudes toward ambiguity. He explores the tension, present through many centuries, between one strand that aspires to annihilate all uncertainties and another competing tendency that looks for ways to live with complexity. $35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-17065-9
Boaz Ganor provides an authoritative analysis of Israel’s approach to counterterrorism throughout its existence. The book features revelatory personal testimony from senior Israeli decision makers who have played pivotal roles in counterterrorism strategy. $40.00 / £30.00 paper 978-0-231-19923-0 $160.00 / £125.00 cloth 978-0-231-19922-3 2021 424 pages
$145.00 / £120.00 cloth 978-0-231-17064-2
COLUMBIA STUDIES IN TERRORISM AND IRREGULAR
2021 336 pages
WARFARE
Friend or Foe
Oil Leaders
Militia Intelligence and Ethnic Violence in the Lebanese Civil War
An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC's Global Energy Policy
Nils Hägerdal
Under what circumstances are civil war combatants more or less likely to commit ethnic violence? Nils Hägerdal examines the Lebanese civil war to offer a new theory that highlights the interplay of ethnicity and intelligence gathering. $35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-20065-3 $145.00 / £120.00 cloth 978-0-231-20064-6
Ibrahim AlMuhanna
Oil Leaders offers an unprecedented glimpse into the strategic thinking of top figures in the energy world from the 1980s through the recent past. Ibrahim AlMuhanna—a close adviser to four different Saudi oil ministers over that span of time—examines the role of individual and collective decision-making in shaping market movements. $35.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-18974-3
2021 240 pages
COLUMBIA STUDIES IN MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
May 2022 328 pages
CENTER ON GLOBAL ENERGY POLICY SERIES
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