Middle-Eastern Politics

Stone Men In Search of Fatima The Palestinians Who Built A Palestinian Story ANDREW ROSS GHADA KARMI “Andrew Ross is the very model for a Ghada Karmi’s acclaimed memoir relates scholar-activist.” her childhood in Palestine, flight to Britain after the catastrophe, and coming of age in David Graeber Golders Green, the north London Jewish Hbk • £16.99 • 304 pages • March 2019 suburbe. ISBN: 978 1 78873 026 6 Pbk • £9.99 • 452 pages • July 2009 ISBN: 978 1 84467 368 1

The Management of Age of Jihad Savagery Islamic State and the Great War for How America’s National Security State the Middle East Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS and Donald PATRICK COCKBURN Trump Award winning Independent Exposes how an American foreign policy charts the collapse of the Middle East that has destabilised the Middle East has and the rise of Islamic State in this brought a refugee crisis onto Europe’s shores, comprehensive history of ISIS. paving way for far-right electoral victories Pbk • £12.99 • 512 pages • November 2017 and inspiring Trump’s extremist constituency ISBN: 978 1 78663 042 1 across . Hbk • £18.99 • 304 pages • March 2019 ISBN: 978 1 78873 229 1

Ten Myths About Israel The Least of All ILAN PAPPE Possible Evils “One of the most prominent Israeli A Short History of Humanitarian political dissidents living in exile … He Violence is also one of the few Israeli students of the conflict who write about the EYAL WEIZMAN Palestinian side with real knowledge “Eyal Weizman’s work has become an and empathy.” Avi Shlaim, Guardian indispensable source of both insight Pbk • £9.99 • 192 pages • April 2017 and guidance in these difficult times.” ISBN: 978 1 78663 019 3 Paul Gilroy Pbk • £12.99 • 208 pages • Oct 2017 ISBN: 978 1 78663 273 9

Hara Hotel Hollow Land A Tale of Syrian Refugees in Greece Israel’s Architecture of Occupation TERESA THORNHILL EYAL WEIZMAN “The intimate, deeply felt account of a volunteer who worked with Syrians during What are the origins of the Syrian the years they were stranded in Greece, crisis, and why did no one do anything which, unlike so many stories of the refugee to stop it? This is a short introduction crisis, does not shy away from speaking to the current crisis in Syria by world about the forces that tore those refugees expert and renowned journalist Charles from their homes.” Glass, charting the failure of the West to Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood control Assad and the rise of ISIS. Hbk • £16.99 • 352 pages • April 2018 ISBN: 978 1 78663 519 8 Pbk • £14.99 • 352 pages • June 2017 ISBN: 978 1 78663 448 1

VERSO . 6 Meard St, London, W1F 0EG. T: +44 (0) 207 437 3546 E: [email protected] . www.versobooks.com . @VersoBooks Distributed by Marston Book Services Ltd, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4YN. T: +44 (0) 1235 465500 . E: [email protected] Iran Without Borders The Rise of Islamic State Towards a Critique of the ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution Postcolonial Nation PATRICK COCKBURN HAMID DABASHI “Quite simply, the best Western A history of the cosmopolitan forces journalist at work in Iraq today.” that made contemporary Iran. Seymour Hersh Hbk • £20 • 256 pages • July 2016 Pbk • £9.99 • 224 pages • February 2015 • ISBN: 978 1 78478 068 5 ISBN: 978 1 78478 040 1

Mural The Killing of Osama MAHMOUD DARWISH Bin Laden Translated by John Berger and Rema SEYMOUR M. HERSH Hammami The explosive true story about the Illustrated by John Berger assassination of Osama Bin Laden by “Did as much as anyone to forge a the world-renowned journalist Hersh Palestinian national consciousness.” Pbk • £7.99 • 144 pages • May 2017 Peter Clark, Guardian ISBN: 978 1 78478 439 3 Pbk • £9.99 • 90 pages • July 2017 ISBN: 978 1 78663 057 5

The Balfour Declaration Carbon Democracy Empire, the Mandate and Resistance Political Power in the Age of Oil in Palestine TIMOTHY MITCHELL BERNARD REGAN “Carbon Democracy is a sweeping overview of the relationship between A new history of the letter that changed the fossil fuels and political institutions history of the Middle East. forged the basis of from the industrial revolution to the the foundation of the state of Israel and the Arab Spring, which adds layers of origins of the Middle East crisis. depth and complexity to the accounts Pbk • £9.99 • 240 pages • October 2018 of how resource wealth and economic ISBN: 978 1 78663 248 7 development are linked.” Financial Times Pbk • £12.99 • 288 pages • May 2013 ISBN: 978 1 78168 116 9

Shattered Hopes Israel-Palestine on Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli- Record Palestinian Peace How Misreports JOSH RUEBNER Conflict in the Middle East Writer and political analyst Josh Ruebner RICHARD FALK AND HOWARD FRIEL charts Obama’s journey from optimism In this scathing analysis of Israel-Palestine to frustration in the first hard-hitting coverage in the US media, Howard Friel and investigation into why the president failed to Richard Falk reveal the persistent ways the make any progress on this critical issue, and New York Times has ignored principles of how his unwillingness to challenge the Israel international law in order to shield its readers lobby has shattered hopes for peace. from Israel’s lawlessness. Pbk • £12.99 • 384 pages • September 2014 Pbk • £19.99 • 309 pages • May 2007 ISBN: 978 1 78168 555 6 ISBN: 978 1 84467 109 0

The Rebirth of History The Invention of the Times of Riots and Uprisings Jewish People ALAIN BADIOU SHLOMO SAND In this scathing analysis of Israel-Palestine TRANSLATED BY YAEL LOTAN coverage in the US media, Howard Friel and “[Sand’s] quiet earthquake of a book is Richard Falk reveal the persistent ways the shaking historical faith in the link between New York Times has ignored principles of Judaism and Israel.” international law in order to shield its readers Rafael Behr, Observer from Israel’s lawlessness. Pbk • £11.99 • 344 pages • June 2010 Hbk • £12.99 • 309 pages • June 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84467 623 1 ISBN: 978 1 84467 879 2

VERSO . 6 Meard St, London, W1F 0EG. T: +44 (0) 207 437 3546 E: [email protected] . www.versobooks.com . @VersoBooks Distributed by Marston Book Services Ltd, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4YN. T: +44 (0) 1235 465500 . E: [email protected] Syria Burning For the Muslims A Short History of a Catastrophe Islamophobia in France CHARLES GLASS EDWY PLENEL What are the origins of the Syrian Leading French journalist tackles the crisis, and why did no one do anything rising tide of Islamophobia in France, to stop it? This is a short introduction taking the side of French compatriots of to the current crisis in Syria by world Muslim origin, culture or belief, against expert and renowned journalist Charles those who make them into scapegoats Glass, charting the failure of the West to for our disquiets and uncertainties. control Assad and the rise of ISIS. Pbk • £8.99 • 112 pages • June 2016 Pbk • £8.99 • 224 pages • July 2016 ISBN: 978 1 78478 486 7 ISBN: 978 1 78478 516 1

Kill Chain Syrian Notebooks Drones and the Rise of High-Tech JONATHAN LITTELL Assassins “The force and clarity with which ANDREW COCKBURN Littell renders the physical realities of war and mass murder are simply Kill Chain is the essential history astounding.” Time Magazine of drone warfare, a development in military hardware that has its origins in Hbk • £12.99 • 192 pages • April 2015 • ISBN: 978 1 78168 824 3 long-buried secret programmes dating to US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Pbk • £9.99 • 320 pages • August 2016 ISBN: 978 1 78478 269 6

New in Paperback The 51 Day War The Idea of Israel Ruin and Resistance in Gaza MAX BLUMENTHAL A History of Power and Knowledge “To really understand what happened, ILAN PAPPE read Max Blumenthal’s The 51 Day A major new history of Zionism and War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza. His Israel, by the renowned author of The concision and clarity are established in Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. the introduction” Independent “An essential read for anyone trying to Pbk • £14.99 • 272 pages • July 2015 • understand the politics and history of ISBN: 978 1 78478 040 1 the Middle East.” Frontline Pbk • £9.99 • 288 pages • January 2016 • ISBN: 978 1 78478 201 6

The Fall of the Turkish Return Model A Palestinian Memoir How the Arab Uprisings Hastened GHADA KARMI the Demise of Islamic Liberalism Beautifully written and deeply moving, Return is a passionate meditation on CIHAN TUĞAL belonging. The first serious account of the Islamist Pbk • £16.99 • 320 pages • May 2015 • movements in Turkey and their effect in ISBN: 978 1 78168 842 7 Egypt and Tunisia. Pbk • £19.99 • 256 pages • February 2016 ISBN: 978 1 78478 332 7

Palestine Speaks NEW EDITION Narratives of Life Under Industry Occupation Reflections on the Exploitation of Edited by CATE MALEK Jewish Suffering and MATEO HOKE NORMAN G. FINKLESTEIN “Palestine Speaks demonstrates that Controversial indictment of those who nothing is more eloquent than the exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for voices of those who endure and try their own gain. valiantly to survive.” Noam Chomsky. “The most controversial book of the Pbk • £14.99 • 352 pages • February 2015 • year.” Guardian ISBN: 978 1 78478 050 0 Pbk • £9.99 • 288 pages • January 2015 • ISBN: 978 1 78168 561 7

VERSO . 6 Meard St, London, W1F 0EG. T: +44 (0) 207 437 3546 E: [email protected] . www.versobooks.com . @VersoBooks Distributed by Marston Book Services Ltd, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4YN. T: +44 (0) 1235 465500 . E: [email protected] Letters to Palestine New in Paperback Writers Respond to War and Civil Imagination Occupation A Political Ontology of Edited by VIJAY PRASHAD Photography Some of the leading American writers, ARIELLA AZOULAY artists and musicians of our time, such The “Copernican Revolution” in as Junot Diaz, Teju Cole, Chuck D, studying photography brings to light and Naomi Shihab Nye, give voice to how images can both reinforce and feelings of empathy and solidarity in resist power regimes. intimate letters, beautiful essays, and furious poems. Pbk • £12.99 • 288 pages • September 2015 • Pbk • £8.99 • 160 pages • February 2015 • ISBN: 978 1 78478 303 7 ISBN: 978 1 78478 067 8

The Invention of the The Clash of Land of Israel Fundamentalisms From Holy Land to Homeland Crusades, Jihads and Modernity SHLOMO SAND TARIQ ALI “His achievement consists in debunking “The Clash of Fundamentalisms a nationalist mythology which holds is well worth reading ... it shows sway in large sections of popular that the harshest critics of opinion...Truth-telling may be painful fundamentalism are often exponents but necessary.” Guardian of a rival fundamentalism.” John Gray, Pbk • £11.99 • 304 pages • March 2014 • Independent ISBN: 978 1 78168 083 4 Pbk • £21.99 • 432 pages • March 2003 • ISBN: 978 1 85984 457 1

Being Arab Revolution in the Age of SAMIR KASSIR Social Media A passionate meditation on The Egyptian Popular Insurrection contemporary Arab identity. and the Internet “One of Lebanon’s most prominent and one of the most LINDA HERRERA vociferous and bravest critics of the An accessible guide to the enduring Syrian regime. ” Robert Fisk struggle between people and power in Pbk • £7.99 • 110 pages • February 2013 • the digital age. ISBN: 978 1 84467 280 6 Pbk • £16.99 • 192 pages • April 2014 • ISBN: 978 1 78168 275 3

Separate and Dominate Image and Reality of the Feminism and Racism after the Israel-Palestine Conflict War on Terror NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN CHRISTINE DELPHY “...the most revealing study of the An examination of how mainstream historical background of the conflict feminism has been mobilized in support and the current peace agreement. ” of racist measures. Noam Chomsky, Guardian Pbk • £14.99 • 192 pages • May 2015 Pbk • £20.99 • 288 pages • May 2003 • ISBN: 978 1 78168 880 9 ISBN: 978 1 85984 442 7

Operation Ajax The Muslims Are The Story of the CIA Coup that Coming! Remade the Middle East Islamophobia, Extremism, and the MIKE DE SEVE Domestic War on Terror Graphic true-life spy thriller about ARUN KUNDNANI the CIA mission that overthrew Iran’s democracy Powerful critique of UK and US surveillance and repression of Muslims Pbk • £14.99 • 248 pages • July 2015 • and prosecution of homegrown ISBN: 978 1 78168 923 3 terrorism. Pbk • £9.99 • 336 pages • Dec 2014 ISBN: 978 1 78168 558 7

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