Reeva Spector Simon: 3 books

Book cover of Spies and Holy Wars

Spies and Holy Wars

The Middle East in 20th-Century Crime Fiction

by Reeva Spector Simon
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010

Illuminating a powerful intersection between popular culture and global politics, Spies and Holy Wars draws on a sampling of more than eight hundred British and American thrillers that are propelled by the theme of jihad—an Islamic holy war or crusade against the West. Published over the past century,...
Book cover of Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion

Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion

Two Thousand Years of Christian Missions in the Middle East

by Reeva Spector Simon, Eleanor Tejirian
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012

Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution. Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian missions as they interacted with imperial powers and as the momentum of religious...
Book cover of Iraq Between the Two World Wars

Iraq Between the Two World Wars

The Militarist Origins of Tyranny

by Reeva Spector Simon
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2004

Why did a group from the Iraqi army seize control of the government and wage a disastrous war against Great Britain, rejecting British and liberal values for those of a militaristic Germany? What impact did these actions have on the thirty-year regime of Saddam Hussein? Departing from previous...
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