William R. Polk

William R. Polk taught Arabic literature and history at Harvard University and the University of Chicago, served on the Policy Planning Council under President Kennedy, negotiated the Egyptian-Israeli Suez ceasefire, and founded the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs. He has written nineteen books.

Ebooks

Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, from Persia to the Islamic Republic, from Cyrus to Khamenei

Understanding Iraq: The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, from Genghis Khan's Mongols to the Ottoman Turks to the British Mandate to the American Occupation

The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution

Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, & Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq

Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North

Backdrop to Tragedy: The Struggle for Palestine

Neighbors and Strangers: The Fundamentals of Foreign Affairs

The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century

The Elusive Peace (Routledge Revivals): The Middle East in the Twentieth Century