"There is no FAO book list but THIS FAO book list and FUUO is the messenger of FAO book lists."
I created this list because there isn't anyone else doing it at an easy to access space and because I LOVE BOOKS! They are one of my favorite things in the entire world! While I this page is entitled THE FAO Book List, my intent is for it to be useful to any officer working with a certain region.
In creating THE list I have borrowed heavily from other lists that I have come across and also relied heavily on my own research. I have not read all of these books (the ones I have read are noted with a *) but will link them to my reviews once I do read them. All fiction titles are printed in orange.
If you have suggestions please comment and I will add them. As I have time I will hyperlink the book titles to their listings on Amazon. Also, if you have a review/thoughts that you've written that you'd like me to link to I will do so happily.
ATTENTION: IS THIS LIST TOO OVERWHELMING? I'VE PUT TOGETHER A STARTER READING LIST HERE.
Middle East
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939 by Albert Hourani
A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition
Going All the Way: Christian Warlords, Israeli Adventurers, and the War in Lebanon by Jonathan C. Randal
The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon by Fouad Ajami
*The Multiple Identities of the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
From Beirut to Jerusalem
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Arab Historians of the Crusades (Islamic World) by Francesco Gabrieli
A History of the Crusades Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin
Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East , 1789-1923 by Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh
A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland and Martin Bunton
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence by John E. Mack
*The Zanzibar
*The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith
First footsteps in East Africa: or, An exploration of Harar
The Lunatic Express: An Entertainment in Imperialism
African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa (Publications in Ethnography, Vol. 37)
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria
Things Fall Apart: A Novel
Survey of Subsaharan Africa : A Regional Geography
Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb
Asia-Pacific
Chinese Security Policy: Structure, Power and Politics by Robert Ross
The Great Wall Sea , China
Red Star over the Pacific: China 's Rise and the Challenge to U.S.
The Party: The Secret World of China
Dragon By The Tail by John Paton Davies
The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa - Hardcover (Jan. 25, 2010) by Deborah Brautigam
Anti Americanism by Jean Francois Revel
The French Betrayal of America
South/Latin America
General
*The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace by Shannon D. Beebe and Mark Kaldor
Guide for Participants in Peace, Stability nad Relief Operations edited by Robert M. Perito
Exporting security: International Engagmenet, Security Cooperation and the Changing Face of the U.S.
How Wars End: Why We Always Fight the Last Battle
*The Diplomat’s Dictionary by Chas W. Freeman, Jr.
*The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy (Cross-Cultural Negotiation Books)
Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
The Ugly American
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
A Force More Powerful by Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall
Force and Statecraft by Gordon A. Craig and Alexander L. George
The Admiral: The Memoirs of Albert Gleaves, Admiral by Albert Gleaves
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