Politics & the Academy by Elie Kedourie In 1927 the French man of letters, Julien Benda, published a short book entitled La Trahison des Clercs. The phrase,…
Iraq: The Mystery of American Policy by Elie Kedourie World War II, many historians have argued, was an unnecessary war.
Who Is a Jew by Elie Kedourie Looking back on Israel's fortieth birthday, one of the issues which the existence of the state has created is that…
Middle East Perplexities by Elie Kedourie From World War I on, the Middle East has presented foreign and native policymakers with a large number of awkward…
Where Arabism and Zionism Differ by Elie Kedourie Arabism and Zionism are ideologies. They offer a blueprint for political action based on historical arguments which purport to establish…
Scuttling an Empire by Elie Kedourie When Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma was murdered by Irish terrorists in the summer of 1979, he…
In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power, by Daniel Pipes by Elie Kedourie Daniel Pipes's book is divided into three parts. He begins by delineating the premodern legacy of Islam, he goes on…
A New International Disorder by Elie Kedourie Before 1914 world politics was very much the politics of European states. The balance of power was destroyed during the…
Misreading the Middle East by Elie Kedourie The five years or so which have elapsed since the Yom Kippur War have seen the United States sustain two…
The Real T.E. Lawrence by Elie Kedourie During his lifetime, and even more so after his death, Colonel T. E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia," was the subject…
Is Democracy Doomed? by Elie Kedourie In the course of the last few years the intellectual classes of the West have been giving voice to doom-laden…
