William R. Polk
Born
in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States
March 07, 1929
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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
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2005
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Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
7 editions
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2009
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Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq
11 editions
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2007
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The Birth of America: From Before Columbus to the Revolution
10 editions
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2006
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Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
5 editions
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2018
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Polk's Folly: An American Family History
2 editions
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2000
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Neighbors and Strangers: The Fundamentals of Foreign Affairs
4 editions
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1997
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The Arab World Today
8 editions
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published
1975
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Passing Brave
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2 editions
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1973
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Blind Man's Buff
2 editions
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2013
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“Even if we, as northerners, choose to ignore this history, the victims’ descendants [of the global south] will not. Muslims, like Jews, increasingly probe into and publicize their holocaust. The “deep past” already plays a significant role in the growth of Muslim sentiment toward the Christian North. It will play an important role in international affairs far into the future”
― Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
― Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
“Even if we, as northerners, choose to ignore this history, the victims’ descendants will not”
― Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
― Crusade and Jihad: The Thousand-Year War Between the Muslim World and the Global North
“the Mongol rulers of what became Iran, a few Christian”
― Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
― Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Ahmadinejad
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