Modern Middle East Texts
| Author | Title | Publisher/Date/ISBN |
| Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor | Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq | Pantheon, 2006; 0375422625 |
| George Packer | The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005; 13-978-0-374-29963-7 |
| David Fromkin | The Peace to End All Peace | Owl Books, 2001; 0805068848 |
| Stephen Kinser | All the Shah's Men | John Wiley, 2004; 0471678783 |
| Kenneth M. Pollack | The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America | Random House, 2005; 0812973364 |
| Sholomo Ben-Ami | Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy | Oxford, 2006; 978-0-19-518158-6 |
| Geraldine Brooks | Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women | Anchor/Doubleday, 1995; 0-385-47577-2 |
The books can also be purchased at the Memorial Union Bookstore, the Textbook Corner, and the Town Crier Bookstore in down town Emporia. Likewise, students can go online at Abebooks, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and E. R. Hamilton Booksellers for cheap and affordable books for this course.