Thanks Steve!
Check this site out:
http://www.danielpipes.org/
http://www.danielpipes.org/biblio_ai.php
http://www.danielpipes.org/biblio_me.phpTry reading:
Bernard Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years A survey of Middle Eastern history by the person who knows more about the region – and can explain it better – than anyone else.
I watched a 3-hour interview with Lewis on c-span a few weeks back. Illuminating.
Thanks again!