Convince me to buy your favorite nonfiction book.
You probably wouldn't understand it anyway
Pirates are fuckin' cool.
>>9878005
Sold.
>>9877991
It's the most essential publication if you truly want to understand the contemporary developments and the modern history of Middle East.
>>9877991
Nah, Debord is for people who come to him, doing anything else is a disservice to his work
>>9878163
i actually don't give a shit about the middle east
how did barbarian teutons end up creating the modern, research-based university? also, germans need to end their pity party and be proud
>>9878169
>War in Iraq, Iran and it's nuclear ambitions, Arab Spring, civil war in Yemen, civil war in Syria, military coup in Turkey, terrorism, ISIS, etc etc
Ok, if you want to stay ignorant about the most important global issues in the world.
>>9878163
Thanks bud. Any other recs? Especially regarding the middle east.
>>9878182
bro the US caused all that shit im not going to sit through a thousand pages of propaganda to try and tell me otherwise
>>9878185
> Why Arabs Lose Wars by Norvell B. De Atkine
The author provides an in-depth analysis of the main reasons why Arab state structures failed to create and sustain effective military power in the Middle East.
>>9878196
weak bait. Also, you just showed how little you know by not referencing Sykes-Picot and the role of the British and French.
>>9878211
lol suck my dick retard
>>9878211
>more towelhead apologia from the liberal ivory tower
>>9878182
you think those are important issues? the really important issue is the movement of the center of the capitalist world order to the east, a bunch of bedouins fighting in the desert over some fossil fuel that will be obsolete in a generation could not be less important
>>9878247
We might debate which issues are the most important both short-term and long-term. But denying that these issues are important at all is just complete ignorance.
>>9877991
I heard some guys say you couldn't read, understand and retain it in full. Are you man enough to show those guys?
>>9878259
it's only important to you because you're jewish, europeans and asians do not give a shit about sandbox barbarism
Peasants life was pretty interesting and the first four chapters are filled with hilarious stories of how peasants died.
>accidentally stabbing your wife in a wrestling match
>robbers pushing a wall on to you
>pigs knocking your baby into a fire
>a stray arrow at a archery competion
>your pet bear escaping it's chains in your basement and mauling your daughter to death in the middle of the night