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Soft cover. Condición: Good. Moderate edge wear on covers. Text pages in good condition.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. Quarterly journal. Volume 61, Number 3, Summer 2007. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling to covers; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade paperback copy in very good condition. Clean and unmarked copy. PR 32. No signature.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Moderate edge wear on covers. Some notes penned on front cover. Text pages in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Moderate edge wear on covers. Text pages in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Moderate edge wear on covers. Text pages in very good condition.

Trade paperback. Condición: Very good. 1st Edition. Pages [5], 198-372. Footnotes. Illustrations. Some parts of this publication is in a two-column format. The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The editor-in-chief is Michael Collins Dunn. The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947. In this issue there are articles on Russian-Iranian Relations, the Ahmadinejad Era, Iraq, Ethnosectarian Preferences, State Performance Occultation in Perpetuum. Shi'ite Messianism, Islamic Republic, Jordan, Economic Development, Favoritism, Business Climate, Empirical Evidence, Militarization, Welfare, Neo-Liberialism, School, Curricular Reforms, Arab, and Muslim. The Middle East Journal is an indispensable resource for research and analysis, examining emerging trends and persistent challenges in a complex regional environment. First printed in 1947, MEJ is the oldest peer-reviewed publication in North America dedicated to the study of the contemporary Middle East. MEJ features the work of leading scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and area experts from around the world, including from the Middle East itself. In 1946, inspired by his experiences in the region prior to World War II, George Camp Keiser established a center for the study of the Middle East. An architect by training and a student of Islamic architecture, Keiser brought together a group of individuals who shared his interest in the region and his conviction that its importance in world affairs would only increase as the century progressed. The group he assembled included a number of Washington's most prominent scholars and statesmen: Christian A. Herter, a congressman from Massachusetts who would go on to become Dwight Eisenhower's secretary of state and an advocate for the nascent concepts of global justice and the international rule of law; Ambassador George Allen; Harvey P. Hall, a former instructor at the American University of Beirut and Robert College in Istanbul; and Halford L. Hoskins, an academic who directed what would eventually become the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Though their backgrounds varied, these men recognized how foreign policy was evolving. Together they wrote in a 1948 pamphlet that the very concepts of global strategy, security, and national interest would need "much reconsideration" in the post-war era. Nowhere, they argued, were these lessons more important than in the Middle East. Keiser and his colleagues envisioned a center of learning where leaders from disparate fields could converge and collaborate in order "to increase knowledge of the Middle East among citizens of the United States and to promote a better understanding between the peoples of these two areas." This broad mandate was to be pursued through five specific means: a quarterly journal and other periodicals and books; a library dedicated exclusively to the Middle East and pertinent global issues; courses in the languages, history, cultures, religions, and politics of the region; research, writing, and publications by and for scholars in the emerging field of Middle East studies; and conferences and public lectures that would provide a forum for discussion of the region. In all of these pursuits, the Institute would commit to a position of political neutrality and attempt to deal objectively with a region in which facts have often been difficult to distinguish from legend and propaganda. In its early years, MEI was an informal organization, more akin to a club for like-minded individuals than a scholarly institution. Its members met from time to time to discuss their travels in the Middle East, and an annual conference was held at the Friends Meeting House on Florida Avenue. This would change dramatically in the first few years after 1946. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a period of rapid growth for the Institute and by 1955, less than a decade after its founding, MEI's membership had grown to over 500. The monthly newsletter, intended primarily for members and consisting largely of announcements regarding the Institute itself, evolved in 1953 into the Middle East Report, an illustrated magazine that appealed to a much wider audience. MEI began to publish books under its own imprint, the library expanded, and soon the Institute outgrew its original home. From a small office at 1906 Florida Ave, Keiser moved the organization to a temporary location on 19th Street, and finally to two adjoining townhouses on N Street near Dupont Circle, its home to this day. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…

Trade paperback. Condición: Very good. 1st Edition. Pages [5], 378-554, [2]. Footnotes. Illustrations. The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The editor-in-chief is Michael Collins Dunn. The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947. This includes articles that address the Iraq War, Turkey, Caspian Energy Projects, Resistance, Jihad, Martyrdom, Lebanese Shi'a, Yemeni National Unity, Regional Divisions, Palestinian Christian, Jordan. Iran, Coup, and Interfaith. Authors include Paul Williams, Stephen Day. The Middle East Journal is an indispensable resource for research and analysis, examining emerging trends and persistent challenges in a complex regional environment. First printed in 1947, MEJ is the oldest peer-reviewed publication in North America dedicated to the study of the contemporary Middle East. MEJ features the work of leading scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and area experts from around the world, including from the Middle East itself. In 1946, inspired by his experiences in the region prior to World War II, George Camp Keiser established a center for the study of the Middle East. An architect by training and a student of Islamic architecture, Keiser brought together a group of individuals who shared his interest in the region and his conviction that its importance in world affairs would only increase as the century progressed. The group he assembled included a number of Washington's most prominent scholars and statesmen: Christian A. Herter, a congressman from Massachusetts who would go on to become Dwight Eisenhower's secretary of state and an advocate for the nascent concepts of global justice and the international rule of law; Ambassador George Allen; Harvey P. Hall, a former instructor at the American University of Beirut and Robert College in Istanbul; and Halford L. Hoskins, an academic who directed what would eventually become the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Though their backgrounds varied, these men recognized how foreign policy was evolving. Together they wrote in a 1948 pamphlet that the very concepts of global strategy, security, and national interest would need "much reconsideration" in the post-war era. Nowhere, they argued, were these lessons more important than in the Middle East. Keiser and his colleagues envisioned a center of learning where leaders from disparate fields could converge and collaborate in order "to increase knowledge of the Middle East among citizens of the United States and to promote a better understanding between the peoples of these two areas." This broad mandate was to be pursued through five specific means: a quarterly journal and other periodicals and books; a library dedicated exclusively to the Middle East and pertinent global issues; courses in the languages, history, cultures, religions, and politics of the region; research, writing, and publications by and for scholars in the emerging field of Middle East studies; and conferences and public lectures that would provide a forum for discussion of the region. In all of these pursuits, the Institute would commit to a position of political neutrality and attempt to deal objectively with a region in which facts have often been difficult to distinguish from legend and propaganda. In its early years, MEI was an informal organization, more akin to a club for like-minded individuals than a scholarly institution. Its members met from time to time to discuss their travels in the Middle East, and an annual conference was held at the Friends Meeting House on Florida Avenue. This would change dramatically in the first few years after 1946. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a period of rapid growth for the Institute and by 1955, less than a decade after its founding, MEI's membership had grown to over 500. The monthly newsletter, intended primarily for members and consisting largely of announcements regarding the Institute itself, evolved in 1953 into the Middle East Report, an illustrated magazine that appealed to a much wider audience. MEI began to publish books under its own imprint, the library expanded, and soon the Institute outgrew its original home. From a small office at 1906 Florida Ave, Keiser moved the organization to a temporary location on 19th Street, and finally to two adjoining townhouses on N Street near Dupont Circle, its home to this day. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…

Trade paperback. Condición: Good. [2], 179-347, [1] pages. Footnotes. Chronology. Pencil comments and underlining noted. The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The editor-in-chief is Michael Collins Dunn. The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947. In this issue is an article by Richard Russell entitled "Iraq's Chemical Weapons Legacy: What Others Might Learn". Other topics covered in this Special Issue include: Iranian Security, Bantustans, Palestinian State, Turkish-Israeli relationship, Turkey's relationships with the European Union and the United States. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [6], 7-175, [5] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slightwear and soiling.…

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [7], 532-699, [17] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. Annual List of Periodical Under Survey. Annual Table of Contents. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slightwear and soiling.…

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [6], 187-345, [3] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slightwear and soiling. …

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [7], 376--537, [3] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has sslight wear and soiling. …

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [7], 8--171, [5] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling.…

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [7], 8--182, [6} pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has sslight wear and soiling.…

Wraps. Includes illustrations. [7], 8--171, [5] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slightwear and soiling.…

Magazine. Condición: Good. Future Publications, July 1953 issue; 13.5cm x 18.5cm; 158pp., [2, ads]. Digest of hardboiled crime and suspense stories with one feature ("Dig My Grave", Harold Q. Masur), one novelette ("The Big Deal", Stewart Sterling), & nine short stories ("Hula Homicide", Will Oursler; "Easy to Kill", Dorothy Dunn; "Better Off Dead", Michael Avallone; "Booty and the Beast", Day Keene; "The Smell of Blood", Hunt Collins; "Vengeance", John Stephens; "The Dip Detail", C.M. Kornbluth; "Cheat", Sam Cobb; "Three's a Shroud", Bruce Walton), plus editorial, movie and book reviews. Cover by Allan, illustrations by Orban, Freas, Miller, and Berwin. Spine remains uncreased, stapled bind remains sturdy and intact; text is very good throughout; minor chipping at spine ends, wraps a little bit puckered over spine; gentle crease to front cover, else only minor rubbing, edgewear to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

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Soft cover. Condición: As New. Academic Journal softcover pp419-622. See image for contents. Condition As New.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 185p (7p) With illustrations and reproductions, an exhibition catalogue with essays about the art of Girolamo Nerli and his time in New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, his influences in Australia, towards a Nerli chronology and a catalogue raisonne.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Dunedin Public Art Gallery during 1988. Description: 185, [7] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Wraps. This is a Special Issue on Israel. Includes illustrations. [6], 355-520, [4] pages. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography of Periodical Literature. The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes: * Articles written by renowned scholars, foreign policy analysts and area experts. Each article offers unique insights invaluable to the scholar and lay reader alike. * A Chronology maintained continuously since 1947. Organized by subject and country, the chronology is a reference source without rival. * Book Reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle Eastern studies. Full-length reviews, as well as annotations of recent publications, permit the serious reader to keep abreast of current literature on the area. Every subscriber to the Journal receives complimentary access to the electronic version of the Journal. This fully searchable, downloadable version includes access back through 2004. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slightwear and soiling.…

Trade paperback. [7], 352-510 p. Includes illustrations. Footnotes The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 by George Camp Keiser and former Secretary of State Christian Herter and since then "has been an important conduit of information between Middle Eastern nations and American policymakers, organizations and the public." Their website goes on to note that they "publish quarterly one of the most prestigious journals on the Middle East, The Middle East Journal." This special issue recognizes that technological revolutions are hard to date, unlike political revolutions. Technological revolutions can promote, or provoke, political and social changes as is evident in the arab work from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula during 2011. The printing press was of enormous importance to Egypt after Napoleon first brought on into the country; today electrons can fly across borders in many cases with ease, but not without risk. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Special Issue: The Information Revolution. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed, limited issue, printed before the Trade edition. Edited with an Introduction by Graham Fawcett. Octavo. 80pp. Quarter calf and red cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt, All edges gilt. Illustrated. A fine copy in publisher's cloth-covered slipcase Limited to 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by fourteen of the contributing poets as issued including: Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, D. J. Enright, Harry Guest, Glyn Hughes, Wole Soyinka, Michael Schmidt, Edward Lucie-Smith, Fleur Adcock, Ted Walker, Douglas Dunn, Michael Hamburger, Christopher Hampton, and Tanikawa Shuntaro. In addition to which there is a signed dedication by Sam Wanamaker on the title page. Sam Wanamaker was instrumental in the re-opening of the modern Globe Theatre which had it's first performance in 1997. The smaller, indoor playhouse was affectionately named after him and is now nearly ten years old. Scarce. Overall Very Good condition, save for slipcase which has minor stains on the upper and lower end. There are small surface area scratch marks on the front and back board of the slipcase. Faint traces of rubbing. Authors.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condición: Very Good. Vol. 1, No. 1. Edited by Stephen Bond. Cover art by Allan forDig My Grave" (short novel) by Harold Q. Masur. Includes "The Big Deal" (novelette) by Stewart Sterling; "Hula Homicide" by Will Oursler; "Easy to Kill" by Dorothy Dunn; "Better Off Dead" by Michael Avallone; "Booty and the Beast" by Day Keene; "The Smell of Blood" by Hunt Collins; "Vengeance" by John Stephens; "The Dip Detail" by C. M. Kornbluth; "Cheat" by Sam Cobb; "Three's a Shroud" by Bruce Walton. Departments: "Editorial"; "Movie of the Month"; "The New Books" by Hans Stefan Santesson. llustrated by D. Miller, Freas, Miller, Orban, and Berwin. Tanning; creasing; short creased front foredge etars; marks on cover in pencil. Book.…

Trade paperback. Condición: Very good. 1st Edition. Pages 1-189, [3]. Footnotes. Illustrations. Some of this is printed in a two-column format. The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. The editor-in-chief is Michael Collins Dunn. The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947. This issue focuses on Iran and It's Neighbors. Articles in this issue include Iran's New Iraq by Ray Takeyh, A Stable Structure on Shifting sands: Assessing the Hizbullah-Iran-Syria Relationship by Abbas Samil, Libya's New Direction including Libya's Nuclear Turnaround: Perspectives from Tripoli by Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, The Changing Libyan Economy: Causes and Consequences by Ronald Bruce St John and From the Myth of European Union Accession to Disillusion: Implications for Religious and Ethnic Polarization in Turkey by Deniz Gokalp and Seda Unsar. The Middle East Journal is an indispensable resource for research and analysis, examining emerging trends and persistent challenges in a complex regional environment. First printed in 1947, MEJ is the oldest peer-reviewed publication in North America dedicated to the study of the contemporary Middle East. MEJ features the work of leading scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and area experts from around the world, including from the Middle East itself. In 1946, inspired by his experiences in the region prior to World War II, George Camp Keiser established a center for the study of the Middle East. An architect by training and a student of Islamic architecture, Keiser brought together a group of individuals who shared his interest in the region and his conviction that its importance in world affairs would only increase as the century progressed. The group he assembled included a number of Washington's most prominent scholars and statesmen: Christian A. Herter, a congressman from Massachusetts who would go on to become Dwight Eisenhower's secretary of state and an advocate for the nascent concepts of global justice and the international rule of law; Ambassador George Allen; Harvey P. Hall, a former instructor at the American University of Beirut and Robert College in Istanbul; and Halford L. Hoskins, an academic who directed what would eventually become the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Though their backgrounds varied, these men recognized how foreign policy was evolving. Together they wrote in a 1948 pamphlet that the very concepts of global strategy, security, and national interest would need "much reconsideration" in the post-war era. Nowhere, they argued, were these lessons more important than in the Middle East. Keiser and his colleagues envisioned a center of learning where leaders from disparate fields could converge and collaborate in order "to increase knowledge of the Middle East among citizens of the United States and to promote a better understanding between the peoples of these two areas." This broad mandate was to be pursued through five specific means: a quarterly journal and other periodicals and books; a library dedicated exclusively to the Middle East and pertinent global issues; courses in the languages, history, cultures, religions, and politics of the region; research, writing, and publications by and for scholars in the emerging field of Middle East studies; and conferences and public lectures that would provide a forum for discussion of the region. In all of these pursuits, the Institute would commit to a position of political neutrality and attempt to deal objectively with a region in which facts have often been difficult to distinguish from legend and propaganda. In its early years, MEI was an informal organization, more akin to a club for like-minded individuals than a scholarly institution. Its members met from time to time to discuss their travels in the Middle East, and an annual conference was held at the Friends Meeting House on Florida Avenue. This would change dramatically in the first few years after 1946. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a period of rapid growth for the Institute and by 1955, less than a decade after its founding, MEI's membership had grown to over 500. The monthly newsletter, intended primarily for members and consisting largely of announcements regarding the Institute itself, evolved in 1953 into the Middle East Report, an illustrated magazine that appealed to a much wider audience. MEI began to publish books under its own imprint, the library expanded, and soon the Institute outgrew its original home. From a small office at 1906 Florida Ave, Keiser moved the organization to a temporary location on 19th Street, and finally to two adjoining townhouses on N Street near Dupont Circle, its home to this day. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…