The Thousand Year War

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Description

The Thousand Year War in the Mideast by Richard J. Maybury explains how events on the other side of the world a thousand years ago can affect us more than events in our own hometowns today.

The Thousand Year War in the Mideast is a concise European/Mideast history course in which readers learn about the Russians, Serbs, Croats, the Balkans, Kosovo, the Ottoman and Mongol empires, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Russia, Oman, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Kurdistan, and more.

The events of the Thousand Year War have been the cause of great shocks to our economy and investment markets, including: the oil embargoes, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Iraq-Kuwait war, and the Caucasus Wars over the Caspian Sea oil basin, and the September 11th attack. These shocks are likely to remain so for decades to come.

Forewarned is forearmed. Understanding where the Thousand Year War is leading can help you to manage your career, business and investments, as well as reach an informed opinion regarding U.S. involvement in Mideast affairs.

Using the epistolary style of writing (using letters to tell a story), Mr. Maybury plays the part of an economist (Uncle Eric) writing a series of letters to his niece or nephew (Chris). Using stories and examples, Mr. Maybury gives interesting and clear explanations of topics that are generally thought to be too difficult for anyone but experts.

Mr. Maybury warns, “beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. Many people are twice as smart as they think they are, but they’ve been intimidated into believing some topics are above them. You can understand almost anything if it is explained well.”

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Table of Contents

1. Terrorism or Retaliation
2. Three Root Causes
3. Muddying the Waters
4. How Many?
5. How Would You React?
6. Three Religions
7. They Think Differently
8. The Lost Civilization
9. The European Attack
10. The Barbary Wars
11. The Ruling Gangs
12. Rich vs. Poor
13. Carving the World
14. U.S. Aid to Soviets
15. The Invicible Secret Weapon
16. Amazing Mystery
17. The Israeli Tragedy
18. Playing One Against the Other
19. The Coming Messiahs
20. The Ultimate Weapon
21. Kill One, Create Ten More
22. High Tech and CBN
23. Loyalty of Russian Troops
24. Loyalty of American Troops
25. Why Die for an Interest?
26. Some Economics of the Thousand Year War
27. Go to High Risk Areas
28. A Small But Revealing Research Project
29. Liberty Not Democracy
30. Summary
31. The Murderous Cycle
32. The New Wars in Chaostan
Appendix
A Brief History of the Iraq-Kuwait War
Chaostan
Loose Cannons
Bibliography and Suggested Readings

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Reviews

“Hello Uncle Eric, I’ve been devouring your set of books and have read aways into The Thousand Year War. It’s uncanny how you foresaw the Middle East events that we’re being consumed with today.”

— Letter from a reader

“This model (i.e. the completion of all the books) would yield a politically aware, fiscally intelligent young adult who is ready to move on to the entrepreneurial world or university level studies.”

—Martha Robinson, Reviewer for HomeschoolChristian.com

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Awards

Over the past several years, The Uncle Eric Series has won awards in both the Government and Worldview Curriculum categories of Mary Pride’s Practical Homeschooling® Reader Awards™. These awards are determined based on votes from readers.  We are especially honored by these wins, as the awards were based — not just on popularity — but on the readers’ satisfaction.  For all those who have voted over the years: Thank you!

“Your books (the Uncle Eric books) are among the few I recommend for every high-schooler as ‘must reads’ before graduation.”

—Mary Pride, Publisher of Practical Homeschooling®