| The Gulf conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and war in the new world order L Freedman, E Karsh Princeton University Press, 1993 | 983 | 1993 |
| Saddam Hussein: A political biography E Karsh, I Rautsi Grove Press, 2002 | 451 | 2002 |
| Islamic imperialism: A history E Karsh Yale University Press, 2013 | 373 | 2013 |
| The Iran–Iraq War 1980–1988 E Karsh Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 | 370 | 2014 |
| Neutrality and small states E Karsh Routledge, 2012 | 312 | 2012 |
| Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789–1923 E Karsh, I Karsh Harvard University Press, 2001 | 268 | 2001 |
| Fabricating Israeli history: the" new historians" E Karsh Taylor & Francis, 2000 | 259 | 2000 |
| How kuwait was won: Strategy in the gulf war L Freedman, E Karsh International Security 16 (2), 5-41, 1991 | 161* | 1991 |
| The Iran-Iraq War: A Military Analysis E Karsh (No Title), 1987 | 121 | 1987 |
| Palestine betrayed E Karsh Yale University Press, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
| Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest E Karsh Grove Press, 2004 | 108 | 2004 |
| Energy first J Liangxiang Middle East Quarterly, 2005 | 102 | 2005 |
| The Iran-Iraq war: impact and implications E Karsh Springer, 1989 | 102 | 1989 |
| The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Palestine War 1948 E Karsh Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 | 92 | 2014 |
| The Iran-Iraq War E Karsh The Rosen Publishing Group, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| The Soviet Union and Syria E Karsh Routledge, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Geopolitical determinism: The origins of the Iran-Iraq war E Karsh Middle East Journal 44 (2), 256-268, 1990 | 70 | 1990 |
| Why Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait E Karsh, I Rautsi Survival 33 (1), 18-30, 1991 | 64 | 1991 |
| How the" Sons of Iraq" Stabilized Iraq M Wilbanks, E Karsh Middle East Quarterly, 2010 | 56 | 2010 |
| Soviet policy towards Syria since 1970 E Karsh Springer, 1991 | 55 | 1991 |
