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The contemporary Middle East : a Westview reader /
An anthology of incisive essays on contemporary political situations in the Middle East, with emphases on Israel and Palestine, Iraq and Iran, Islamist non-state actors, and the Arab Spring in Egypt and Syria.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Westview Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MAPS; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; A Note on Editorial Matters; Summary of Recent Events, 2011-2012; PART I: HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVES; Map I.1. The Middle East; 1. The Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East; Map 1.1. Middle East languages; Map 1.2. Middle East religions; Map 1.3. Present extent of Islam; 2. The Roots of Arab Bitterness; Map 2.1. The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916; Map 2.2. The Middle Eastern Mandates, 1924; 3. Islamist Perceptions of US Policy in the Middle East; 4. Global Energy and the Middle East; 5. New US Policies for a New Middle East?
- 6. Cairo SpeechPART II: ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS; Map II. 1. Israel; Map II. 2. Palestine; Map II. 3. United Nations plan for partitioning Palestine, 1947; 7. Israel and the Arabs, and Beyond; 8. The United States and Israel; 9. The Palestinians; 10. Sharon's Fence; 11. Whither the Palestinians?; 12. Ethnicity and Nation-Building in the State of Israel; 13. Syria's Threat to Israel; 14. The Iranian Nuclear Threat Against Israel; PART III: IRAQ AND IRAN; Map III. 2. Iran; 15. Pashtunistan: Afghanistan, Pakistan-and Iraq; 16. The Land and People of Modern Iraq.
- Map 16.1. Ethnoreligious groups in Iraq17. Impacts of the Iraq War; 18. America's Troubled Moment in the Middle East; 19. Maliki Consolidates Power in Post-Saddam Iraq; 20. The Iranian Revolution and Its Consequences; 21. Islamic Republic of Iran: Political Dynamics and Foreign Policy; 22. Iran's Regional Foreign Policy; 23. Iran, Israel, and the United States; 24. The Iranian Predicament; PART V: THE ISLAMISTS; 25. Islamists and Democracy: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; 26. Talking to Terrorists: Hamas and Hezbollah; PART V: THE ARAB SPRING; 27. The Arab Spring, 2011.
- 28. Egypt: Mubarak and After29. Bashar al-Asad, Syria, and the Arab Spring; 30. The Arab World at the Intersection of the National and Transnational; PART VI: LOOKING FORWARD; 31. The Contemporary Middle East: Some Questions, Some Answers; Select Bibliography; Glossary; Notable Persons; Chronology Since World War I; Index.