Middle East 101 : a beginner's guide for deployers, travelers, and concerned citizens /

This work answers 101 essential questions on the Middle East, Islam, the Arab Spring, al-Qa'ida, and ISIS for those wanting to begin an intellectual immersion into the complexities of the region from pre-biblical times to the post-Arab Spring era.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Aboul-Enein, Youssef H. (Author), Stanik, Joseph T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Islam.
Islam
Middle East > History.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire.
Middle East.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The physical and human geography of the Middle East
  • The ancient Middle East
  • The prophet Muhammad and emergence of Islam
  • The high Caliphate
  • Islamic law and medieval Muslim civilization
  • Invaders, conquerors, and warriors
  • The rise of the Ottoman and Safavid dynasties
  • The rise of Western influence in the Middle East
  • The emergence of nationalism in the Middle East
  • The Middle East between the world wars
  • Egyptian independence, the Zionist movement, and the creation of Israel
  • Turkey after Ataturk, Iran under Mohammed Reza Shah and the Arab world after World War II
  • The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1967-73
  • Revolutionary Iran
  • Developments in Egypt since 1973
  • National tragedies in Lebanon and Syria
  • Iraq from the rise of Saddam to the fragile beginnings of democracy
  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process since the late 1980s
  • Understanding Islamist extremism in the twenty-first century.

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