Reaching for power : the Shiʻa in the modern Arab world /

"This groundbreaking book addresses the crucial importance of Shi'is to the U.S. endeavor. Yet it also alerts readers to the strong nationalist sentiments of Shi'is, underscoring the difficult challenge that the United States faces in attempting to impose a new order in the Middle Eas...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nakash, Yitzhak (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1900-2005.
Shiites > Middle East.
Islam and politics > Middle East.
Islam and politics.
Chiites > Moyen-Orient.
Islam et politique.
Islamisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Islam and politics
Shiites
Politik
Schiiten
Sjiʻisme.
Politieke macht.
Middle East
Naher Osten
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Shiʻi-led reformation
  • The burden of the past
  • Containment politics in the Persian Gulf
  • The struggle for power in Iraq
  • The revival of Shiʻism in Lebanon
  • Between aspirations and reality.

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