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The new A-Z of the Middle East / Alain Gresh and Dominique Vidal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gresh, Alain.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Dictionaries.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Middle East--Dictionaries.
- Middle East.
- Middle East Region.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 418 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- A-Z of the Middle East
- Cent portes du Proche-orient.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2004.
- Summary:
- The indispensable guide to political conflict in today's Middle East--revised to include the recent developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Packed with facts, figures and brilliantly informed background analysis, this is an essential, highly readable guide to the political struggles in today's Middle East. Written by two experts on the region, this up-to-date and much-needed handbook provides the vital keys required in understanding the various social, religious and economic trends, political events and personalities that have shaped its destiny. Covering all the principal issues that have affected the region since the break-up of the Ottoman Empire, The New A-Z of The Middle East takes into account recent developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict, as well as the current crisis in Iraq, reformist movements in Iran, and the status of political Islam throughout the region.
- Contents:
- Articles A-Z.
- Notes:
- Updated ed. of: A-Z of the Middle East. London : Zed, 1990, which was a translation of: Les cent portes du Proche-orient.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-392) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1860643264
- OCLC:
- 54957488
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