In this Arab time : the pursuit of deliverance / Fouad Ajami.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ajami, Fouad, author.

Contributor:

Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; Number 623.

Hoover Institution Press Publication ; Number 623

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab nationalism--Case studies.

Arab nationalism.

Arab countries--Politics and government--1945-.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of bold and wide-ranging essays, Fouad Ajami offers his views on the Middle East, commenting on the state of affairs in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt and more. He brings into focus the current struggles of the region through detailed historical standpoints and a highly personal perspective. The author discusses such landmark past events as the Algerian civil war, the state of the Arab world shortly after 9/11, and the pan-Arab awakening that began in 2011, as well as current events such as the Syrian rebellion and the repercussions of its brutal response from Bashar al-Assad. In

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; In Memoriam; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A World Foreshadowed; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Part II; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Part III; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Part IV; Chapter 11; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Working Group on Islamism and the International Order; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2014).

ISBN:

0-8179-1494-3

0-8179-1498-6

OCLC:

894791155