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From Abdullah to Hussein : Jordan in transition / Robert B. Satloff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satloff, Robert B. (Robert Barry), author.
- Series:
- Studies in Middle Eastern history.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Studies in Middle Eastern history
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999.
- Jordan--Politics and government.
- Jordan.
- Local Subjects:
- Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the six-year period in modern Jordanian political history when the Hashemite kingdom was in crisis. Based on interviews and archival resources, it provides an examination of the early years of King Hussein's rule, when power rested in the hands of the King's advisors.
- Contents:
- Contents; Notes on Transliteration and Usage; Introduction: The Passing of an Era Already Past; 1 A Kingdom Without a King; 2 Kingpins, Kingmakers, and Would-be Kings; 3 The Short Unhappy Reign of King Talal; 4 Abu'l Huda in Command; 5 From Liberty to License; 6 Abu'l Huda's Last Hurrah; 7 Hussein and the Baghdad Pact; 8 Charting a New Course; 9 The Kingdom Unraveled; 10 The Kingdom Restored; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771324-6
- 1-280-52663-7
- 0-19-535984-4
- 1-4294-0563-5
- OCLC:
- 466425104
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