Understand the Middle East (since 1945) [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Stewart.

Series:

Teach Yourself History

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Education, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understand the Middle East (since 1945)is an essential guide to one of the world's most turbulent regions.

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Meet the author; Only got a minute?; Only got five minutes?; Only got ten minutes?; 1 The crossroads of the world; What is the Middle East?; The geography of the Middle East; Peoples and societies; Religion; 2 States and mandates: Middle Eastern politics to the end of the Second World War; Ottoman collapse; Three agreements; The Arabian peninsula; Iran; Egypt; Iraq; Syria, Lebanon and Transjordan; 3 The promised land; Palestine; Zion; The British mandate; The State of Israel; 4 Gamal Abdul Nasser; The First Arab-Israeli War; A region of instability; Nasser

The Suez crisis5 War to war; The Suez War; The consequences of Suez; Between the wars; The Palestinians; The path to war; 6 Divisions and developments 1967-73; The Six Day War; The consequences of war; Enter Sadat and Assad; Palestine militant; Sadat's patience runs out; The Fourth Arab-Israeli War; The oil weapon; 7 Lebanon bleeds; Uneasy peace; Civil war; Israeli intervention; Israeli invasion; Towards settlement; 8 Camp David; 'We can negotiate'; Shuttle diplomacy; A moment in history; Camp David; 9 Revolution and war; King of Kings; The Iranian Revolution; The rise of Saddam Hussein

10 IntifadaFruitless negotiation; The Palestinians; Intifada; The state of Palestine; Hopes of settlement; 11 Desert Storm; Saddam bankrupt; Operation Desert Shield; Operation Desert Storm; Repercussions and revolts; 12 The 1990s: Searching for settlement; Instability, religion and power; The Declaration of Principles; Struggling for peace; A broader peace; The peace process crumbles; The Second Intifada; 13 Decision time: 9/11 and the Arab world; The Middle East in 2001; 9/11 and America's War on Terror; A new millennium: 1. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

A new millennium: 2. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf14 Tragedy and intransigence: Iraq and Iran in the new millennium; Insurgency and democracy; Towards settlement; Twenty-first-century Iran; 15 Israel-Palestine in the new century; New century, old problems; Peace plans and disengagement; Olmert, Abbas and Hamas; More jaw, more war; Glossary; A; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z; Taking it further; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78402-248-9

1-282-95781-3

9786612957819

1-4441-2735-7

OCLC:

701704496