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The Middle East Enters the Twenty-first Century.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Robert Owen
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internationalism--Middle East--Congresses.
- Islam and politics--Middle East--Congresses.
- Middle East--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--Congresses.
- Middle East--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.
- Nationalism--Middle East--Congresses.
- Middle East.
- Local Subjects:
- Internationalism--Middle East--Congresses.
- Islam and politics--Middle East--Congresses.
- Middle East--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--Congresses.
- Middle East--Politics and government--20th century--Congresses.
- Nationalism--Middle East--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : UPF, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ''Succinctly laying out the problems and prospects for the Middle East in the new century, Freedman's book will be widely read in classrooms across the country.''--Glenn E. Robinson, Naval Postgraduate School This collection analyzes the impact of the three major developments of the latter part of the 20th century on the future of the Middle East in the 21st century: the Arab-Israeli peace process, the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface ix; Introduction 1; I. The Persian Gulf and Turkey; 1. The Legacy of Iraq's Past and the Promise of Its Future 11; 2. Iran: Slouching toward the Twenty-first Century 35; 3. The Arabian Peninsula Monarchies from Camp David Ito Camp David II 62; 4. From Swamp to Backyard: The Middle East in Turkish Foreign Policy 80; II. The Arab-Israeli Core Area; 5. Israel Enters the Twenty-first Century: Hegemonic Crisis in the Holy Land 113; 6. The Palestinian National Movement: From Catastrophe to Disaster 137; 7. Jordan: Walking a Tightrope 154
- 8. Flanks, Balances, and Withdrawals: Syrian Policy in the Middle East since the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty 1779. Lebanon since 1979: Syria, Hizballah, and the War against Peacein the Middle East 207; III. Egypt and North Africa; 10. Egypt: Moribund between Past and Future 229; 11. Militant Islam and the State in North Africa 247; IV. The Outside Powers; 12. U.S. Policy toward the Middle East 267; 13. Russian Policy in the Middle East under Yeltsin and Putin 288; The Impact of September 11: The Bush Administration, the European Union, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict 331; Bibliography 371
- Contributors 381Index 385
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3110-9
- OCLC:
- 476046182
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