A History of the Modern Middle East (Third Edition)

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Synopsis
From the preface: This book is intended to introduce Middle Eastern history to students and general readers who have not previously studied the subject. In the pages that follow, the term Middle East refers to the region from Egypt in the west through Iran in the east, and from Turkey in the north to the Arabian Peninsula in the south. I am aware that sound arguments exist for extending the geographical coverage to include Arab North Africa, the Sudan, and Islamic Afghanistan. However, for purposes of coherence and manageability, I concentrate on the central Middle East and therefore have eliminated from this edition the section on the independent Islamic republics of Central Asia. The primary chronological focus of the book is from the late eighteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Most of the chapters in Part Five have been revised, reorganized, and updated. Thus, Chapter 23 introduces the second intifada and attempts to place it in both its local and regional contexts, and Chapter 24 examines the impact of the election of an Islamist-oriented majority government in Turkey in 2002 as well as the significance of the clash between Iranian President Khatami's efforts to introduce reforms and the established ulama's ability to maintain the status quo. And finally, although this book is an examination of the past, not of the present or the future, the dramatic events of September 11, 2001, and the US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq to which those events gave rise warranted, in my opinion, some analysis, however tentative and incomplete. This I have provided in an Epilogue.
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
602 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780813340487
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N/A
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Copyrighted By:
Westview Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction
Submitted By:
Collection Development Specialist
Proofread By:
Collection Development Specialist
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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