UID:
edocfu_9959230302502883
Format:
1 online resource (296 p.)
Edition:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
1-134-43291-7
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0-203-41193-5
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1-283-96167-9
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1-134-43292-5
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1-280-09973-9
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0-203-40325-8
Content:
Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the latest developments in the Middle East. This book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region.This third edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War and the key themes that have characterized the region since then.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The end of empires : the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states --
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The growth of state power in the Arab world : the single-party regimes --
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The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative --
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Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations --
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State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War --
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The remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf wars --
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The politics of economic restructuring --
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Parties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world --
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The politics of religious revival --
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The military in and out of politics --
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Some important non-state actors --
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America attempts to remake the Middle East --
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The Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-29714-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-29713-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203403259
