Critical Turning Points In The Middle East

Author : N. Al-Rodhan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230306764
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Turning Points in the Middle East written by N. Al-Rodhan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources.

Author : Yakub Halabi
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 0754695816
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Us Foreign Policy in the Middle East written by Yakub Halabi and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US foreign policy in the Middle East has for the most part been shaped by the eruption of major crises that have revealed the deficiency in and bankruptcy of existing consensus and conceptions. Crises generate a new set of ideas to address the roots of the crisis and construct a new reality that would best serve US interests. Further, crises stimulate new ideological and ideational debates that de-legitimate existing practices and prevailing ideas. Yakub Halabi analyzes the way ideas and conceptions have guided US foreign policy in the Middle East, the erection of institutions through which these ideas were brought into practice, and the manner in which these ideas became obsolete and were modified by new ideas. The selection of crises examined is persuasive and provides a critical lens to observe important turning points in American foreign policy.

Author : Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438124678
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Point written by Facts On File, Incorporated and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen original essays analyze the progress the has been made since the official end of the Iraq War.

Author : Stefanie Wichhart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755634535
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain, Egypt, and Iraq during World War II written by Stefanie Wichhart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the tumultuous war years through the lens of the British Embassies in Cairo and Baghdad, demonstrating the role that the Second World War played in shaping the political and social map of the contemporary Middle East. The war served as a catalyst for seismic changes in Arab society and the emergence of new movements that provided powerful critiques of British intervention and of the governments that facilitated it, making the war a critical turning point in Britain's empire in the Middle East.

Author : Bruce Riedel
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815737351
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beirut 1958 written by Bruce Riedel and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out about the 1958 U.S. intervention that succeeded and apply those lessons to today's conflicts in the Middle East In July 1958, U.S. Marines stormed the beach in Beirut, Lebanon, ready for combat. They were greeted by vendors and sunbathers. Fortunately, the rest of their mission—helping to end Lebanon's first civil war—went nearly as smoothly and successfully, thanks in large part to the skillful work of American diplomats who helped arrange a compromise solution. Future American interventions in the region would not work out quite as well. Bruce Riedel's new book tells the now-forgotten story (forgotten, that is, in the United States) of the first U.S. combat operation in the Middle East. President Eisenhower sent the Marines in the wake of a bloody coup in Iraq, a seismic event that altered politics not only of that country but eventually of the entire region. Eisenhower feared that the coup, along with other conspiracies and events that seemed mysterious back in Washington, threatened American interests in the Middle East. His action, and those of others, were driven in large part by a cast of fascinating characters whose espionage and covert actions could be grist for a movie. Although Eisenhower's intervention in Lebanon was unique, certainly in its relatively benign outcome, it does hold important lessons for today's policymakers as they seek to deal with the always unexpected challenges in the Middle East. Veteran analyst Bruce Reidel describes the scene as it emerged six decades ago, and he suggests that some of the lessons learned then are still valid today. A key lesson? Not to rush to judgment when surprised by the unexpected. And don't assume the worst.

Author : Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755601424
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State-Building in the Middle East and North Africa written by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have state-building projects across the MENA region proven to be so difficult for so long? Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, the countries of the region began a violent and divisive process of state formation. But a century later, state-building remains inconclusive. This book traces the emergence and evolution of state-building across the MENA region and identifies the main factors that impeded its success: the slow end of the Ottoman Empire; the experience of colonialism; and the rise of nationalistic and religious movements. The authors reveal the ways in which the post-colonial state proved itself authoritarian and formed on the model of the colonial state. They also identify the nationalist and Islamist movements that competed for political leadership across the nascent systems, enabling the military to establish a grip on the security apparatus and national economies. Finally, in the context of the Arab Spring and its conflict-filled aftermath, this book shows how external powers reasserted their interventionism. In outlining the reasons why regional states remained hollow and devoid of legitimacy, each of the contributors shows that recent conflicts and crises are deeply connected to the foundational period of one century ago. Edited by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, the volume features contributions by stellar scholars including Faleh Abdel Jabar, Lisa Anderson, Bertrand Badie, François Burgat, Benoit Challand, Ahmad Khalidi, Henry Laurens, Bruce Rutherford, Jordi Tejel and Ghassan Salamé.

Author : Mark Ensalaco
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201876
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle Eastern Terrorism written by Mark Ensalaco and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Since the first airplane hijacking by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in September 1970, Middle Eastern terrorists have sacrificed innocent human lives in the name of ideology. From Black September to the Munich Olympics, to the embassy bombing in Beirut, to the devastating attacks of September 11 and beyond, terrorism has emerged as the most important security concern of our time. "Where did this come from?" Inspired by a student's question on the morning of September 11, 2001, Mark Ensalaco has written a thoroughly researched narrative account of the origins of Middle Eastern terrorism, addressing when and why terrorists started targeting Americans and American interests and what led to the September 11 attacks. Ensalaco reveals the changing of motivations from secular Palestinian nationalism to militant Islam and demonstrates how competition among terrorists for resources and notoriety has driven them to increasingly extreme tactics. As he argues, terrorist attacks grew from spectacle to atrocity. Drawing on popular works and scholarly sources, Middle Eastern Terrorism tells this story in rich detail and with great clarity and insight.

Author : Ali Carkoglu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134648871
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East written by Ali Carkoglu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that co-operation between the more open regimes in the Middle East, such as Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Turkey, could pave the way to increased stability in the region.

Author : Eamonn Gearon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629972534
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Points in Middle Eastern History written by Eamonn Gearon and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ferhad Ibrahim
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825847449
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey written by Ferhad Ibrahim and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the core of the interest are the controversy on the political implementation of violence, the relevance of the international law for the conflict, the regional and foreign relations of the PKK, and the chances and obstacles of a peaceful democratic conflict resolution."--Jacket.