Politics of the Middle East: cultures and conflicts / (Record no. 1696)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780131594241 (pbk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0131594249 (pbk.) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 956 |
Item number | ROS/P |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Roskin, Michael |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Politics of the Middle East: cultures and conflicts / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael G. Roskin, James J. Coyle |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Upper Saddle River, N.J.: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pearson/Prentice Hall, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2008. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xx, 340 p.: ill., maps; |
Dimensions | 24 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | Includes bibliography and index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Feature Boxes xiii<br/>Preface xix<br/>Part I Cultures 1<br/>Chapter 1 Civilization and Its Cradle 1<br/>The Lay of the Land 5<br/>The Importance of the Spoken Word<br/>Shared Cultural Characteristics 9<br/>The Ancients and Their Conflicts 13<br/>The European Empires 17<br/>Conclusions 20<br/>Key Terms 20<br/>Further Reference 21<br/>Chapter 2<br/>The Birth of Islam 22<br/>Muhammad 22<br/>Muhammad’s Role 26<br/>Birth of Shi’ism 27<br/>The Choice of the Caliphs 28 <br/>The Umayyads 30<br/>The Abbasids 32<br/>The Abbasid Caliphate 32<br/>Challenges to Orthodoxy 34<br/>The End of the Arab Empire 35<br/>The Fatimids 35<br/>The Mamluks 35<br/>Iranian Dynasties 38<br/>Conclusions 39<br/>Key Terms 40<br/>Further Reference 40<br/>Chapter 3<br/>The Ottoman Empire 42<br/>The Ottomans 42<br/>The Janissaries 45<br/>The Reign of Sulayman 46<br/>Ottoman Succession 47<br/>Economic Decline 48<br/>The Sick Man of Europe 49<br/>Military Reform 49<br/>The Tanzimat 51<br/>The Committee of Union and Progress 52<br/>World War I 54<br/>Conclusions 55<br/>Key Terms 56<br/>Further Reference 56<br/>Part II Arab-Israeli Conflicts 57<br/>Chapter 4<br/>Origins of the Israel-Palestine War 57<br/>Kingdoms and Conquests 58<br/>The Long Diaspora 62<br/>The Rise of Modem Zionism 64<br/>The Rise of Arab Nationalism 67<br/>The Impact of World War I 68<br/>The Mandate 69<br/>The First Arab-Jewish Clashes 71<br/>Conclusions 76<br/>Key Terms 77<br/>Further Reference 77<br/>Chapter 5<br/>The Very Long War 79<br/>The 1948 War 79<br/>The Origin of Palestinian Refugees 85<br/>The Rise of Nasser 88<br/> The 1956 War 89<br/>The Six Day War 91<br/>The 1973 War 93 The Lebanon Incursion 97<br/>Conclusions 100<br/>Key Terms 101<br/>Further Reference 101<br/>Chapter 6 Is Peace Possible? 102<br/>Sadat’s Incredible Journey 103 <br/>The Problem That Won’t Go Away 105<br/>The Second Palestinian Intifada 112<br/>Incompatible Demands 112<br/>The West Bank 118 Jerusalem 120<br/>Right to Return 121<br/>The Downward Spiral 122<br/>Conclusions 123<br/>Key Terms 123<br/>Further Reference 124<br/>Part III The North 125<br/>Chapter 7<br/>Turkey 125<br/>From Empire to Republic 125<br/>Independence War 126<br/>Independence Tribunals 129 <br/>The Free Party Experiment 130<br/>Ismet Inonii 130<br/>The Democratic Party 131<br/>Military Suspicions 132<br/>Democratic Rule 132<br/>The 1961 Military Revolution 134<br/>New Political Faces 135<br/>The "Coup by Memorandum" 135<br/>Return to Elections 135<br/>The Third Coup 137<br/>The Rise of Refah 138<br/>Military Moves against Refah 140<br/>The Justice and Development Party 142<br/>Terrorism Returns 143<br/>Conclusions 144<br/>Key Terms 145<br/>Further Reference 145<br/>Chapter 8 The Kurds 146<br/>Who Are the Kurds? 146<br/>A History of Seeking a Nation 148<br/>World War I and Its Aftermath 150 <br/>The Simko Rebellion 151<br/>The Mahabad Republic 152<br/>The Rise of Barzani 154<br/>The Role of the United States 156<br/>The Kurds in Iran’s Islamic Revolution 157<br/>The Iran-Iraq War 158<br/>The Kurdish Break with Iraq 159<br/>The First Gulf War 159 The Rise of the PKK 161<br/>The Capture of Ocalan 163<br/>Conclusions 164<br/>Key Terms 165<br/>Further Reference 165<br/>Part IV The Rise of the Oil Kingdoms 167<br/>Chapter 9 Iran 167<br/>The Safavids 167<br/>The Qajars 169<br/>Enter the West 170<br/>The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 172<br/>World War II 175<br/>Shah Muhammad Reza 177<br/>The Soviet Threat 178<br/>Muhammad Mossadeq and Oil 179<br/>Operation Ajax 180<br/>Khomeini’s Opposition to the White Revolution 181<br/>Conclusions 184<br/>Key Terms 184<br/>Further Reference 185<br/>Chapter 10<br/>Saudi Arabia 186<br/>Muhammad ibn Saud 186<br/>Round Two 187<br/>Round Three 189<br/>World War I 190<br/>The Ikhwan 190<br/>Saudi Arabia Enters the World Stage 194<br/>Saudi-Egyptian Rivalry 194<br/>Faisal’s Two Turns 196<br/>The 1967 Arab-Israeli War 198 <br/>The 1973 Arab-Israeli War 199<br/>Kingdom of Denial 200<br/>Conclusions 202<br/>Key Terms 203<br/>Further Reference 203<br/>Chapter 11<br/>Iraq and Kuwait 204<br/>Iraq 204<br/>Post-Faisal Iraq 208<br/>World War II 209<br/>The Rise of the Baath 211<br/>The June 1967 War 213<br/>Kuwait 215<br/>Kuwait’s British Connection 215<br/>Mubarak 216<br/>World War I and Kuwait 217<br/>Conclusions 219<br/>Key Terms 219<br/>Further Reference 219<br/>PartV Conflicts: The Gulf Wars * 221<br/>Chapter 12<br/>The Iranian Revolution and War with Iraq 221<br/>The Pressure Cooker 221<br/>The Beginning of the Revolution 222<br/>Khomeini in Paris 223<br/>The Last Imperial Government 223 <br/>The First Revolutionary Government 225<br/>Iran’s Islamic Constitution 226<br/>The Hostage Crisis 227 <br/>The Failed Hostage Rescue 228<br/>Bani Sadr: The Last of the Liberals 228<br/>The Iran-Iraq War 230<br/>The American Tilt 231<br/>U.S. Naval Involvement 231<br/>Saddam Takes the Offensive 231<br/>Constitutional Crisis 232<br/>The Rafsanjani Years 234 <br/>The Urge to Reform 235<br/>Reformists Blocked 236 <br/>The Iranian Nuclear Crisis 238<br/>Conclusions 239<br/>Key Terms 239<br/>Further Reference 239<br/>Chapter 13<br/>The First Gulf War 241<br/>The Weak American Response 242<br/>The Invasion of Kuwait 245<br/>Kuwaiti Lobbying 247<br/>From Desert Shield to Desert Storm 247<br/> Ground Attack 250<br/>The Failed Rebellions 251<br/>The War over Weapons of Mass Destruction 252<br/>The Clinton Years 253<br/>Conclusions 255<br/>Key Terms 256<br/>Further Reference 256<br/>Chapter 14<br/>The 2003 Iraq War and Aftermath 257<br/>Covert War in Afghanistan 258 <br/>The Iraq War 262<br/>The Quick War 265<br/>From Tyranny to Anarchy 267 <br/>Iraq’s Kurds 271<br/>The Shi’a Problem 273<br/>The Future of Iraq 274<br/>Conclusions 275<br/>Key Terms 275<br/>Further Reference 275<br/>Part VI Islamic Wars? 277<br/>Chapter 15<br/>Middle Eastern Modernization and Democratization 277<br/>Failure of Modernization? 277<br/>Ready for Democracy? 282 <br/>The Rocky Iraqi Road 288<br/>Can Saudi Arabia Democratize? <br/>290 Can Egypt Democratize? 292<br/>Conclusions 294<br/>Key Terms 295 <br/>Further Reference 295<br/>Chapter 16<br/>Political Islam and Terrorism 297<br/>Islamist Terrorism 302<br/>A1 Qaeda 303<br/>Terrorist Attacks 307<br/>9/II 311<br/>Lessons Learned 311<br/>Conclusions 313<br/>Key Terms 313<br/>Further Reference 313<br/>Chapter 17<br/>The United States and the Middle East 315<br/>U.S. Even-Handedness 316 <br/>The Nixon Tilt 317<br/>What Role for America? 321<br/>The Muslim World after the War 322<br/>What Next for U.S. Policy? 323 <br/>Islamic Rage and U.S. Response 326<br/>Conclusions 332<br/>Key Terms 332<br/>Further Reference 332<br/> |
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Geographic name | Middle East. |
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Koha item type | General Books |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 31/05/2016 | 956 ROS/P | P03045 | 10/02/2023 | General Books |