| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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Access to history |
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Access to history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Great Powers in the Middle East 1900-39; 1 The Jewish claim to Palestine; 2 Anglo-French rule in the Middle East 1919-39; 3 British rule in Palestine 1919-39; CHAPTER 2 The final years of the British mandate in Palestine 1945-8; 1 Terrorism and the end of British rule in Palestine 1945-8; 2 The UN partition plan and civil war 1947-8; 3 Key debate; CHAPTER 3 The first Arab-Israeli War 1948-9; 1 The war of 1948-9; 2 The results of the war; 3 Key debate; CHAPTER 4 The Suez Crisis of 1956; 1 Nasser and the origins of the Suez Crisis |
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2 Britain, France, Israel and the Suez WarCHAPTER 5 The Six-day War of 1967; 1 The background to the Six-day War; 2 The conflict and its results; 3 Key debate; CHAPTER 6 War, oil and peacemaking 1967-79; 1 The origins, course and impact of the October War 1973; 2 The politics of oil in the Middle East; 3 Peacemaking at Camp David 1978; CHAPTER 7 Nasser, Egypt and Arab nationalism; 1 The emergence of Arab nationalism; 2 The peak of Arab nationalism 1955-61; 3 Nasser's rule in Egypt; 4 Egypt and Syria after Nasser 1970-2011; 5 Saudi Arabia and the Wahhabi movement; 6 Key debate |
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CHAPTER 8 The PLO, Lebanon and the first Intifada1 The Palestinian diaspora and the PLO; 2 Wars in Lebanon; 3 The Palestinian Intifada 1987; CHAPTER 9 The USA, the Soviet Union and the UN in the Arab-Israeli conflict; 1 The role of the USA in the Middle East; 2 The Soviet role in the Middle East; 3 The UN and the Arab-Israeli conflict; CHAPTER 10 The challenge of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking 1990-2011; 1 The Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement 1993; 2 The problems of peacemaking 1993-9; 3 The second Intifada and after: 2000-11; CHAPTER 11 Turkey, Iraq, Iran and the West 1908-2011 |
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1 Ataturk and the Turkish Republic 1920-502 Iraq: from King Faisal to Saddam Hussein; 3 Iran: from the shah to the ayatollahs; 4 The Iran-Iraq War 1980-8; 5 Iraq, Kuwait and the Gulf War 1990-1; 6 The UN, the USA and the invasion of Iraq 2003; CHAPTER 12 From Arab nationalism to Islamic fundamentalism; 1 The rise of political Islam; 2 Al-Qaida and the globalisation of terror; CHAPTER 13 Conclusion; Study guide; Timeline; Glossary of terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 18, 2016) |
| Subject |
Educational: History.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090509
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Middle East -- History -- 21st century
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781471838439 |
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1471838439 |
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9781471838415 |
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1471838412 |
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9781471838422 |
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1471838420 |
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