From the First World War to the Arab Spring : what's really going on in the Middle East? /
"Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of the complex web of wars and proxy wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions that are ripping the Middle East apart, this book puts these events in their historical context and leads readers through the labyrinth that is the new Middle East. T...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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| Series: | Middle East today.
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| Summary: | "Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of the complex web of wars and proxy wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions that are ripping the Middle East apart, this book puts these events in their historical context and leads readers through the labyrinth that is the new Middle East. This book asks the questions no one else will: why are there so many hereditary heads of state in the Middle East when the Prophet Muhammad did not appoint a successor? Why do the Western countries claim to want democracy in the Middle East yet support dictators? Why did Israel become a democracy and the Arab states did not? Why are there so many wars in the Middle East? And, most importantly, what happened to the hope and optimism of the Arab Spring? M. E. McMillan offers fresh answers to these difficult questions, giving readers a new understanding of what's really going on in the Middle East"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 279 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137522016 1137522011 9781137522047 1137522046 |