The Middle East provides a thematic analysis of major forces and
trends in contemporary Middle East and a thorough examination of
individual countries in the region. This comprehensive anthology,
the first in more than two decades, explores the political
environment, religious and ethnic factors, economic factors, the
Arab world, the Palestinians and the territories, Israel, the role
of the superpowers, and the Middle East's relationship with the
rest of the world. Every informed reader will want to consult "The
Middle East "to understand this important and complex area of the
world.
Contents (partial): William L. Cleveland, "Sources of Arab
Nationalism"; Carl Leiden, "Arab Nationalism Today"; Opoku Agyeman,
"Pan-Africanism versus Pan-Arabism"; Elbani Hermassi, "The Maghrib
and the Middle East Conflict"; Lenore G. Martin, "Boundary Disputes
in the Persian Gulf"; Bernard Lewis, "The Return of Islam"; Daniel
Pipes, "Understanding Islam in Politics"; Emanuel Gutmann,
"Religion and Its Role in National Integration in Israel"; George
Moutafakis, "Minorities in the Modern Middle East Societies";
Stuart E. Colie, "The Shiites and the Lebanese Tragedy"; Kenneth J.
Arrow, "Energy"; Fred M. Gottheil, "Saudi Arabian Economic Power";
Eliyahu Kanovsky, "Arab Oil Power"; Victor T. Le Vine, "The Arab
World in the 1980s"; Bernard Lewis, "Islamic Political Movements";
Raymond N. Habiby and Fariborz Ghavidel, "Khumayni's Islamic
Republic"; James P. Jankowski, "Nationalism in Twentieth Century
Egypt"; Sheikh R. Ali, "The Iran-Iraq War"; Raymond N. Habiby,
"Quadhafi's New Islamic Scientific Socialist Society"; Moshe
Aumann, "Land Ownership in Palestine"; Fred M. Gottheil, "Arab
Immigration into Pre-State Israel"; Yehoshua Porat, "The
Palestinian-Arab Nationalist Movement"; Yonah Alexander, "The
Nature of the PLO"; Sammy Smooha and John E. Hofrnan, "Arab-Jewish
Coexistence in Israel"; Michael Curtis, "The Evolution of Israeli
Politics"; Aaron S. Klieman, "Zionist Diplomacy and Israeli Foreign
Policy"; Jay Adams, "Assessing Israel as a 'Strategist Asset'";
Saul B. Cohen, "Jerusalem's Unity and West Bank Autonomy"; Meron
Benvenisti, "Postive Thinking in Jerusalem"; Steven L. Spiegel,
"Recent American Policy in the Middle East"; Alan Dowty, "U.S.
Decision-Making in Middle East Crises"; Michael Curtis, "American
Interest and the Middle East"; Aaron Wildavsky, "American's
National Interest in Israel"; Adam M. Garfinkle, "U.S. Policy in
the Near Term"; James R. Kurth, "U.S. Policy and the West Bank";
Alvin Z. Rubinstein, "The Soviet Union's Imperial Policy in the
Middle East"; Michael Curtis, "Africa, Israel, and the Middle
East"; Victor T. Le Vine, "The Arabs and Africa"; W. Howard
Wriggins, "South Asia and the Gulf"; Roy Licklide, "Arab Oil and
Japanese Foreign Policy"; Linda B. Miller, "Western Europe and the
Middle East"; Dan V. Segre, "Israel and the Third World."
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