Publisher's Synopsis
"A concise and accessible introduction to the area, suitable for students of politics, history or international relations and a useful source of chronological and factual information for anyone interested in the region."--Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Contents
Foreword by Tim Niblock
Part I. The Dynamics of the Region
1. Introduction, by T. & J. Ismael
2. The Burden of History, by T. & J. Ismael
3. The Heritage of Islam, by T. & J. Ismael
4. The Legacy of Nationalism, by T. & J. Ismael
Part II. The Northern Belt
5. The Republic of Turkey, by Walter Weiker
6. The Islamic Republic of Iran, by Marvin Zonis and Cyrus Amir Mokri
Part III. The Fertile Crescent
7. The Republic of Iraq, by T. & J. Ismael
8. The Arab Republic of Syria, by R. Hrair Dekmejian
9. The Republic of Lebanon, by Nassif Hitti
10. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, by Kamel S. Abu Jaber
11. The State of Israel, by Walter Weiker
12. Palestine and the Palestinian Question, by T. & J. Ismael
Part IV. The Nile Valley
13. The Arab Republic of Egypt, by T. & J. Ismael
14. The Republic of Sudan, by Ann Mosely Lesch
Part V. The Arabian Peninsula
15. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, by Richard H. Pfaff
16. The Republic of Yemen, by Manfred W. Wenner , Tareq Ismael, and Jacqueline Ismael
17. The Arab Gulf States, by T. & J. Ismael
Part VI. North Africa
18. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriyah, by T. & J. Ismael
19. The Maghrib, by Bahgat Korany
Tareq Y. Ismael is professor of political science and Jacqueline S. Ismael is professor of social welfare at the University of Calgary.
