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What every American should know about the Middle East
Title
What every American should know about the Middle East / Melissa Rossi.
ISBN
9780452289598 (pbk.) :
0452289599 (pbk.) :
Published
New York : Plume, c2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-470) and index.
Contents
Misunderstanding the Middle East
Cheat sheet 1: basic concepts and building blocks
Jogging through the millennia
Pulling the pieces together
European designs : hacking up the Middle East
Cheat sheet 2: 1979 and beyond : a quick look at the issues
Iraq : pardon our mess
Iran : isn't the party over yet?
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia : splitsville
Kuwait : lines in the sand
Yemen : in another world
The United Arab Emirates : the land of possibilities
Qatar : trail blazing
Bahrain : a new profile
Oman : awake at last
Cheat sheet 3: the westerners
Israel : fulfilling prophecies
Disappearing act : the Palestinian Territories
the West Bank and Gaza
Lebanon : the cedar devolution
Syria : crumbling support
Jordan : stuck in the middle
Egypt : secret society.
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