Research Catalog

Title

The Middle East today / Don Peretz.

Author

Peretz, Don, 1922-2017.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.

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Details

Description

ix, 593 pages : maps; 25 cm

Subjects

• Geschichte 1900-1992
• Geschichte 1900-1988
• Moyen-Orient > Politique et gouvernement
• Middle East > Politics and government
• 2
• Mittlerer Osten
• Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-575) and index.

Contents

• What is the Middle East? The importance of the Middle East -- What does "Middle East" mean? -- Unity and diversity in the Middle East -- How the peoples live. Islam: past and present. The Prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islam -- The Islamic religion -- Medieval and classical Islam -- Islam today. Rise and fall of the Ottomans. Origin -- Ottoman government and society -- The Tanzimat -- The young Turk revolution. The Middle East and the West before World War I. The pre-Napoleonic era -- Europe in the Middle East during the nineteenth century -- Events at the turn of the century -- The Middle East on the eve of World War I.
• The Middle East and the West since World War I. The war and the East -- World War I peace settlements -- The Middle East on the eve of World War II -- The Middle East and World War II -- The Middle East and the West since World War II. Arab nationalism. Arab nationalism and the literary revival -- Political nationalism -- Beginnings of Arab unity -- Palestinian nationalism -- Comparisons of Arab and other Middle East nationalisms. Modern Turkey. Social and economic background -- Nationalism -- Secularism -- Effects of secularization -- Democracy and the republic -- The corporate state -- Peaceful revolution -- The 1960 and 1971 military interventions -- The 1980 military regime -- Economic change.
• Origins of modern Egypt. The Napoleonic impact -- Muhammad 'Ali -- Muhammad 'Ali's successors -- Egypt faces bankruptcy -- The first nationalist uprising -- Lord Cromer and the British occupation -- Mustafa Kamil (1874-1908) -- British policies after Cromer -- Saad Zaghlul and post-World War I nationalism -- The Wafd party -- World War II and the revolution. Revolutionary Egypt. Sociopolitical background -- Background of the military coup -- The July 23 uprising -- Nasser's "guided democracy" -- Creating a national character and ideology -- The revolution and reform. Zionism. Israel's origins -- Theodor Herzl and political Zionism -- The situation in Palestine -- The British mandate -- The Palestine Arab community -- The Jewish Quasi government -- Clash between Jews and Arabs -- Investigation committees.
• The state of Israel. The Jews and World War II -- Palestine becomes an international concern -- The government of israel -- Political diversity -- The Labor bloc -- Labor's decline -- The center-right -- Government by coalition -- Israel -a Western transplant -- Jews and Zionism -- Israel and the Arab world. The Hashemite kingdom of Jordan. Origin -- The Arab legion and Bedouin control -- Independence -- The first Palestine war -- British departure -- Impact of the June 1967 war -- Jordan and the Palestinians.
• The republic of Lebanon. Religious diversity versus Arab unity -- Early French influences -- French mandatory policy and administration -- Lebanon and World War II -- Democratic development -- Lebanon and the Arab world -- The 1958 Lebanese revolution -- Lebanese political factions -- The great Civil War -- Israeli intervention. The republic of Syria. A fragmented society -- Divisions under the French mandate -- French minority policies -- Syrian democracy -- Military coups -- The Ba'ath -- The Communists -- Social changes -- The United Arab Republic -- The Syrian Arab Republic -- The Assad era.
• Iraq. Diversity of interest groups -- British interests -- Nationalist ferment -- The Iraqi government -- The Mosul question -- The 1930 Anglo-Iraqi treaty -- Democracy -- The 1936 coup -- The Rashid Ali coup -- Postwar prelude to revolution -- The July 1958 revolution -- The Kurdish problem. The Arabian peninsula. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- Yemen -- Kuwait -- Bahrain -- Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Iran. Social strata -- Class structure -- National origins -- Early political parties -- The Shah's dictatorship -- The problems of economic development -- Iran as a regional power -- Islam in modern Iran -- The 1979 revolution.

ISBN

• 0275945758
• 9780275945756
• 0275945766
• 9780275945763

LCCN

• 93026376
• 99814938859

OCLC

• ocm28634082
• 28634082
• SCSB-2065231

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library