What every American should know about the Middle East / Melissa Rossi.
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TextLanguage: Spanish Series: What every American should know-- | What every American should know about--Publication details: New York : Plume, c2008.Description: xvii, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 0452289599 (pbk.)
- 9780452289598 (pbk.)
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- 439 DS 44 R833 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-470) and index.
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.
Provides Americans with critical information about the Middle East, and discusses history, politics, economy, and religion for each country within the region; as well as the economic and political affects of the United States' presence within the region.
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