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What every American should know about the Middle East /

by Rossi, M. L. (Melissa L.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Plume, c2008Description: xvii, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0452289599 (pbk.); 9780452289598 (pbk.).Subject(s): Middle EastOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description
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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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.

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