The modern Middle East : a political history since the First World War /

Kamrava, Mehran, 1964-

The modern Middle East : a political history since the First World War / Mehran Kamrava. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005. - xi, 497 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A political history of the Middle East -- From Islam to the great war -- From territories to independent states -- The age of nationalism -- The Arab-Israel wars -- The Iranian revolution -- The Gulf wars and beyond -- Issues in Middle Eastern politics -- The Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- The challenge of economic development -- States and their opponents -- The question of democracy -- Challenges facing the Middle East.

0520241495 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520241509 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004008821

GBA477024 bnb

013023562 Uk


Middle East--History--20th century.

DS62.8 / .K365 2005

956.04 / K129m