The Middle East: A Reader

ISBN-13: 9780887381010 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 508 str.

Michael Curtis; Michael Curtis

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The Middle East provides a thematic analysis of major forces and trends in contemporary Middle East and a thorough examination of individual countries in the region. This comprehensive anthology, the first in more than two decades, explores the political environment, religious and ethnic factors, economic factors, the Arab world, the Palestinians and the territories, Israel, the role of the superpowers, and the Middle East's relationship with the rest of the world. Every informed reader will want to consult The Middle East to understand this important and complex area of the world. Contents (partial): William L. Cleveland, -Sources of Arab Nationalism-; Carl Leiden, -Arab Nationalism Today-; Opoku Agyeman, -Pan-Africanism versus Pan-Arabism-; Elbani Hermassi, -The Maghrib and the Middle East Conflict-; Lenore G. Martin, -Boundary Disputes in the Persian Gulf-; Bernard Lewis, -The Return of Islam-; Daniel Pipes, -Understanding Islam in Politics-; Emanuel Gutmann, -Religion and Its Role in National Integration in Israel-; George Moutafakis, -Minorities in the Modern Middle East Societies-; Stuart E. Colie, -The Shiites and the Lebanese Tragedy-; Kenneth J. Arrow, -Energy-; Fred M. Gottheil, -Saudi Arabian Economic Power-; Eliyahu Kanovsky, -Arab Oil Power-; Victor T. Le Vine, -The Arab World in the 1980s-; Bernard Lewis, -Islamic Political Movements-; Raymond N. Habiby and Fariborz Ghavidel, -Khumayni's Islamic Republic-; James P. Jankowski, -Nationalism in Twentieth Century Egypt-; Sheikh R. Ali, -The Iran-Iraq War-; Raymond N. Habiby, -Quadhafi's New Islamic Scientific Socialist Society-; Moshe Aumann, -Land Ownership in Palestine-; Fred M. Gottheil, -Arab Immigration into Pre-State Israel-; Yehoshua Porat, -The Palestinian-Arab Nationalist Movement-; Yonah Alexander, -The Nature of the PLO-; Sammy Smooha and John E. Hofrnan, -Arab-Jewish Coexistence in Israel-; Michael Curtis, -The Evolution of Israeli Politics-; Aaron S. Klieman, -Zionist Diplomacy and Israeli Foreign Policy-; Jay Adams, -Assessing Israel as a 'Strategist Asset'-; Saul B. Cohen, -Jerusalem's Unity and West Bank Autonomy-; Meron Benvenisti, -Postive Thinking in Jerusalem-; Steven L. Spiegel, -Recent American Policy in the Middle East-; Alan Dowty, -U.S. Decision-Making in Middle East Crises-; Michael Curtis, -American Interest and the Middle East-; Aaron Wildavsky, -American's National Interest in Israel-; Adam M. Garfinkle, -U.S. Policy in the Near Term-; James R. Kurth, -U.S. Policy and the West Bank-; Alvin Z. Rubinstein, -The Soviet Union's Imperial Policy in the Middle East-; Michael Curtis, -Africa, Israel, and the Middle East-; Victor T. Le Vine, -The Arabs and Africa-; W. Howard Wriggins, -South Asia and the Gulf-; Roy Licklide, -Arab Oil and Japanese Foreign Policy-; Linda B. Miller, -Western Europe and the Middle East-; Dan V. Segre, -Israel and the Third World.-

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Map of the Middle East, Introduction Part I The Middle East Political Environment 1. Sources of Arab Nationalism: an Overview 2. Arab Nationalism Today 3. Pan-Africanism versus Pan-Arabism: A Dual Asymmetrical Model of Political Relations 4. The Maghrib and the Middle East Conflict 5. Policy Implications of Boundary Disputes in the Persian Gulf 6. Turkey’s Liberal Revolution Part II Religious and Ethnic Factors 7. The Return of Islam 8. Understanding Islam in Politics 9. Religion and its Role in National Integration in Israel 10. The Role of Minorities in the Modern Middle East Societies 11. A Perspective on the Shiites and the Lebanese Tragedy 12. The Kurdish Struggle for Independence Part III Economic Factors 13. Energy: The Short View and the Long 14. Oil and the Middle East: The Impact of Ideology on Performance and Policy 15. The Rise and Fall of Arab Oil Power Part IV The Arab World 16. The Arab World in the 1980s: Have the Predicates of Politics Changed? 17. Islamic Political Movements 18. Khumayni’s Islamic Republic 19. Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Egypt 20. The Forces Behind Syrian Politics 21. The Iran-Iraq War 22. M u’amar Qadhafi’s New Islamic Scientific Socialist Society 23. Political Instability in Saudi Arabia and its Implications Part V The Palestinians and the Territories 24. Land Ownership in Palestine, 1880-1948 25. Arab Immigration into Pre-State Israel: 1922-1931 26. The Palestinian-Arab Nationalist Movement 27. The Nature of the PLO: Some International Implications 28. Academic Freedom and the West Bank Part VI Israel 29. The U.N. Partition Resolution of November 1947 30. Some Problems of Arab-Jewish Coexistence in Israel 31. The Evolution of Israeli Politics 32. Zionist Diplomacy and Israeli Foreign Policy 33. Assessing Israel as a “Strategic Asset” 34. Jerusalem’s Unity and West Bank Autonomy—Paired Principles 35. Some Guidelines for Positive Thinking in Jerusalem 36. Zionism and the Future of Israel Part VII The Role of the Superpowers 37. The Philosophy Behind Recent American Policy in the Middle East 38. U.S. Decision-Making in the Middle East Crises: 1958,1970, 1973 39. American Interest and the Middle East 40. What’s In It For Us? America’s National Interest in Israel 41. “Common Sense” about Middle East Diplomacy: Implications for U.S. Policy in the Near Term 42. U.S. Policy and the West Bank 43. The Soviet Union’s Imperial Policy in the Middle East 44. Soviet-American Rivalry in the Middle East Part VIII The External World 45. Africa, Israel and the Middle East 46. The Arabs and Africa: a Balance to 1982 47. South Asia and the Gulf: Linkages, Gains, Limitations 48. Arab Oil and Japanese Foreign Policy 49. Through a Glass Darkly: Western Europe and the Middle East 50. Israel and the Third World 51. Reviewing the United Nations

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Michael Curtis