"Times" Guide to the Middle East: Arab World and Its Neighbours

by PeterSluglett (Editor), Marion Farouk - Sluglett (Editor), Marion Farouk - Slugglet (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $6.73

  This revised edition gives an overview of the Middle East from the end of World War I to the present day. Every country is analyzed in detail. Further chapters deal with such broad themes as oil in the region, the Kurdish question and the perennial problem of the Palestinians. The guide includes: the Gulf War and its aftermath; Israel and the Arab states; the Palestinian problem; the Iranian Revolution; the Iran-Iraq War; civil war in the Lebanon; minorities and migrant workers; the politics of oil; and Islamic fundamentalism. Detailed appendices cover population growth and GDP; defence spending; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Iran-Iraq War; the Gulf War; and ethnic minorities in Lebanon.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.27

  The Middle East has been a flash point in world affairs since before World War II. Though Cold War politics may no longer dominate its agenda and the threat of war between Arabs and Jews has receded, it remains among the world's most troubled and unstable regions. Is the long-standing enmity between the US and Iran set to escalate further? Why is Algeria in turmoil? How has Saddam Hussein maintained his iron rule over Iraq? Will Islamic fundamentalism destabilize the region further? Can anything bridge the economic disparity between the Middle East's oil-producing superpowers and the endemic poverty of the rest of the region? In chapters covering every country in the Middle East, this guide presents an overview of the whole region, pinpointing its recent history and highlighting the immense problems facing it today. Further chapters look at the role of oil, the Palestinian question and the rise of fundamentalism.