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UNINA9910451122103321 |
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Titolo |
Critical issues facing the Middle East [[electronic resource] ] : security, politics, and economics / / edited by James A. Russell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
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1-281-36982-9 |
9786611369828 |
1-4039-8320-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Initiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RussellJames A <1958-> (James Avery) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National security - Middle East |
Electronic books. |
Middle East Defenses |
Middle East Politics and government 21st century |
Middle East Economic conditions 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""POLITICAL ECONOMY""; ""2 Long-Term Sources of Instability in the Middle East""; ""3 Reforming the Rentier State: The Imperatives for Change in the Gulf""; ""EMERGING POLITICAL DYNAMICS""; ""4 Oslo�s Success, a Militarized Resistance: Changing Opposition Tactics in the Palestinian Territories""; ""5 Islamization and American Policy""; ""6 Democratic Nation Building in the Arc of Crisis: The Case of the Presidential Election in Afghanistan""; ""REGIONAL SECURITY AND STABILITY"" |
""7 The Arab�Israeli Conflict and Regional Stability""""8 Iraq and the New Regional Security Dynamic""; ""STRATEGY AND POLICY""; ""9 Strategy, Policy, and War in Iraq: The United States and the Gulf in the Twenty-First Century""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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Addressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these |
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changes pose to US strategy and policy. They examine the causes of profound economic, political and religious transitions and their implications for hopes of reform. |
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UNINA9910778986703321 |
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Autore |
Delpar Helen |
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The enormous vogue of things Mexican [[electronic resource] ] : cultural relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920-1935 / / Helen Delpar |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8919-9 |
0-585-34073-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Mexico Relations United States |
United States Relations Mexico |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Political Pilgrims in the ""New Mexico"": Cultural Relations, 1920-1927; 2. The Mexican Vogue at Its Peak: Cultural Relations, 1927-1935; 3. Native Americans in the Spotlight; 4. The Mexican Art Invasion; 5. Cultural Exchange in Literature, Music, and the Performing Arts; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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<DIV><P>Beginning about 1900 the expanded international role of<BR> the United States brought increased attention to the cultures of other<BR> peoples and a growth of interest in Latin America. The Enormous Vogue of<BR> Things Mexican traces the evolution of cultural relations between the United<BR> States and Mexico from 1920 to 1935, identifying the individuals, institutions,<BR> and themes that made up this fascinating chapter in the history of the<BR> two countries.</P></DIV> |
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