1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451122103321

Titolo

Critical issues facing the Middle East [[electronic resource] ] : security, politics, and economics / / edited by James A. Russell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36982-9

9786611369828

1-4039-8320-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Initiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies

Altri autori (Persone)

RussellJames A <1958-> (James Avery)

Disciplina

355/.033056

Soggetti

National security - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East Defenses

Middle East Politics and government 21st century

Middle East Economic conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

Addressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these



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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778986703321

Autore

Delpar Helen

Titolo

The enormous vogue of things Mexican [[electronic resource] ] : cultural relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920-1935 / / Helen Delpar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992

ISBN

0-8173-8919-9

0-585-34073-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/273072

Soggetti

Mexico Relations United States

United States Relations Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

<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>