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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Palmer Monte"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"The future of the Middle East : faith, force, and finance / / Monte Palmer"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2019"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-5381-1789-4"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (217 pages)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"956.04"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Religion and politics - Middle East - History - 20th century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Religion and politics - Middle East - History - 21st century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Islam and politics - Middle East - History - 20th century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Islam and politics - Middle East - History - 21st century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Middle East History 20th century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Middle East History 21st century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Middle East Religion 20th century"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Middle East Religion 21st century"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"The power of faith, force, and finance -- World War I sets the stage for the modern Middle East (1914-40) -- World War II reshapes the Middle East (1940-67) -- A surge of religious extremism (1967-80) -- Religious violence unleashed (1975-90) -- The era of peace, stability, and illusion (1990-2000) -- The era of global terror and counter-terror (2000-10) -- The era of Islamic rule (2010-13) -- The old order strikes back -- Solutions to an era of stalemate (post 2017)"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This deeply informed book considers the intertwined roles of faith, force, and finance in shaping the modern Middle East. Leading expert Monte Palmer argues that these factors will continue to have a major impact on the Middle East as the United States and other major powers increasingly find themselves embedded in conflicts that defy resolution. Palmer considers the lessons learned from past and current conflicts: the limits of using tyrants as avenues of force; the transformation of faith into force; the root causes of terror; and the perils of a global environment that threatens a new cold war between Russia and the United States, a war of religions between the Abrahamic faiths, and a war of terror that is rapidly becoming global. As he clearly shows, the "]
[{"$nulls":4},"relative dominance of faith, force, or finance is always shifting, depending on time, place, and local conditions. Drawing on cases from ten critical periods, beginning with World War I through the current chaos and stalemate, the author offers constructive paths forward for building a Middle East of peace and stability."]