Autore	Pryce-Jones David <1936->
Edizione	[[Rev.] paperback ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Encounter Books, 2008, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina	327.440174927 327.44056
Soggetto topico	Arabs - Political activity - France
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-48781-7 9786612487811 1-59403-304-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	CONTENTS; PREFACE; BETRAYAL; The Harvest; The Quai d'Orsay; Jews in the View of the Quai d'Orsay; The Catholic Factor; Zionism versus French Designs; Between the Wars; Writers Take Sides; The Rescue of the Mufti of Jerusalem; The Mystique of Louis Massignon; "A Pernicious Example and a Great Peril"; Taking Advantage; Men and Matters; Interests and Hearts; The Pursuit of the Ayatollah; Ins and Some Outs; Pillars of Unwisdom; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456743103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, England : , : Gingko Library, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina	940.356
Soggetto topico	Reconstruction (1914-1939) - Middle East
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-909942-76-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Introduction: the political transformation of the Middle East 1914-1923 / T.G. Fraser; 1. The rise of Egyptian nationalism and the perception of foreigners in Egypt 1914-1923 / Amany Soliman; 2. The antecedents and implications of the so-called Anglo-Sanussi War 1915-1917 / Jason Pack; 3. British intelligence and Arab nationalism: the origins of the modern Middle East / Steven Wagner; 4. The First World War and its legacy for women in Iraq / Noga Efrati 5. From anti-imperial dissent to national consent: the First World War and the formation of a trans-sectarian national consciousness in Lebanon / Mark Farha6. Historicising hunger: the famine in wartime Lebanon and Syria / Najwa al-Qattan; 7. The patriarch, the amir and the patriots: civilisation and self determination at the Paris Peace Conference / Andrew Arsan; 8. A thoroughly modern Caliphate: could legitimate governance for the Middle East in the aftermath of the First World War have been found by looking within? / Louise Pyne-Jones 9. From the Archduke to the Caliph: the Islamist evolution that led to 'The Islamic State' / Aaron Y. Zelin10. Some reflections on whether the Mandates were a slow burning fuse for toxic sectarianism in Arab countries / John Mchugo; 11. Oil, state and society in Iran in the aftermath of the First World War / Kaveh Ehsani; 12. The new Arab intellectuals of the post-First World War period: the case of Taha Husayn / Bruno Ronfard; 13. A tale of two nationalists: parallelisms in the writings of Ziya Gökalp and Michel Aflaq / Michael Erdman 14. Women, war and the foundations of the Turkish Republic: the vision of New Womanhood in Halide Edib Adıvar's The Shirt of Flame (1922) / Sevinç Elaman-Garner15. The limits of soft power: why Kurdish nationalism failed in the French Mandate of Syria / Laila McQuade and Nabil Al-Tikriti; 16. The other jihad: Enver Pasha, Bolsheviks, and politics of anticolonial Muslim nationalism during the Baku Congress 1920 / Alp Yenen; 17. A point of order: a battle for autonomy in the First Legislative Council of Transjordan / Harrison Guthorn 18. Drawing the line: Calouste Gulbenkian and the Red Line Agreement of 1928 / Jonathan ConlinAcknowledgements; Contributors; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910465273503321

Autore	McMillan M. E
Edizione	[1st ed. 2016.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina	956.04
Collana	Middle East Today
Soggetto topico	International relations Peace Ethnology—Middle East Middle East—Politics and government Diplomacy Political science International Relations Conflict Studies Middle Eastern Culture Middle Eastern Politics Political Science
ISBN	1-137-52202-X
Classificazione	POL011000POL011010POL035000POL045000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on conventions -- Introduction Lost in the Labyrinth: What's Really Going on in the Middle East? -- PART I: THE TANGLED WEB: WHY THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- 1. Sarajevo, Sunday, June 28, 1914 -- 2. The British Empire and the Arab World: Ambition, Austerity and A Class Apart -- 3. The French Empire and the Arab World: From the Crusades to the Civilizing Mission -- 4. The Russian Empire and the Arab World: Religion, Rome and the New Rome -- 5. The German Empire and the Arab World: Family Feuds and Eastern Ambitions -- 6. The Ottoman Empire: How the Arab World Was Won and Lost -- PART II: TOO MANY STRAIGHT LINES ON THE MAP: WHERE, WHEN AND WHY IT STARTED TO GO WRONG -- 7. London, Tuesday, December 21, 1915 -- 8. The Arab World Before the War: The Facts on the Ground -- 9. The Re-Making of the Middle East: Enter the Nation-State -- 10. From Sykes-Picot to the Treaty of Sevres: Betrayals, Backstabbing and Broken Promises -- 11. The Poisoned Legacy and The War's Unanswered Questions -- PART III: ALL OR NOTHING: WHY ALL ROADS LEAD TO JERUSALEM -- 12. Where to Begin? -- 13. Jerusalem: The Temple Mount -- 14. Jerusalem: The Noble Sanctuary -- PART IV: KINGS, COLONELS AND COUPS: WHY THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN THE ARAB WORLD -- 15. Cairo, Wednesday, July 23, 1952 -- 16. The Kings, the Colonels and the Political Time Warp: The Return of the Middle Ages -- 17. I am the State: Power, Politics and the Cult of Personality -- 18. The Problem of Absolute Power: From Stability to Stagnation -- PART V: THE SACRED VERSUS THE SECULAR: WHO SPEAKS FOR ISLAM? -- 19. Mecca, Tuesday, November 20, 1979 -- 20. 1979: The View from Tehran -- 21. 1979: Holy War and Unholy Alliances -- 22. The Arab Spring and the Democratic Alternative -- Epilogue Untangling the Web: What Now? -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910255334403321

Autore	Palmer Monte
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (217 pages)
Disciplina	956.04
Soggetto topico	Religion and politics - Middle East - History - 20th century Religion and politics - Middle East - History - 21st century Islam and politics - Middle East - History - 20th century Islam and politics - Middle East - History - 21st century
ISBN	1-5381-1789-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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)
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910793107503321

Autore	Horowitz Terry Fred <1933->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (446 p.)
Disciplina	070.4/333092
Soggetto topico	War correspondents - United States World politics - 1945-1989 Journalists - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8108-8907-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Prologue; 1 Growing Pains in Illinois; 2 You're in the Navy Now!; 3 "Thekla"; 4 First Scoops; 5 Exposing Capone and Paying the Price; 6 Robert Marrying Eda and Archer Aping Robert; 7 Who Gets the Credit?; 8 "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?"; 9 AP War Correspondent; 10 Escaping the Nazis; 11 From the Land of Silent People; 12 Broadcasting during the Blitz; 13 Getting Truman to Play the Piano; 14 NBC Wields the Axe; 15 The Silent People Speak and So Does Robert; 16 Seduced by Israel; 17 "Believe It or Not," Red Channels Says Robert Has Communistic Leanings 18 Apartheid in Africa19 This Was My World, Passport Taken Away, Archer Commits Suicide, and "You've Had Your Pound of Flesh"; 20 In Need of Some Friends; 21 Ben-Gurion's "Goyisha Friend"; 22 Eichmann Trial; 23 Three Books in One Year; 24 "Gosh," a New "Career"; 25 Roll Jordan Roll; 26 World Book Encyclopedia: "Opposes Vietnam War" and Encyclopedia of Radio and Television Broadcasting: "Six-Day War"; 27 Is There Any Justice?; 28 Once Around Lightly and South America More or Less; 29 Abba Was I Ere I Saw Abba; 30 Yom Kippur War; 31 Dean of War Correspondents; Postscript; Epilogue; Appendix BibliographyIndex; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463927503321