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The Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary History

By John Felton

Book information

Publisher
CQ Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0872894886, 9780872894884
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12347701 bytes)
Pages
729\746
Time added
2021-05-19 04:00:59

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Modeled after CQ Press's popular documentary histories, this primary-source rich volume offers researchers an invaluable look into the key events that have shaped this dynamic region since World War I. Organized into thematic chapters, and loaded with both full-text and excerpted primary source documents, The Contemporary Middle East is designed to be an accessible support for courses in Middle Eastern history, international affairs, and comparative politics. Researchers in high school and undergraduate libraries will want this resource handy. Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents About the Author Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Foundations of the Contemporary Middle East Overview Toward Arab Independence Post–World War I Division Arab-Jewish Dialogue General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission A Jewish National Home Mandate for Palestine Chapter 2 Arabs and Israelis Overview The Peel Commission The Arab League The Partition of Palestine Founding of the State of Israel War and Refugees Status of Jerusalem The Suez Crisis The Eisenhower Doctrine June 1967 Arab-Israeli War The Johnson Plan Arab League Khartoum Summit UN Security Council Resolution 242 The October 1973 War Zionism as Racism Camp David Peace Process The Reagan Plan The Arab League Fez Summit The Madrid Conference Jordanian-Israeli Peace The Arab League Beirut Summit Chapter 3 Israel andthe Palestinians Overview The Palestinian National Movement Israel and the Question of Palestinian Statehood Israeli Settlement ofthe Occupied Territories Arab Recognition of the PLO The First Intifada Jordan Relinquishes the West Bank The Founding of Hamas Oslo Accords Hebron Protocol Wye River Memorandum Camp David and the al-Aqs a Intifada The Mitchell Report The Road Map Abbas Succeeds Arafat Israeli Disengagement The Hamas Government Chapter 4 Lebanon and Syria Overview Lebanese Civil War Israeli Invasion of Lebanon U.S. Involvement in Lebanon The Taif Accord Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon Syrian Withdrawal fromLebanon The Hizballah-Israeli War Chapter 5 Iran Overview The Iranian Revolution Iranian Hostage Crisis U.S.-Iranian Relations Iranian Nuclear Ambitions Chapter 6 Iraq and the Gulf Wars Overview Saddam Hussein Takes Power Iran and Iraq: Prelude to War Iran-Iraq War and Diplomacy Conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait Persian Gulf War Persian Gulf War’s Aftermath UN Weapons Inspections Iraq War Prelude The Iraq War Postwar Iraq The Missing WMD Iraq’s New Government U.S. Policy in Iraq Chapter 7 Afghanistan Overview Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanista n Rise of the Taliban U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan The Karzai Government Chapter 8 Turkey Overview Turkey Emerges from World War I Modern Turkey’s Founding Principles Military Intervention in Politics Rise of the Justice and Development Party Chronology of the Middle East, 1914–2007 Bibliography Credits Index

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