The Longman Companion to the Middle East since 1914

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Contents (v)......Page 6 List of maps (vii)......Page 8 Acknowledgements (viii)......Page 9 Preface (ix)......Page 10 I. Chronologies (1)......Page 12 1. The emergence of modern nation states in the Middle East (3)......Page 13 2. The birth of the State of Israel (32)......Page 42 3. The significance of oil (43)......Page 53 4. Terrorism (52)......Page 62 5. The Mossadeq crisis in Iran, 1950–1954 (65)......Page 75 6. The rise of Nasser and the attempts to export his philosophy of the revolution (68)......Page 78 7. The Suez Crisis of 1956 (73)......Page 83 8. The Arab-Israeli wars: origins and aftermath (81)......Page 91 9. The rise of revolutionary Islam and the Khomeini revolution in Iran (97)......Page 107 10. The Palestinian refugee issue and the uprising in the occupied territories (105)......Page 115 11. War in Lebanon (116)......Page 126 12. The Iran-Iraq War (123)......Page 133 13. The Gulf War (127)......Page 137 II. Biographies (143)......Page 153 III. Pledges, treaties, alliances, settlements, reports, plans, and United Nations resolutions (197)......Page 205 IV. Religions and sects (213)......Page 219 V. Rulers, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, political parties and movements (225)......Page 230 VI. Glossary of terms (267)......Page 270 VII. Topic Bibliography (307)......Page 309 1. The emergence of modern nation states in the Middle East (309)......Page 310 2. The birth of the State of Israel (314)......Page 315 3. The significance of oil (317)......Page 318 4. Terrorism (318)......Page 319 5. The Mossadeq crisis in Iran, 1950–1954 (320)......Page 321 6. The rise of Nasser and the attempts to export his philosophy of the revolution (321)......Page 322 7. The Suez Crisis of 1956 (322)......Page 323 8. The Arab-Israeli wars: origins and aftermath (324)......Page 325 9. The rise of revolutionary Islam and the Khomeini Revolution in Iran (327)......Page 328 10. The Palestinian refugee issue and the uprising in the occupied territories (329)......Page 330 11. War in Lebanon (331)......Page 332 12. The Iran-Iraq war (333)......Page 334 13. The Gulf War (334)......Page 335 Short list of reference works consulted (335)......Page 336 VIII. Economic and social statistics (337)......Page 338 1. Proved oil reserves at end of 1990 (338)......Page 339 2. World oil production, 1980, 1985, 1990 (340)......Page 341 3. World oil consumption, 1980, 1985, 1990 (342)......Page 343 4. Oil imports and exports, 1990 (344)......Page 345 5. Population estimates (345)......Page 346 6. Economic summary (346)......Page 347 IX. Maps (349)......Page 349 1. The Near East in 1923 (351)......Page 350 2. Major oilfields and pipelines in the Near East (352)......Page 351 3. Arabia (354)......Page 353 4. Palestine and Transjordan, 1947–8 (355)......Page 354 5. Israel and the surrounding countries (357)......Page 355 6. Iran and Iraq (358)......Page 356 Index (360)......Page 358