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xxiii, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-500) and index |
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Prologue : Islam and the Prophet's successors -- Birth of empires : the Ottoman and Safavid Empires through the 18th century -- Reform and rebellion : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Qajar Iran in the 19th century -- Social transformations : workers and nationalists in Egypt, Mount Lebanon, and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century -- The Great War : Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire from revolution to World War I -- State formation and colonial control : Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Transjordan, and Saudi Arabia in the 1920s and 1930s -- Rebels and rogues : Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, and Israel -- Military coups : politics and violence : Iran, Turkey, and the Arab states, 1952-1980 -- Cold war battles : the Suez Crisis, Arab-Israeli conflicts, and the Lebanese civil war -- Rulers for life : state construction, consolidation, and collapse -- Upheaval : Islamism, invasion, and rebellion from the 1990s into the 21st century -- Epilogue : revolution, reaction, and civil war |
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Middle East -- History -- 1517- -- Textbooks
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- Textbooks
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