Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the latest developments in the Middle East. This book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region.
This third edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War and the key themes that have characterized the region since then.
Author(s): Roger Owen
Edition: 3
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Language: English
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Pages: 296
Cover
Title
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
PART I States and state-building
1 The end of empires: the emergence of the modern Middle Eastern states
2 The growth of state power in the Arab world: the single-party regimes
3 The growth of state power in the Arab world under family rule, and the Libyan alternative
4 Arab nationalism, Arab unity and the practice of intra-Arab state relations
5 State and politics in Israel, Iran and Turkey from the Second World War
6 The remaking of the Middle Eastern political environment between the two Gulf Wars
PART II Themes in contemporary Middle Eastern politics
7 The politics of economic restructuring
8 Parties, elections and the vexed question of democracy in the Arab world
9 The politics of religious revival
10 The military in and out of politics
11 Some important non-state actors
PART III The impact of the 11 September attacks
12 America attempts to remake the Middle East
Conclusion: the Middle East at the beginning of the twenty-first century
Notes
Select bibliography
Index
