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LEADER: 01824cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008036364
003 DLC
005 20090901072731.0
008 080814s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008036364
020 $a0452289599 (pbk.)
020 $a9780452289598 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn183268094
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043 $aaw-----
050 00 $aDS44$b.R75 2008
082 00 $a956$222
100 1 $aRossi, M. L.$q(Melissa L.),$d1965-
245 10 $aWhat every American should know about the Middle East /$cMelissa Rossi.
260 $aNew York :$bPlume,$cc2008.
300 $axvii, 493 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [467]-470) and index.
505 0 $aMisunderstanding the Middle East -- Cheat sheet 1: basic concepts and building blocks -- Jogging through the millennia -- Pulling the pieces together -- European designs : hacking up the Middle East -- Cheat sheet 2: 1979 and beyond : a quick look at the issues -- Iraq : pardon our mess -- Iran : isn't the party over yet? -- The kingdom of Saudi Arabia : splitsville -- Kuwait : lines in the sand -- Yemen : in another world -- The United Arab Emirates : the land of possibilities -- Qatar : trail blazing -- Bahrain : a new profile -- Oman : awake at last -- Cheat sheet 3: the westerners -- Israel : fulfilling prophecies -- Disappearing act : the Palestinian Territories--the West Bank and Gaza -- Lebanon : the cedar devolution -- Syria : crumbling support -- Jordan : stuck in the middle -- Egypt : secret society.
651 0 $aMiddle East.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0826/2008036364.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008036364-d.html