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Penguin Group
Language
English
Pages
493

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What every American should know about the Middle East
2008, Penguin Group
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Misunderstanding 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
956
Library of Congress
DS44 .R75 2008, DS44.R75 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
493

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17076095M
Internet Archive
whateveryamerica00ross_1
ISBN 13
9780452289598
LCCN
2008036364
OCLC/WorldCat
183268094
Library Thing
7481805
Goodreads
2750549

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