Title:
The Penguin state of the Middle East atlas / Dan Smith.
Author:
Smith, Dan, 1951- cartographer, author.
Myriad Editions Limited, copyright holder.
Publication Information:
New York City, New York : Penguin Books, 2016.
Call Number:
G2205 .S6 2016
Abstract:
"The Middle East is in a constant state of change, and understanding it has never been more important. In this essential guide to the region and its politics, Dan Smith unravels the history of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. With the acute and fair-minded analysis readers have come to expect from him, Smith highlights key issues and maps their global implications to explain why the Middle East has become, and will remain, the focal point of foreign policy. There can be no one-line summary of the Middle East, but in The Penguin State of the Middle East Atlas, Smith gives readers the primer they need to understand the ongoing conflicts in the region." -- publisher.
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Edition:
Third edition, completely revised and updated.
ISBN:
9780143124238
Physical Description:
1 atlas (160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
General Note:
"First published in Penguin Book 2016."
"Copyright © 2016 by Myriad Editions Limited."
Contents:
Introduction : The Middle East and the world -- Part one : The making of the Middle East -- The Ottoman Empire : decline and legacy -- European colonialism : colonial impact -- The new Middle East after World War I : a new regional order -- Decolonization and Arab nationalism : independence and unity -- The pan-Arab dream -- The formation of the State of Israel : Zionism and antisemitism -- Flight and exile -- Oil : the oil market -- The US presence : angles of influence -- Part two : The region on the cusp of change -- Politics and rights -- Faith -- Ethnicity -- Population and urbanization -- Wealth and inequality -- Gender relations -- Water -- Refugees -- Wars -- Part three : Arenas of conflict -- Israel and Palestine -- Land vs peace -- Uprising -- The Occupied Territories -- Force and peace -- Lebanon : peace and occupation -- Algeria : struggling out of war -- The Kurds : the fight for freedom -- Iran : revolutionary cycles -- The Iran-Iraq War -- Iraq : the Ba'ath Party -- The Gulf Wars -- Sanctions and the second war -- War after war -- The new Iraq : old enemies, new allies -- Tunisia -- Egypt : Pressure for change -- After the revolution -- Libya : into chaos -- Syria : the civil war -- Chemical weapons -- The state of war -- Saudi Arabia : contrary pressures -- Protecting and projecting power -- Yemen -- The Gulf kingdoms -- Networks of grievance and terror -- Foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria -- Divided movement : ISIS splits from al-Qaeda -- Conclusion: Trajectories of change.
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