The Middle East
Contributors: Congressional Quarterly, inc
Edition: 11th ed
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 663
ISBN-13: 9780872893689; 9780872893696
Subjects: Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [625]-637) and index
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Overview of the Middle East; title: Fifteen centuries of Islam; title: Unity and diversity; title: Islam and the West; title: Arabia : birthplace of the Muslim community; title: Foundations of Islamic faith and practice; title: Islam today; title: The struggle in Islam; title: Arab-Israeli conflict; title: Origins of the conflict; title: The British mandate; title: Partition of Palestine; title: Early Arab-Israeli relations; title: The 1956 Suez crisis and war; title: Arab rivalries; title: The June 1967 war; title: The October 1973 war; title: Rise of the PLO; title: Camp David Accords; title: Israel at war in Lebanon; title: Diplomacy, 1982-1987; title: The Intifada, 1987-1991; title: The U.S.-PLO dialogue; title: Seeds of agreement; title: Post-Oslo; title: Camp David, the al-Aqsa Intifada, and the end of Oslo; title: Israeli unilateralism and post-Arafat politics; title: Outlook; title: Persian Gulf conflicts; title: The Iran-Iraq rivalry; title: The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988; title: The Persian Gulf crisis, 1990-1991; title: Persian Gulf war, 1991; title: Containing Iraq; title: The Iraq war, 2003; title: Postwar developments; title: Islamist extremism and terrorism; title: Iran's drive for nuclear capability; title: Pakistan, the "Islamic bomb," and relations with the Taliban and Afghanistan; title: Gulf Cooperation Council; title: Outlook; title: Middle Eastern oil and gas; title: History; title: Prices plummet; title: The Persian Gulf crisis and war; title: Twenty-first-century recovery; title: Peak oil; title: Growing demand : China and India; title: Caspian Sea petroleum; title: Economic diversification; title: Natural gas; title: Outlook; title: U.S. Policy in the Middle East; title: The Executive Branch; title: Congress; title: The public and foreign policy; title: U.S. Middle East Policy; title: Outlook; title: Profiles; title: Egypt; title: Iran; title: Iraq; title: Israel; title: Jordan; title: Kuwait; title: Lebanon; title: Libya; title: Palestinian Authority; title: Persian Gulf states; title: Saudi Arabia; title: Syria; title: Turkey; title: Yemen; title: Appendix; title: Chronology of events, 1900-2006; title: Major Middle Eastern wars, 1948-2006