Middle East
By: William Spencer.
Edition: 10th ed.
Series: Global studies
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dubuque, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Middle East -- Economic conditions; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Middle East -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: Global studies, Middle East
Description: Background essays and important statistics for the countries of the Middle East, with regional essays underscoring the current and historical significance of Islam as well as the forces that make the Middle East a theater of conflict in the world today. Includes newspaper and magazine articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Middle East: cradle of Islam; title: The Middle East: theater of conflict; title: Country Reports (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen); title: Articles from the world press.