The Middle East
By: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Contributors: Congressional Quarterly, inc.
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 593
Subjects: Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the Middle East; title: A historically important region; title: The Arab-Israeli Conflict; title: The Persian Gulf; 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: Role of the PLO; title: Camp David Accords; title: The Israeli invasions of 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 and the al-Aqsa Intifada; title: U.S. policy in the Middle East; title: U.S. foreign policy formation; title: The Executive Branch; title: Congress; title: The public and foreign policy; title: U.S. Middle East policy; title: The Persian Gulf; 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: Islamic extremism and terrorism; title: Iran, Pakistan, and the "Islamic bomb"; title: Gulf Cooperation Council; title: Middle Eastern oil and gas; title: History; title: Prices plummet; title: The Persian Gulf Crisis and war; title: Oil in the twenty-first century; title: Natural gas; 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: Country profiles; title: Egypt; title: Iran; title: Iraq; title: Israel; title: Jordan; title: Kuwait; title: Lebanon; title: Libya; title: Persian gulf states; title: Saudi Arabia; title: Syria; title: Yemen; title: Appendix; title: Chronology of major events, 1900-1944; title: Chronology of major events, 1944-present.