From the First World War to the Arab Spring : what's really going on in the Middle East? / M.E. McMillan.
McMillan, M. E., author.
2016
DS62.8 .M46 2016eb
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From the First World War to the Arab Spring : what's really going on in the Middle East? / M.E. McMillan.
Author
McMillan, M. E., author.
ISBN
9781137522023 (electronic book)
113752202X (electronic book)
9781137522016
1137522011
9781137522047
1137522046
9781137522030 (ePUB)
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 279 pages.)
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DS62.8 .M46 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.04
Summary
"Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of the complex web of wars and proxy wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions that are ripping the Middle East apart, this book puts these events in their historical context and leads readers through the labyrinth that is the new Middle East. This book seeks answers to pressing, contentious questions: why are there so many hereditary heads of state in the Middle East when the Prophet Muhammad did not appoint a successor? Why do Western countries claim to want democracy in the Middle East yet support dictators? Why did Israel become a democracy while the Arab states did not? Why are there so many wars in the Middle East? And, most importantly, what happened to the hope and optimism of the Arab Spring? M. E. McMillan offers fresh answers to these difficult questions. Firmly grounded in both historical research and insightful analysis of current events, this book gives readers a new understanding of what's really going on in the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.
"Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of the complex web of wars and proxy wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions that are ripping the Middle East apart, this book puts these events in their historical context and leads readers through the labyrinth that is the new Middle East. This book asks the questions no one else will: why are there so many hereditary heads of state in the Middle East when the Prophet Muhammad did not appoint a successor? Why do the Western countries claim to want democracy in the Middle East yet support dictators? Why did Israel become a democracy and the Arab states did not? Why are there so many wars in the Middle East? And, most importantly, what happened to the hope and optimism of the Arab Spring? M. E. McMillan offers fresh answers to these difficult questions, giving readers a new understanding of what's really going on in the Middle East"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.
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Middle East today.
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Introduction : Lost in the Labyrinth : What's Really Going on in the Middle East
PART I: THE TANGLED WEB : WHY THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST
1. Sarajevo, Sunday, June 28, 1914
2. The British Empire and the Arab World : Ambition, Austerity and A Class Apart
3. The French Empire and the Arab World : From the Crusades to the Civilizing Mission
4. The Russian Empire and the Arab World : Religion, Royalty and the New Rome
5. The German Empire and the Arab World : Family Feuds and Eastern Ambitions
6. The Ottoman Empire : How the Arab World Was Won and Lost
PART II: TOO MANY STRAIGHT LINES ON THE MAP : WHERE, WHEN AND WHY IT STARTED TO GO WRONG
7. London, Tuesday, December 21, 1915
8. The Arab World Before the War : The Facts on the Ground
9. The Re-Making of the Middle East : Enter the Nation-State
10. From Sykes-Picot to the Treaty of Sevres : Betrayals, Backstabbing and Broken Promises
11. The Poisoned Legacy and The War's Unanswered Questions
PART III: ALL OR NOTHING : WHY ALL ROADS LEAD TO JERUSALEM
12. Where to Begin?
13. Jerusalem : The Temple Mount
14. Jerusalem : The Noble Sanctuary
PART IV: KINGS, COLONELS AND COUPS : WHY THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN THE ARAB WORLD
15. Cairo, Wednesday, July 23, 1952
16. The Kings, the Colonels and the Political Time Warp : The Return of the Middle Ages
17. I am the State : Power, Politics and the Cult of Personality
18. The Problem of Absolute Power : From Stability to Stagnation
PART V: THE SACRED VERSUS THE SECULAR : WHO SPEAKS FOR ISLAM?
19. Mecca, Tuesday, November 20, 1979
20. 1979: The View from Tehran
21. 1979: Holy War and Unholy Alliances
22. The Arab Spring and the Democratic Alternative
Epilogue Untangling the Web : What Now?

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