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Modernity and Tradition
First published in 1990. A country’s development does not take place in a vacuum and it was therefore essential in this earlier work that the main subject (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s development) should be set into an historical, political and social context. The original edition includes a summary of this background information, starting with the Kingdom’s geographical location and proceeding with a brief account of its history, its political importance and its role in the world economy. Within this context, is described the development and progress of what the Kingdom had achieved, outlining the country’s governmental structure, its administrative divisions, its available invest...
History of Middle East
The History Of Middle East Is An Attempt To Make An In-Depth Study Of The Subject, Beginning From The Evolution Of Human Civilization To The Present Decade, And To Highlight The Past Glory And Splendour Of Egypt And Mesopotamia, The Origin And Development Of Christianity, Judaism And Islam In This Sacred Place. The Book Extensively Deals With The Split Of Middle East Into Several Countries Like Israel, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Etc. After The First World War. History Of All These Countries Uptil 2004 Has Been Provided In Detail With The Main Emphasis On The Recent Wars Like The Arab-Israel Wars, Attack On Kuwait By The Iraqi Forces Under Saddam Hussain,...
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Three Kings
Three Kings reveals a story of America's scramble for political influence, oil concessions, and a new military presence based on airpower and generous American aid to shaky regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Iraq. Marshaling new and revelatory evidence from the archives, Lloyd Gardner deftly weaves together three decades of U.S. moves in the region to offer the first history of America's efforts to supplant the British empire in the Middle East. From the early efforts to support and influence the Saudi regime (including the creation of Dhahranairbase, the target of Osama bin Laden's first terrorist attack in 1996) and the CIA-engineered coup in Iran to Nasser's Egypt and, finally, the rise of Iraq as a major petroleum power, Three Kings is ''a valuable contribution to our understanding of our still-deepening involvement in this region'' (Booklist).As American policy makers and military planners grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Gardner uncovers the largely hidden story of how the United States got into the Middle East in the first place.
The Long Peace
Long notorious as one of the most turbulent areas of the world, Lebanon nevertheless experienced an interlude of peace between its civil war of 1860 and the beginning of the French Mandate in 1920. Engin Akarli examines the sociopolitical changes resulting from the negotiations and shifting alliances characteristic of these crucial years. Using previously unexamined documents in Ottoman archives, Akarli challenges the prevailing view that attributes modernization in government to Western initiative while blaming stagnation on reactionary local forces. Instead, he argues, indigenous Lebanese experience in self-rule as well as reconciliation among different religious groups after 1860 laid the foundation for secular democracy. European intervention in Lebanese politics, however, hampered efforts to develop a correspondingly secular notion of Lebanese nationality. As ethnic and religious strife increases throughout much of eastern Europe and the Middle East, the Lebanese example has obvious relevance for our own time.
Withdrawing Under Fire
The post-9/11 world has witnessed a rebirth of irregular and asymmetrical warfare, which, in turn, has led to an increase in conflicts between conventional armies and non-state armed groups. In their haste to respond to the threat from insurgencies, nations often fail to plan effectively not only for combat operations but also for withdrawal, which is inevitable, win or lose. In order to answer the question of how to withdraw from engagement with an insurgency, Gleis examines how insurgencies are conducted and what, if anything, is unique about an Islamist insurgency. He then proposes ways to combat these groups successfully and to disentangle one's military forces from the war once strategi...
Between Two Fires
Iqbal Singh Gives Us An Insightful Study Of India S Foreign Policy, During The Years Prime Minister Nehru Looked After The Foreign Office Portfolio As Well, Begining From 1947 To Bandung Conference And After. The Author Draws Exhaustively From Nehru S Own Writings, His Letters And Other Literature To Analyse And Critique The Thinking Of India S First Prime Minister Who Tried To Evolve A Meaningful Foreign Policy, Amidst A Belligerent Neighbour, The Machinations Of The Western Powers And A Uno Not Too Favourably Inclined Towards India.
Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon
Khalaf argues that historically internal grievances have been magnified or deflected to become the source of international conflict. From the beginning, he shows, foreign interventions have consistently exacerbated internal problems."--BOOK JACKET.
