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xviii, 273 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
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Arab nationalism: modest beginnings -- World War I and its aftermath: the Arab Revolt and unrealized expectations -- State-building and nation-building in adverse circumstances -- The dynastic era : upheaval, revolution and transition (1945-1954) -- The radical heyday (1955-1967) -- From order to disorder: the triumph and decline of Arab states -- After the June 1967 debacle: picking up the pieces (1967-1970) -- Diminished leadership: Egypt and the Arab order in the Sadat-Mubarak era (1970-2010) -- Failed aspirations, failed state: Iraq under Saddam, and beyond (1968-2010) -- Syria under the Asad dynasty: from weak state to aspiring regional power (1970-2010) -- Symbol vs. substance: the Palestinian movement in the Arab firmament since 1967 -- The Arab Spring: disorder and disintegration -- Concluding observations:Whither the Arab system? Whither the Arab State? |
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9781442236929 |
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1442236922 |
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