A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 886
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ISBN-10 : 9781315509396
ISBN-13 : 1315509393
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Ian J. Bickerton

Concise and comprehensive, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors identify and examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the past century tying in a twenty-first century perspective. The seventh edition exposes readers to recent events in the Middle East. Altering relations between Israel and neighboring states, political and religious uncertainty as a result of the Arab Spring and the increased scrutiny of Iran's nuclear program are explored in this updated edition.

A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is

A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is
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Publisher : Saqi Books
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9780863561580
ISBN-13 : 0863561586
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is by : John McHugo

The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi`is has rarely been as toxic as it is today, feeding wars and communal strife in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other countries, with tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalating. In this richly layered and engrossing account, John McHugo reveals how this great divide occurred. Charting the story of Islam from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, he describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi`ism evolved as different sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi`i Safavids contrived to ensure that the split would continue into modern times. Now its full, destructive force has been brought out by the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for the soul of the Muslim world. Definitive and insightful, A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is shows that there was nothing inevitable about the sectarian conflicts that now disfigure Islam. It is an essential guide to understanding the genesis, development and manipulation of the great schism that has come to define Islam and the Muslim world.

The Arabs

The Arabs
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 9780226723563
ISBN-13 : 0226723569
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arabs by : Maxime Rodinson

"The Arabs is an interpretative essay based upon a great deal of reading and research, and like other writings of the author, brilliant and insightful. Rodinson's response to the question Who are the Arabs? traces the career of the Arab people from their first appearance about twenty-nine centuries ago up to the present day. The purpose of the book is to make the reader aware of an undeniable Arab being, of its historic performance and its contemporary situation, on the basis of a scientifically careful but sympathetic study and statement."--Back cover.

The Jews of Arab Lands

The Jews of Arab Lands
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Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages : 540
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ISBN-10 : 0827611552
ISBN-13 : 9780827611559
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Jews of Arab Lands by : Norman A. Stillman

A History of the Arab Peoples

A History of the Arab Peoples
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 630
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ISBN-10 : 0674010175
ISBN-13 : 9780674010178
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Arab Peoples by : Albert Habib Hourani

Chronicles the history of Arab civilization, looking at the beauty of the great mosques, the importance attached to education, the achievements of Arab science, the role of women, internal conflicts, and the Palestinian question.

The Arabs

The Arabs
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 1558765468
ISBN-13 : 9781558765467
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arabs by : Heinz Halm

'The Arabs' provides a lucid and compact depiction of the long history of the Arabs from the 9th century BC to the explosive present of the Palestinian and Iraqi conflicts.

Arabs

Arabs
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 681
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ISBN-10 : 9780300180282
ISBN-13 : 0300180284
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Arabs by : Tim Mackintosh-Smith

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia. Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developments--from pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammad's use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabic--have helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in today's politically fractured post-Arab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.

Arabia and the Arabs

Arabia and the Arabs
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9781134646340
ISBN-13 : 1134646348
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Arabia and the Arabs by : Robert G. Hoyland

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors Arabia and the Arabs provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south, to the deserts and oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of *the economy *society *religion *art, architecture and artefacts *language and literature *Arabhood and Arabisation The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.

The Arabs

The Arabs
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 940
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ISBN-10 : 9780141939629
ISBN-13 : 0141939621
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arabs by : Eugene Rogan

Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power. Drawing on the writings and eyewitness accounts of those who lived through the tumultuous years of Arab history, The Arabs balances different voices - politicians, intellectuals, students, men and women, poets and novelists, famous, infamous and the completely unknown - to give a rich, complex sense of life over nearly five centuries. Rogan's book is remarkable for its geographical sweep, covering the Arab world from North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula, and for the depth in which it explores every facet of modern Arab history. Charting the evolution of Arab identity from Ottomanism to Arabism to Islamism, it covers themes including the conflict between national independence and foreign domination, the Arab-Israeli struggle and the peace process, Abdel Nasser and the rise of Arab Nationalism, the political and economic power of oil and the conflict between secular and Islamic values. This multilayered, fascinating and definitive work is the essential guide to understanding the history of the modern Arab world - and its future.

A Concise History of the Caribbean

A Concise History of the Caribbean
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 479
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ISBN-10 : 9781108480987
ISBN-13 : 1108480985
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis A Concise History of the Caribbean by : B. W. Higman

A compelling account of Caribbean history from colonization to slavery and revolution, through the tumult of hurricanes and climate change.