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What every American should know about the Middle East, Melissa Rossi

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What every American should know about the Middle East, Melissa Rossi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What every American should know about the Middle East

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

183268094

Responsibility statement

Melissa Rossi

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Misunderstanding the Middle East -- Cheat sheet 1 : basic concepts and building blocks -- Jogging through the millennia -- Pulling the pieces together -- European designs : hacking up the Middle East -- Cheat sheet 2: 1979 and beyond a quick look at the issues -- Iraq : pardon our mess -- Iran: isn't the party over yet? -- The kingdom of Saudi Arabia : splitsville -- Kuwait : lines in the sand -- Yemen : in another world -- The United Arab Emirates : the land of possibilities -- Qatar : trail blazing -- Bahrain : a new profile -- Oman : awake at last -- Cheat sheet 3 : the westerners -- Israel : fulfilling prophecies -- Disappearing act : the Palestinian Territories' the West Bank and Gaza -- Lebanon : the cedar devolution -- Syria : crumbling support -- Jordan : stuck in the middle -- Egypt : secret society

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