New Middle East - What Everyone Needs to Know

In the revised and expanded second edition of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know, renowned Middle East scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged.

List of contents

• PREFACE


• 1. Before the Deluge: The Middle East, 1945-2011


• 2. The Arab Uprisings and Their Fallout


• 3. Things Fall Apart


• 4. Patrons, Proxies, and Freelancers: The International Relations of the New Middle East


• 5. Human Security in the New Middle East


• NOTES


• FURTHER READING


• INDEX

About the author

James L. Gelvin is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at UCLA and a specialist in the modern social and cultural history of the Arab East. His many publications include The Modern Middle East: A History.

Summary

In the revised and expanded second edition of The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know, renowned Middle East scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged.

Additional text

Balanced, rigorous, and sparkling with insights, The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know is a wonderful primer on a region long dominated by polemics and easy generalizations. James L. Gelvin brings a historian's sensibility and jargon-free prose to illuminate the afflictions that have wracked the modern Middle East-civil war, militancy, and authoritarianism, to name a few-while never losing sight of its enormous human potential. This is a must-read for veteran observers and newcomers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Gelvin , Gelvin, James L. Gelvin, James L. (Professor Gelvin, Gelvin James L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2024
• EAN: 9780197622087
• ISBN: 978-0-19-762208-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: What Everyone Needs to Know; What Everyone Needs to Know(r); What Everyone Needs to Know^DRG
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, 21st Century, Middle East, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Politics & government, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, c 2020 to c 2029, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions