Contested Lands

A History of the Middle East From the First World War to the Present
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-914979-07-1
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 128 mm x 197 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Contested Lands tells the story of the Middle East since the First World War, with a focus on the region's sporadic conflicts and underlying socio-economic change.

T. G. Fraser explores the damaging legacies of imperialism; the creation of the State of Israel; the competition between secular, autocratic rulers and emerging democratic and theocratic forces; and the rise and fall of Arab nationalism in the face of fraying regional alliances and the Islamic revival.

Against this backdrop comes the twenty-first century, marked by 9/11, the Arab Spring, the conflict in Syria, and the Israel-Hamas war. Untangling the threads of history in the Middle East, Fraser weaves a detailed and insightful tapestry of a troubled region nd its ongoing centrality to world events.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, T. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Middle East on the Eve of War // 1

2. The Remaking of the Middle East // 21

3. The New Imperialists Under Challenge // 47

4. The Middle East in Transition // 75

5. The Second World War and the Middle East // 99

6. The United States, the United Nations, and the Future of Palestine // 117

7. War and Revolution // 145

8. From War to War // 173

9. The Middle East Transformed // 201

10. The Search for Stability // 229

11. The Middle East in Turmoil // 257

12. Conclusion // 295

Acknowledgements // 303

Notes // 305

Index // 329

Über Autor(innen)

T. G. Fraser is emeritus professor at Ulster University and the author of Chaim Weizmann: The Zionist Dream (2009) and, with Andrew Mango and Robert McNamara, The Makers of the Modern Middle East (2015).