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Critical turning points in the Middle East : 1915 - 2015 / Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, Graeme Herd, Lisa Watanabe.
| Author/creator | Al-Rodhan, Nayef R. F. |
| Other author | Herd, Graeme P. |
| Other author | Watanabe, Lisa, 1974- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description | xv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The historical legacy: the rise and fall of the Golden Era -- Double diplomacy and betrayal -- The Arab defeat -- The Six-Day War and its consequences -- The Iranian Revolution and its aftershock -- A new strategic context in the Middle East -- September 11 and after -- Implications for a potential seventh critical turning point, 2011-15. |
| Abstract | "This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-248) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011004879 |
| ISBN | 9780230251502 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0230251501 (hardback) |