Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 /

Milton-Edwards, Beverley,

Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 / Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe. - Third edition. - xvii, 158 pages : 18 cm - Making of the contemporary world .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The Arab-Israeli conflict : ways of war -- The Palestinian-Israeli conflict : hostages to history -- Superpower conflict in the Middle East : war by proxy -- Generation jihad : conflict in the name of Islam? -- Sectarian conflict : Lebanon, state without a nation -- Ethnic conflict : the forgotten Kurds -- War in the Gulf : Iran and Iraq 1980-1989 -- The Kuwait crisis : brother versus brother -- The politics of conflict and failure of peacemaking -- No end to the storm : 9/11 and the war in Iraq -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780415440172(pbk.)


Mediation, International.


Middle East--Politics and government--1945-

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956.04 / MIL