TY - BOOK AU - Milton-Edwards,Beverley AU - Hinchcliffe,Peter TI - Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 T2 - Making of the contemporary world SN - 9780415440172(pbk.) U1 - 956.04 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Mediation, International KW - BUEsh KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- KW - Reading book N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013317.html ER -