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100 1 _aBard, Mitchell Geoffrey,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe complete idiot's guide to Middle East conflict /
_cby Mitchell G. Bard, Ph.D.
246 3 0 _aMiddle East conflict
250 _aFourth edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlpha Books / The Penguin Group,
_c[2008]
264 4 _cc2008
300 _axxxiii, 462 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
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337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
_bn
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Get a handle on the problems of a war-torn region" -- on cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPart 1. In the beginning. Who cares about the Middle East? -- The chosen people -- Part 2. Religion and politics mix. Welcome to the empire -- The Crescent moon -- The Nationalist wave -- Part 3. The great war's spoils. Trouble brewing in Palestine -- This land is my land, this land is your land -- Fighting Hitler and Great Britain -- A state of their own -- The Jewish war of independence -- Part 4. A state for the Jews. The wanted and the unwanted -- We've got a state, now what? -- War over Suez Part 5. War and peace. Six days to victory -- No war, no peace -- Israel's day of infamy -- Peace at last -- Holy warriors -- Iran and Iraq go to war -- Israel's Vietnam -- Part 6. Inching toward peace. Sticks and stones and breaking bones -- Saddam crosses the line -- Bush turns the screws -- Part 7. Why can't we all get along? The oldest city's new rulers -- The shot heard 'round the world -- O Jerusalem! -- Waiting for the Messiah.
650 7 _aArab-Israeli conflict.
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651 7 _aMiddle East
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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_937123
653 _bBUSBOL
_cMarch2016
655 _vReading book
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