The Penguin state of the Middle East atlas

Author/Creator:

Smith, Dan, 1951- cartographer author

Publication/Creation:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2016

Format:

Map

Edition:

Completely revised and updated third edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Penguin state of the Middle East atlas / Dan Smith

Variant Titles:

State of the Middle East atlas

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Additional Author/Creators:

Myriad Editions Limited, copyright holder

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Atlases

Subjects:

Middle East--Maps
Middle East--History--Maps
Middle East--Historical geography--Maps
Middle East--Politics and government--Maps
Middle East--Foreign relations--Maps

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Middle East and the world -- Part one: The making of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire : decline and legacy ; European colonialism : colonial impact ; The new Middle East after World War I : a new regional order ; Decolonization and Arab nationalism : independence and unity ; The pan-Arab dream ; The formation of the State of Israel : Zionism and antisemitism ; Flight and exile ; Oil : the oil market ; The US presence : angles of influence -- Part two: The region on the cusp of change. Politics and rights ; Faith ; Ethnicity ; Population and urbanization ; Wealth and inequality ; Gender relations ; Water ; Refugees ; Wars -- Part three: Arenas of conflict. Israel and Palestine ; Land vs peace ; Uprising ; The Occupied Territories ; Force and peace ; Lebanon : peace and occupation ; Algeria : struggling out of war ; The Kurds : the fight for freedom ; Iran : revolutionary cycles ; The Iran-Iraq War ; Iraq : the Ba'ath Party ; The Gulf Wars. Sanctions and the second war ; War after war ; The new Iraq : old enemies, new allies ; Tunisia ; Egypt : Pressure for change ; After the revolution ; Libya : into chaos ; Syria : the civil war ; Chemical weapons ; The state of war ; Saudi Arabia : contrary pressures ; Protecting and projecting power ; Yemen ; The Gulf kingdoms ; Networks of grievance and terror. Foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria ; Divided movement : ISIS splits from al-Qaeda ; Conclusion: Trajectories of change.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

General Note:

"First published in Penguin Book 2016."
"Copyright © 2016 by Myriad Editions Limited."

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936525181702486

ISBN:

9780143124238
0143124234

OCLC Number:

930763782

Barcode:

010002807852