The shaping of the modern Middle East

Author(s)

• Lewis, Bernard

Bibliographic Information

The shaping of the modern Middle East

Bernard Lewis

Oxford University Press, 1994

• : cloth
• : pbk.

Note

"Nucleus of this book is a series of six public lectures deliverd at Indiana University, Bloomington, between 19 March and 23 April 1963"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-170) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780195072815

Description

With this major revision of his work "The Middle East and the West" (1964), a leading Middle East historian offers a detailed history of Western-Middle Eastern relations from the late 17th century to the present day. Fully revised to cover the volatile developments of the last three decades, it sheds light on the climax and sudden end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Arab-Israeli wars, the formation and activities of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iranian revolution. Illuminating the region's geography, culture, history, language, and religion, the author explores the complex and often confusing issues of Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism, and responses and reactions in the Middle East to centuries of Western influence, revealing the subtlety and sophistication of this dynamic civilization.

Table of Contents

• Sketches for a Historical Portrait
• The Impact of the West
• The Quest for Freedom
• Patriotism and Nationalism
• The Revolt of Islam
• The Middle East in International Affairs.

Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780195072822

Description

This classic work by the leading Middle East scholar of our time offers a definitive, insightful, and now more timely than ever history of Western-Middle Eastern relations from the late seventeenth century to the present day. Fully revised to cover the volatile developments of the last three decades, The Shaping of the Modern Middle East sheds light on the climax and sudden end of the cold war, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Arab-Israeli wars, the formation and activities of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iranian revolution. Illuminating the region's geography, culture, history, language, and religion, Lewis explores the complex and often confusing issues of Arab nationalism, Islamic fundamentalism, and responses and reactions in the Middle East to centuries of Western influence, revealing the subtlety and sophistication of this dynamic civilization as no other scholar can.

Table of Contents

• 1. Sketches for a Historical Portrait
• 2. The Impact of the West
• 3. The Quest for Freedom
• 4. Patriotism and Nationalism
• 5. The Revolt of Islam
• 6. The Middle East in International Affairs
• Notes
• Bibliographical Note

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Details

• NCID: BA23024908
• ISBN:
  • 0195072812
  • 0195072820
• LCCN: 93003283
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 186 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS62.4.
  • DC20 : 956
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Middle East -- History -- 1517-