A History of the Modern Middle East

by Cleveland, William L.; Bunton, Martin P.

• ISBN13: 9780813343747
• ISBN10: 0813343747
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-24
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

This comprehensive work provides penetrating analysis of modern Middle East history, from Ottoman and Egyptian reforms to the American invasion of Iraq and Iran's new influence in the region. Focusing on political history, the book also integrates cultural and economic developments into a single, expertly crafted account. This fourth edition addresses recent transformative developments, including the resurgence of Islam, the aftermath of the Iraq war, Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the tensions among Syria, Hezbollah, and Israel.

Author Biography

William Cleveland is professor of history at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. xix
A Note About Place Names and Transliteration	p. xxi
The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Eighteenth Century	p. 1
The Rise and Expansion of Islam	p. 5
The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Fifteenth Century	p. 19
The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: A New Imperial Synthesis	p. 37
The Beginnings of the Era of Transformation	p. 57
Forging a New Synthesis: The Pattern of Reforms, 1789-1849	p. 61
The Ottoman Empire and Egypt During the Era of the Tanzimat	p. 81
Egypt and Iran in the Late Nineteenth Century	p. 103
The Response of Islamic Society	p. 119
The Era of the Young Turks and the Iranian Constitutionalists	p. 133
World War I and the End of the Ottoman Order	p. 149
The Struggle for Independence: The Interwar Era to the End of World War II	p. 171
Authoritarian Reform in Turkey and Iran	p. 175
The Arab Struggle for Independence: Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan from the Interwar Era to 1945	p. 193
The Arab Struggle for Independence: Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia from the Interwar Era to 1945	p. 217
The Palestine Mandate and the Birth of the State of Israel	p. 239
The Independent Middle East from the End of World War II to the 1970s	p. 273
Democracy and Authoritarianism: Turkey and Iran	p. 275
The Middle East in the Age of Nasser: The Egyptian Base	p. 301
The Middle East in the Age of Nasser: The Radicalization of Arab Politics	p. 323
Israel and the Palestinians from 1948 to the 1970s	p. 345
A Time of Upheaval and Renewal: The Middle East from the 1970s to the 2000s	p. 369
Changing Patterns of War and Peace: Egypt and Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s	p. 373
The Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule in Syria and Iraq: The Regimes of Hafiz al-Asad and Saddam Husayn	p. 397
The Iranian Revolution and the Resurgence of Islam	p. 423
The Arabian Peninsula in the Petroleum Era	p. 451
Challenges to the Existing Order: The Palestinian Uprising and the 1991 Gulf War	p. 473
A Peace so Near, a Peace so Far: Israeli-Palestinian Relations Since the 1991 Gulf War	p. 499
Patterns of Continuity and Change Since the 1991 Gulf War	p. 527
America's Troubled Moment in the Middle East	p. 557
Glossary	p. 577
Select Bibliography	p. 583
Index	p. 609
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