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Understanding the Contemporary Middle East

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Understanding the Contemporary Middle East
Lynne Rienner Publishers
© 2004
ISBN: 1588260623
477 pages

by Deborah J. Gerner, Jillian Schwedler

Understanding the Contemporary Middle East is an interdisciplinary book designed for use both as a core text for "Introduction to the Middle East" courses and as a supplement in a variety of discipline-oriented curriculums. The geographical domain of the volume is the Arab world (the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and North Africa), Iran, Israel, and Turkey; its temporal focus is post-World War II, with a particular emphasis on the 1990s.

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