| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Series |
Hoover Institution Press Publication ; Number 623 |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 623.
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| Contents |
Foreword / by John Raisian -- In memoriam : our magnus / by Charles Hill -- The Arab awakening, 2011 : the year of living dangerously -- The honor of Aleppo : a Syrian novel and a Syrian revolution -- The sorrows of Egypt -- The secular inheritance -- The sentry's solitude : pax Americana in the Arab world -- The making of a hijacker : the banal lie and barbarous deeds of a 9/11 terrorist -- Writing Iraq -- The furrows of Algeria -- The traveler's luck : V.S. Naipaul's misunderstanding of Islam -- The humanist in the alleys : Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006 -- The making of strangers : Muslims, Jews, and the other 1492 |
| Summary |
In this collection of bold and wide-ranging essays, Fouad Ajami offers his views on the Middle East, commenting on the state of affairs in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt and more. He brings into focus the current struggles of the region through detailed historical standpoints and a highly personal perspective. The author discusses such landmark past events as the Algerian civil war, the state of the Arab world shortly after 9/11, and the pan-Arab awakening that began in 2011, as well as current events such as the Syrian rebellion and the repercussions of its brutal response from Bashar al-Assad |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Arab nationalism -- Case studies
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Arab nationalism
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Politics and government
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Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Arab countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| ISBN |
9780817914967 |
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081791496X |
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9780817914981 |
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0817914986 |
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