Over the past fifty years, a silent revolution has allowed the radical left to seize power to an extent unthinkable only a decade ago. Stranger still, no one has noticed. Throughout the twentieth century, leftists worked tirelessly toward their goal of a proletarian revolution. …
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- One: UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL -- Two: HISTORY -- Three: LAND AND PEOPLE -- Four: SOCIETY -- Five: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS -- Six: ECONOMICS -- Seven: CULTURE -- Chronology of Israel -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K --…
This book surveys the main conflicts and insurgencies in recent Middle East history, focusing mainly on the period since the 1980s and taking a historical-analytical approach.
Drawing on sources from a wide range of countries, this text tracks the entire trajectory of anti-Americanism. It traces the paradox that is America, a country that is both the most reviled and most envied land on earth.
Syria has long presented a serious problem for the Middle East region and U.S. policy. With its mix of competing religious and ethnic groups, radical ideologies, and political repression, it is a 72,000-square-mile time bomb waiting to go off. Yet surprisingly, very little is kn…
