From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition

by Robert B. Satloff

Book Overview

This book examines the most turbulent period in the history of Jordan's ruling house, the six years following the assassination of the kingdom's founder, Abdullah (1951-1957). Those years witnessed the country's lone episode of weak monarchy, when the king--the novice Hussein or his ill-starred father, Talal--was not the preeminent political actor in the land. Rather, it was during that time at the regime was left in the hands of a mix of Palestinian,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195080270
• ISBN13: 9780195080278
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"