The Middle East in Turmoil: Conflict, Revolution, and Change

by William Mark Habeeb

Book Overview

From Islamic extremism in Algeria to civil war in Iraq, this volume provides in-depth coverage of political and cultural conflict in the Middle East.

Since the end of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, conflict in the Middle East has been increasingly wrought with internal struggles, driven by ethnic, inter-communal, and religious differences. Islamic radicalism has grown as an internal threat, and foreign intervention is now a potential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313339147
• ISBN13: 9780313339141
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years