The Middle East

by Congressional Quarterly

Book Overview

This is a politically neutral guide to help the reader understand the complex and controversial issues that influence the volatile Middle east. The book provides a historical context for events,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933116145
• ISBN13: 9781933116143
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 593 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Overview

The CQ textbook is an impressive and balanced view of modern issues in the Middle East. After having many classes that used broad overviews like Esposito's various editions, it was very refreshing to see some new ideas put forth. Its chapters are well researched and organized. I am not surprized to see that the DoD uses this text for several courses.

great background for the middle east after WWII

Congressional Quarterly has published a great source for the Middle East. Ir provies plenty of information to better understand the region and focuses on the main issues in it. The Arab-Israeli conflict is dealt with starting from the original British mandate for ISrael to the post-Oslo time. It also focuses on U.S. foriegn policy in the region looking how differetn presidential administrations and the U.S. congress have dealt with the region. Oil and gas interests are mentioned disucssing issues that relate to it such as OPEC, the oil embargo, the Persian Gulf War and the 1986 price crash. The influence of Islam is also talked about focusing on how it as unified and fractured the Middle East. The book also has country profiles to better understand how each individiual country operates as well as providing a timeline of the Middle East since the end of WWII and short biographies of the area's main leader.