Author:
Lesch, David W. author.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxxvii, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:The intellectual and physical setting -- Competing peoples and ideologies -- The convergence : World War I and a new Middle East -- The Palestine mandate -- Independence and al-Nakba -- Cold wars and the Middle East matrix --The earthquake : the 1967 Arab-Israeli war -- The road to 1979 -- Mutual fallouts : Lebanon and the Arab-Israeli conflict -- A decade of hope -- Breakdown --9/11 and its aftermath.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-524) and index.
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