02114cam a2200361 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000290009504000180012404200080014204300120015005000280016208200110019008400450020110000270024624501150027326000430038830000390043152003570047050000200082750504640084765000480131165000530135965000480141265000530146065000730151365000680158665000510165470000200170570000270172511525720230410103924.0110204s2011    nyua          001 0 eng    a16638030  a  2011004879  a9780230251502 (hardback)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  aaw-----14a439 DS 63.1bA316c 201100a956.04  aPOL035000aPOL011000aPOL0100002bisacsh1 aAl-Rodhan, Nayef R. F.10aCritical turning points in the Middle East :b1915 - 2015 /cNayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, Graeme Herd, Lisa Watanabe.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2011.  axv, 256 p. :bill., maps ;c23 cm.  a"This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources"--cProvided by publisher.  aIncludes index.8 aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Historical Legacy -- The Rise and Fall of the Golden Era -- The First Critical Turning Point -- 1915-22 -- The Second Critical Turning Point -- 1948 -- The Third Critical Turning Point -- 1967 -- The Fourth Critical Turning Point -- 1979 -- The Fifth Critical Turning Point -- 1987-91 -- The Sixth Critical Turning Point -- 2001 -- Implications for a Potential Critical Seventh Turning Point -- 2011-15. 0aMiddle EastxPolitics and governmenty1945- 0aMiddle EastxPolitics and governmenty1914-1945. 4aMedio OrientexPolítica y gobiernoy1945. 4aMedio OrientexPolítica y gobiernoy1914-1945. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General2bisacsh. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General2bisacsh. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory2bisacsh.1 aHerd, Graeme P.1 aWatanabe, Lisa,d1974-