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100 1 _aAl-Rodhan, Nayef R. F.
245 1 0 _aCritical turning points in the Middle East :
_b1915 - 2015 /
_cNayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, Graeme Herd, Lisa Watanabe.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2011.
300 _axv, 256 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
520 _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.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 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.
650 0 _aMiddle East
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-
650 0 _aMiddle East
_xPolitics and government
_y1914-1945.
650 4 _aMedio Oriente
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y1945.
650 4 _aMedio Oriente
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y1914-1945.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
_2bisacsh.
700 1 _aHerd, Graeme P.
700 1 _aWatanabe, Lisa,
_d1974-
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