The international relations of the Middle East have long been dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval and interethnic violence are compounded by the vagaries of oil prices and the claims of military nationalist and religious movements. The pur[...]
This collection of essays offers a general analysis of the Middle East and more focused country-by-country examples. Nationalism and Islamism are re-examined to demonstrate their ongoing relevance and relationship to the present-day Arab context and identity. This is followed by a closer look at Isl[...]
Fred Halliday writes: 'The Arab Middle East is the one with the longest history of contact with the west; yet it is probably the one least understood. Part of the misunderstanding is due to the romantic mythology that has long appeared to shroud the deserts of the peninsula. Where old myths have bro[...]
Examines the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and also provides a reasoned approach as to what the future may hold. As the dust settled around the devastation of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, a host of questions emerged surrounding the attacks, the motives be[...]
This volume sets out to reject anti-Islamic views of a future dominated by the conflict between "Islam" and "the West". It has been revised to encompass the events of 11 September 2001, spiralling violence in the Middle East and President George Bush's proposed identification of an "axis of evil". C[...]
This indispensable and tremendously relevant study takes on 100 of the most popular and misinterpreted "truths" about the Middle East--from the political, cultural, social, and historical spheres--and unravels them without diminishing their inherent complexity. Halliday rigorously analyzes topics as[...]
När dammet hade lagt sig efter förödelsen vid World Trade Center och Pentagon den 11 september 2001, uppstod en mängd frågor kring attackerna, motiven bakom dem och dess konsekvenser för framtiden.[...]