Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945

<p>This third edition of <em>Conflicts in the Middle East</em> <em>since 1945</em> analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. Throughout the book Peter Hinchcliffe and Beverley Milton-Edwards put the main conflicts into their wider context, with thematic debates on issues such as the emergence of radical Islam, the resolution of conflicts, diplomacy and peace-making, and the role of the superpowers. </p><p>The book is brought fully up to date with events in the Middle East, covering, for instance, developments in Iraq in 2006 where a democratically elected government is in place but the insurgency show no sign of coming under control. The analysis of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is also brought up to the present day, to include the election of the Hamas government and the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hizballah. </p><p>Including a newly updated bibliography and maps of the area, this is the perfect introduction for all students wishing to understand the complex situation in the Middle East, in its historical context.</p> <p>Introduction 1. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Ways of War 2. The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Hostages to History 3. Superpower Conflict in the Middle East: War by Proxy 4. Generation Jihad: Conflict in the Name of Islam? 5. Sectarian Conflict: Lebanon, State without a Nation 6. Ethnic Conflict: The Forgotten Kurds 7. War in the Gulf: Iran and Iraq 1980–1989 8. The Kuwait Crisis: Brother versus Brother 9. The Politics of Conflict and Failure of Peacemaking 10. No End to the Storm: 9/11 and the War in Iraq</p>