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050 1 4 _a439 DS 62.8
_bB245c 2005
082 0 0 _a956.04
100 1 _aBard, Mitchell Geoffrey,
_d1959-
_930538
245 1 4 _aThe complete idiot's guide to Middle East conflict /
_cby Mitchell G. Bard.
246 3 0 _aMiddle East conflict
250 _aThird edition
260 _aNew York, N.Y.,
_bAlpha Books,
_c2005.
300 _axxix, 476 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aComplete idiot's guide
_932654
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. In the beginning. Who cares about the Middle East? ; The chosen people pt. 2. Religion and politics mix. Welcome to the empire ; The crescent moon ; The nationalist wave pt. 3. The great war's spoils. Trouble brews in Palestine ; This land is my land, this land is your land ; Fighting Hitler and Great Britain ; A state of their own ; The Jewish war of independence pt. 4. A state for the Jews. The wanted and the unwanted ; We've got a state: now what? ; War over Suez pt. 5. War and peace. Six days to victory ; No war, no peace ; Israel's day of infamy ; Peace at last ; Israel's Vietnam pt. 6. Inching toward peace. Sticks and stones and breaking bones ; Saddam crosses the line ; Bush turns the screws pt. 7. Why can't we all get along? The oldest city's new rulers ; The shot heard 'round the world ; O Jerusalem! ; Arabia and beyond ; Shifting Arabian sands ; Middle East terrorism and its victims ; So close, yet so far ; Mapping the road to peace ; Waiting for the Messiah
520 _aDescribes the historical background of the region, looks at its wars and terrorist attacks, and recounts the intervention of Western nations
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 4 _aMedio Oriente
_xHistoria
_ySiglo XX
_915186
651 4 _aOriente Medio
_x Historia
_ySiglo XX.
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