TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roskin,Michael
AU  - Coyle,James J.
TI  - Politics of the Middle East: cultures and conflicts 
SN  - 9780131594241
AV  - DS44 .R745 2008
U1  - 956 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Pearson/Prentice Hall
KW  - Middle East
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART I: CULTURES CHAPTER 1: CIVILIZATION AND ITS CRADLE CHAPTER 2: THE BIRTH OF ISLAM CHAPTER 3: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE PART II ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICTS CHAPTER 4: ORIGINS OF THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR CHAPTER 5: THE VERY LONGWAR CHAPTER 6: IS PEACE POSSIBLE? PART III THE NORTH CHAPTER 7: TURKEY CHAPTER 8: THE KURDS PART IV THE RISE OF THE OIL KINGDOMS CHAPTER 9: IRAN CHAPTER 10: SAUDI ARABIA CHAPTER 11: IRAQ AND KUWAIT PART V CONFLICTS: THE GULF WARS CHAPTER 12: THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND WAR WITH IRAQ CHAPTER 13: THE FIRST GULF WAR CHAPTER 14: THE 2003 IRAQWAR AND AFTERMATH PART VI ISLAMIC WARS? CHAPTER 15: MIDDLE EASTERN MODERNIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION CHAPTER 16: POLITICAL ISLAM AND TERRORISM CHAPTER 17: THE UNITED STATES AND THE MIDDLE EAST
ER  -