A History of the Modern Middle East

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• A History of the Modern Middle East *
• A History of the Modern Middle East *
• Contents v
• Illustrations xi
• Preface to the Second Edition xiii
• A Note about Place Names and Transliteration xxi
• Part I - The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Eighteenth Century 1
• 1 - The Rise and Expansion of Islam 4
• 2 - The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Fifteenth Century 20
• 3 - The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: a New Imperial Synthesis 40
• Part II - The Beginnings of the Era of Transformation 59
• 4 - Forging a New Synthesis: the Pattern of Reforms, 1789-1849 62
• 5 - The Ottoman Empire and Egypt during the Era of the Tanzimat 81
• 6 - Egypt and Iran in the Late Nineteenth Century 102
• 7 - The Response of Islamic Society 117
• 8 - The Era of the Young Turks and the Iranian Constitutionalists 130

• A History of the Modern Middle East *
• A History of the Modern Middle East *
• Contents v
• Illustrations xi
• Preface to the Second Edition xiii
• A Note about Place Names and Transliteration xxi
• Part I - The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Eighteenth Century 1
• 1 - The Rise and Expansion of Islam 4
• 2 - The Development of Islamic Civilization to the Fifteenth Century 20
• 3 - The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: a New Imperial Synthesis 40
• Part II - The Beginnings of the Era of Transformation 59
• 4 - Forging a New Synthesis: the Pattern of Reforms, 1789-1849 62
• 5 - The Ottoman Empire and Egypt during the Era of the Tanzimat 81
• 6 - Egypt and Iran in the Late Nineteenth Century 102
• 7 - The Response of Islamic Society 117
• 8 - The Era of the Young Turks and the Iranian Constitutionalists 130
• 9 - World War 1 and the End of the Ottoman Order 146
• Part III - The Struggle for Independence: the Interwar Era to the End of World War II 169
• 10 - Authoritarian Reform in Turkey and Iran 172
• 11 - The Arab Struggle for Independence: Egypt, Iraq, and Transjordan from the Interwar Era to 1945 190
• 12 - The Arab Struggle for Independence: Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia from the Interwar Era to 1945 212
• 13 - The Palestine Mandate and the Birth of the State of Israel 233
• Part IV - The Independent Middle East from the End of World War II to the 1970s 265
• 14 - Democracy and Authoritarianism: Turkey and Iran 267
• 15 - The Middle East in the Age of Nasser: the Egyptian Base 293
• 16 - The Middle East in the Age of Nasser: the Radicalization of Arab Politics 314
• 17 - Israel and the Palestinians from 1948 to the 1970s 336
• Part V - A Time of Disorder and Renewal: the Middle East from the 1970s to the 1990s 359
• 18 - Changing Patterns of War and Peace: Egypt and Lebanon in the 1970s and 1980s 363
• 19 - The Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule in Syria and Iraq: the Regimes of Hafiz Al-Asad and Saddam Husayn 385
• 20 - The Iranian Revolution and the Resurgence of Islam 410
• 21 - The Arabian Peninsula in the Petroleum Era 436
• 22 - Challenges to the Existing Order: the Palestinian Uprising and the Gulf War 458
• 23 - A Peace So Near, a Peace So Far: Israeli-Palestinian Relations since the Gulf War 483
• 24 - Patterns of Continuity and Change in the Central Middle East since the Gulf War 500
• Glossary 527
• Select Bibliography 533
• Index 555