MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Desert Dreams: The Quest for Arab Integration from the Arab Revolt to the Gulf Cooperation Council
Schlumberger, Oliver, The Middle East Journal
Desert Dreams: The Quest for Arab Integration from the Arab Revolt to the Gulf Cooperation Council, by Justin Dargin. 312 pages. $ 95 cloth; $ 49 paper.
Reviewed by Oliver Schlumberger
In Desert Dreams, Justin Dargin undertakes the truly Herculean task, in three parts and no less than 21 chapters, plus an introduction and an epilogue, of discussing topics as diverse as pre-Islamic tribal structure; myths about the origin of "the Arabs"; nationalism; modernization; (pan-)Arabism; "authoritarianism and development" (chapter 15); military integration in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries, and "Nasser and the Cold War Era" (chapter 12). The predominant pattern …
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Publication information:
Article title: MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Desert Dreams: The Quest for Arab Integration from the Arab Revolt to the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Contributors: Schlumberger, Oliver - Author.
Journal title: The Middle East Journal.
Volume: 66.
Issue: 4
Publication date: Autumn 2012.
Page number: 754+.
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