Insightful essays on the Islamic world explore the relationship between the Arabs and the United States, Lebanon and the perils of independence, the question of Arab unity, and the prospects for peace

Islam in the Modern World and Other Studies

History

Kedourie, Elie

Middle East

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

Politics in the Middle East

Events in the Middle East have prompted many questions concerning the conflict between Islam and the European states which have, historically, been seen as a military and political challenge. Why has ideological politics triumphed in the Middle East? Why have attempts to form constitutional governments repeatedly failed in Islamic states? This account provides the historical analysis necessary for a clearer understanding of these questions. In the 19th century Middle Eastern leaders believed that they could surmount the challenge posed by the European "Great Powers" by borrowing European weapons and technology, along with military and administrative organization, and, later, by adopting representative forms of government. These strategies proved a disappointment. The aftermath has been the establishment of military regimes, and an ideological style of politics, whether the ideology is nationalism of fundamentalism. This book describes and discusses the apparent success of ideological politics, and analyzes its character.

Oxford University Press

Events in the Middle East have prompted many questions concerning the conflict between Islam and the European states which have, historically, been seen as a military and political challenge. Why has ideological politics triumphed in the Middle East? Why have attempts to form constitutional governments repeatedly failed in Islamic states? This account provides the historical analysis necessary for a clearer understanding of these questions. In the 19th century Middle Eastern leaders believed that they could surmount the challenge posed by the European "Great Powers" by borrowing European weapons and technology, along with military and administrative organization, and, later, by adopting representative forms of government. These strategies proved a disappointment. The aftermath has been the establishment of military regimes, and an ideological style of politics, whether the ideology is nationalism of fundamentalism. This book describes and discusses the apparent success of ideological politics, and analyzes its character.

Reference

Published in the year 1974, Nationalism in Asia and Africa is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle Eastern Studies.

Nationalism in Asia and Africa

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Nationalism in Asia and Africa (OME)

Orion Publishing Co

First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Afghani and 'Abduh: An Essay on Religious Unbelief and Political Activism in Modern Islam (Routledge Libray Editions: Islam)

Routledge

Afghani and 'Abduh (Routledge Library Editions: Islam)

In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations 1914–1939 (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)

The McMahon-Husayn correspondence greatly affected Anglo-Arab relations after the First World War. Written in obscure and ambiguous terms, it aroused great controversy, particularly over the issue of Palestine. Originally published in 1976, this study brought together for the first time all the available evidence from British, French and Arabic sources and elucidated the meaning of the correspondence. The controversy led to many enquiries within the Foreign Office as to the exact meaning and significance of the documents. Even before Palestine became a pressing issue, the formulation of British policy in the Middle East during the war and at the post-war settlement had occasioned other investigations. In the first part of this book Professor Kedourie examines the correspondence in its historical context to determine why its terms were so obscure and what lay in the minds of those who drafted it. The second part is an historiographical enquiry which reviews the widely differing interpretations of the correspondence which were produced in various departments of the Foreign Office from 1916 to 1939, when the correspondence was made public.

Europe

Cambridge University Press

The McMahon-Husayn correspondence greatly affected Anglo-Arab relations after the First World War. Written in obscure and ambiguous terms, it aroused great controversy, particularly over the issue of Palestine. Originally published in 1976, this study brought together for the first time all the available evidence from British, French and Arabic sources and elucidated the meaning of the correspondence. The controversy led to many enquiries within the Foreign Office as to the exact meaning and significance of the documents. Even before Palestine became a pressing issue, the formulation of British policy in the Middle East during the war and at the post-war settlement had occasioned other investigations. In the first part of this book Professor Kedourie examines the correspondence in its historical context to determine why its terms were so obscure and what lay in the minds of those who drafted it. The second part is an historiographical enquiry which reviews the widely differing interpretations of the correspondence which were produced in various departments of the Foreign Office from 1916 to 1939, when the correspondence was made public.

Social Sciences

This text traces the philosophical foundations of nationalist doctrine, the conditions which gave rise to it and the political consequences of its spread in Europe and elsewhere in the 19th and 20th centuries. This edition contains a new introduction in which the author reflects upon the origins of the book and the relationship of his argument to contemporary conflicts. "Nationalism" should be of interest to students and teachers of politics, sociology and history.

Nationalism

Blackwell Pub.

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Islam in the Modern World and Other Studies

Politics in the Middle East

Politics in the Middle East

Nationalism in Asia and Africa

Nationalism in Asia and Africa (OME)

Afghani and 'Abduh: An Essay on Religious Unbelief and Political Activism in Modern Islam (Routledge Libray Editions: Islam)

Afghani and 'Abduh (Routledge Library Editions: Islam)

In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations 1914–1939 (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)

In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and its Interpretations 1914–1939 (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics)

Nationalism