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AUTHOR |
Gelvin, James L., 1951-. |
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TITLE |
The new Middle East : what everyone needs to know / James L. Gelvin. |
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IMPRINT |
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. |
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DESCRIPTION |
x, 191 p. ; 21 cm. |
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SERIES |
What everyone needs to know. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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SUMMARY |
December 17, 2016 marked the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the Arab uprisings. In the six years since Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia, igniting the uprisings which continue today, the entire Middle East landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable before. In spite of the early hype about the "Arab Spring" and the prominence observers gave to calls for the downfall of regimes and an end to their abuses, most of the protests and uprisings born of Bouazizi's self-immolation have had disastrous results across the whole Middle East. While the old powers reasserted their control with violence in Egypt and Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and Syria have virtually ceased to exist as states, torn apart by civil wars. In other states-Morocco and Algeria-the forces of reaction were able to maintain their hold on power, while in the "hybrid democracies"-Lebanon, Palestine, and. |
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SUBJECT |
IS (Organization) -- History. |
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Arab Spring, 2010-. |
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Human security -- Middle East. |
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 21st century. |
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Middle East -- History. |
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century. |
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DISCIPLINE |
World History. |
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ISBN |
9780190653989. |
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