Wright, Robin B., 1948-
Dreams and shadows : the future of the Middle East / Robin Wright. - New York : Penguin Press, 2008. - 464 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference (p. [443]-450) and index.
The Middle East : the propects -- The Palestinians : the conundrum -- Egypt : the turning points -- Egypt : the players -- Lebanon : the dreamers -- Lebanon : the shadows -- Syria : the outlaws -- Iran : the revolutionaries -- Iran : the reactionaries -- Morocco : the compromises -- Iraq and the United States : the furies.
With a solid, thirty-five-year background in Middle East reporting, Ms. Wright offers an extraordinary tour of this volatile and restless region--the ideas and movements driving change across the region, the obstacles facing the transformation of the Middle East, and the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories--that translate into a coherent vision of what lies ahead.
9781594201110 1594201110
2007046267
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
DS44 / .W87 2008
956.05/4
Dreams and shadows : the future of the Middle East / Robin Wright. - New York : Penguin Press, 2008. - 464 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical reference (p. [443]-450) and index.
The Middle East : the propects -- The Palestinians : the conundrum -- Egypt : the turning points -- Egypt : the players -- Lebanon : the dreamers -- Lebanon : the shadows -- Syria : the outlaws -- Iran : the revolutionaries -- Iran : the reactionaries -- Morocco : the compromises -- Iraq and the United States : the furies.
With a solid, thirty-five-year background in Middle East reporting, Ms. Wright offers an extraordinary tour of this volatile and restless region--the ideas and movements driving change across the region, the obstacles facing the transformation of the Middle East, and the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories--that translate into a coherent vision of what lies ahead.
9781594201110 1594201110
2007046267
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
DS44 / .W87 2008
956.05/4