The Middle East Today, 6th Edition [Hardcover]

In this completely updated sixth edition, Peretz offers a comprehensive introduction to the history, politics, and contemporary life of the Middle East. This is the book for those who have little or no previous academic background to the region.

Since its initial publication in 1963, this definitive survey has been widely acclaimed and frequently used in history and political science classes. As with previous editions, this volume offers a basic understanding of the forces that shape life and politics in Israel, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States, and is up to date through the September 1993 Israeli-P.L.O. accords.

DON PERETZ is Professor Emeritus, State University of New York, Binghamton. In addition to publishing widely on the Middle East, he has served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Middle East Journal and the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.

Maps, Preface
What Is the Middle East?
Islam: Past and Present
Rise and Fall of the Ottomans
The Middle East and the West before World War I
The Middle East and the West since World War I
Arab Nationalism
Modern Turkey
Origins of Modern Egypt
Revolutionary Egypt
Zionism
The State of Israel
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The Republic of Lebanon
The Republic of Syria
Iraq
The Arabian Peninsula
Iran
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index