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Author:

Israeli, Raphael, author.

Title:

Years of Upheaval : Axial Changes in Islam Since 1989 / Raphael Israeli.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxvii, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Islamic countries--Politics and government--20th century.
Islamic countries--Politics and government--21st century.
Islam and politics--History--20th century.
Islam and politics--History--21st century.
Islam and world politics.
Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects.
World politics--1989-
Islam and politics.
Islam and world politics.
Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects.
Politics and government.
World politics.
Islamic countries.
Since 1900
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : An Axial Era in the World and in Islam -- World Upheavals in the 1990s and their Impact on Islam -- The New Tri-Polar World : The US, Russia and China -- The Politization of Islam, the Rise of Militant Islam -- Nuclear Islam : Pakistan, Iran and its Satellites -- Spring : The Arab Revolt and its Islamic Anti-dote -- The Islamic Axis of Change in the Midst of Conflict -- The Islamic Watershed -- Conclusion : Watershed towards Growth or Down to the Abyss?

ISBN:

1412857120 (acid-free paper)
9781412857123 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)911073590

LCCN:

2015019604

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)