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Author:

Wright, Robin B., 1948-

Title:

Dreams and shadows : the future of the Middle East / Robin Wright.

Publisher:

Turnaround distributor,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

464 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Islam and politics--Middle East.
Social change--Middle East.
Political culture--Middle East.
Middle East--Foreign relations.
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Middle East : the prospects -- 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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0143114891 (pbk.)
9780143114895

OCLC:

(OCoLC)302066980

LCCN:

2007046267

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

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MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)