The Arab World Today : : Fifth Edition / / William R. Polk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Polk, William R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 5th ed. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 p.) :; 24 maps

Scholars and the concerned public have long relied on William Polk for comprehensive and insightful analysis of the culture and politics of the Arab world. The Arab World Today, a thoroughly revised and expanded version of earlier editions, including The Arab World of the American Foreign Policy Library, covers recent developments such as the growth of population, differing rates of industrialization, Egyptian-Israeli peace efforts, the Lebanese maelstrom, terrorism, the impact of Islamic fundamentalism, and the enormous influence of the ever-changing oil market on economic and political life. In addition, the book examines the rarely analyzed but significant cultural, social, and geopolitical developments that are crucial determinants of recent happenings, and includes the best available statistics and information, from which Polk reevaluates and recasts outmoded perceptions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Preface to the 1991 Edition -- The Arab World at a Glance -- PART 1. Introduction -- 1. The People on the Land -- PART 2. Four Legacies from the Arab Past -- 2. The Ancient Arabs: The Code of Honor -- 3. Islam: The Regulation of Society -- 4. Conquests and the Caliphate: Glorious Yesterdays -- 5. The Alien Empires: Arab Exclusion from Rule -- PART 3. The Impact of the West -- 6. First Encounters: Point Counterpoint -- 7. The High Cost of Modernization: Coming of the West -- 8. The First World War: Midwife of Nationalism -- PART 4. Development of the Arab States -- 9. The Mandates: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Transjordan -- 10. Arabia and Egypt: Isolation or Humiliation -- 11. Libya and the Sudan: Undisguised Imperialism -- 12. Palestine: The Promised Land -- PART 5. The Independent Arab States -- 13. Formal Independence: A Short Flight on Fledgling Wings -- 14. Coups, Conflicts, and Conferences -- 15. The Third Round: The Six-Day War of June 1967 -- 16. The Palestine Arab Diaspora -- 17. The Fourth Round: The October 1973 War -- PART 6. The Matrix of the New Arab -- 18. The Economy of the Arab World -- 19. Social Change and the New Men -- 20. The Arabs and the World: A Quest for Identity and Dignity -- PART 7. War, Fragmentation, and Uprising -- 21. The Iraq-Iran War -- 22. Maelstrom in the Levant -- PART 8. The United States and the Arab World -- 23. A Decade of Discovery -- 24. American Policies of the 1960’s -- 25. Foreign Policy of the Nixon Administration -- 26. The Carter Administration -- 27. American Policies of the 1980’s -- Suggested Reading, Index -- Suggested Reading -- Index