Middle East Studies

By Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael

Much has been written about the events surrounding the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, especially about the intentions, principles, plans and course of action of US policy, but much less attention has been given to the consequences of US policy on Iraqi political and social…

Hardback – 2015-02-17
Routledge
Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

By Ido Zelkovitz

Exploring the Palestinian Student Movement from an historical and sociological perspective, this book demonstrates how Palestinian national identity has been built in the absence of national institutions, whilst emphasizing the role of higher education　as an agent of social change, capable of…

Hardback – 2014-12-16
Routledge
Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

By Yehoshua Frenkel

Translating a collection of the most important descriptions of the Turks found in medieval Arabic texts into English, this book aims at delineating the coming of the Turkic people in the eleventh century, their military successes in Iran and Iraq, and the emergence of the sultanate. The book…

Hardback – 2014-12-12
Routledge
Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey

By Lois Beck

Examining the rapid transition in Iran from a modernizing, westernizing, secularizing monarchy (1941-79) to a hard-line, conservative, clergy-run Islamic republic (1979-), this book focuses on the ways this process has impacted the Qashqa’i—a rural, nomadic, tribally organized, Turkish-speaking,…

Hardback – 2014-09-18
Routledge
Iranian Studies

By Yaniv Voller

Investigating the transformation of the Kurdish liberation movement in Iraq this book explores its development from an armed guerrilla movement, engaged in a war for liberation with the government in Baghdad, into the government of a de facto Kurdish state known as the Kurdistan Regional Government…

Hardback – 2014-09-09
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

Edited by Roberto Tottoli

Islam has long been a part of the West in terms of religion, culture, politics and society. Discussing this interaction from al-Andalus to the present, this Handbook explores the influence Islam has had, and continues to exert; particularly its impact on host societies, culture and politics.…

Hardback – 2014-08-20
Routledge

By James Worrall

This volume is a key text for understanding the major regional international organizations of the Middle East. Analysing the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Arab-Maghreb Union in a concise and accessible format, it explores their successes and failures across their full range of…

Paperback – 2017-03-27
Routledge
Global Institutions

Edited by Karl Cordell, Brendan O'Leary, Stefan Wolff

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is one of the longest unresolved conflicts of modern times. It has brought about the early and violent deaths of tens of thousands of people, and blighted the lives of millions more. It is symbiotically linked to the wider crises that continue to…

Hardback – 2017-03-15
Routledge
Association for the Study of Nationalities

By Andrew Jotischky, Andrew Jotischky

Crusading and the Crusader States explores how the idea of holy war emerged from the troubled society of the eleventh century, and why Jerusalem and the Holy Land were so important to Europeans. It follows the progress of the major crusading expeditions, offering insights into initial success…

Paperback – 2017-03-13
Routledge
Recovering the Past