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Conflicts in the Middle East


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Éditeur : Routledge Date & Lieu : 2004, London
Préface : Pages : 169
Traduction : ISBN : 0-203-59446-0
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 140x215 mm
Thème : Histoire

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Conflicts in the Middle East

Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945

One fundamental question should be asked of many contemporary accounts of the history and politics of the Middle East in the latter half of the twentieth century. Why does so much analysis of the region take as read that the Middle East, unlike most other regions of the globe, is characterized by a Hobbesian state of nature where war and conflicts are inevitable and endemic? This book sets out to address this perception through examining a series of examples by way of a variety of factors and conditions which have given rise to war and conflicts.

Rather than comparing the region with others with a similar history of conflict such as Africa or Latin America, we have kept our focus on the Middle East. Suffice it to say that conflict ridden though this area has been since the Second World War, its history of confrontation and instability is arguably little different than war-torn western and central Africa or the former Yugoslavia. Its also worth recalling that much of the genesis of conflicts in the region has arisen from the same factors such as the legacy of colonialism and superpower rivalry, as in other parts of the globe. Nevertheless, the dominant perception in the West fed by prejudicial images of bloodthirsty Arabs pitted against their enemies or fighting amongst themselves demands an explanation. We have sought to find one in this book without, from the outset, accepting Hobbesian assumptions but seeking instead to find a less ‘Orientalist’ and more rational explanation for the presence of conflicts within the region...


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Conflicts in the Middle East
since 1945

Beverly Milton-Edwards & Peter Hinchcliffe

Routledge

First published 2001
Second edition first published 2004
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

© 2001, 2004 Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Milton-Edwards, Beverley.
Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 / Beverley Milton-Edwards and
Peter Hinchcliffe.—2nd ed.
p. cm.—(Making of the contemporary world)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Middle East—Politics and government—1945– 2. Mediation,
International. I. Hinchcliffe, Peter, 1937– II. Title. III. Series.
DS63.1.M566 2003
956.04—dc21             2003012408

ISBN 0–415–31786–X (hbk)
ISBN 0–415–31787–8 (pbk)

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
ISBN 0-203-59446-0 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-34012-4 (Adobe eReader Format)




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