Middle East conflict. Almanac /

Pendergast, Tom.

Middle East conflict. Almanac / Tom and Sara Pendergast ; [project editor] Ralph G. Zerbonia. - Detroit : UXL/Thomson Gale, c2006. - lxvii, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - U-X-L Middle East conflict reference library .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Rooted in the past: seeds of discord in the ancient Middle East -- Ch. 2. The long decline: from the Ottoman Empire to the mandate system -- Ch. 3. Competing visions: Zionism, nationalism, Pan-Arabism, and Islamism -- Ch. 4. Building nations I: the Arab world -- Ch. 5. Building nations II: Palestine and Israel -- Ch. 6 The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1948-73 -- Ch. 7. The long road to peace: Israeli-Palestinian relations, 1973- -- Ch. 8 Global politics and the Middle East -- Ch. 9 Terrorism in the Middle East -- Ch. 10. Lebanon: the never-ending conflict -- Ch. 11. The Iran-Iraq War -- Ch. 12. The Gulf Wars -- Ch. 13. Flashpoints: ethnic and religious conflicts -- Ch. 14. The future of the Middle East conflict.

0787694568 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780787694562 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Arab-Israeli conflict--Sources--Juvenile literature.
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REF DS 119.7 / .P4444 2006