MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01387cam a22002774a 4500
001 2005002952
003 DLC
005 20060216085714.0
008 050202s2006 iluab j bi 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005002952
020 $a1410916200 (hc)
020 $a141091626X (pbk.)
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050 00 $aDS44$b.D69 2006
082 00 $a956$222
100 1 $aDowning, David,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe making of the Middle East /$cDavid Downing.
260 $aChicago, Ill. :$bRaintree,$c2006.
300 $a56 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c24 cm.
440 4 $aThe Middle East
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 54) and index.
505 0 $aA region in turmoil -- Ancient times -- The Arab Empire -- Decline and fall of the Arab Empire -- New intruders in the Middle East -- The importance of oil -- World War I -- New arrangements for the Middle East -- Between the wars -- World war II and after -- The birth of Israel -- Arab nationalism -- The Cold War -- The Suez crisis and the Sinai War -- Ten years of Arab optimism -- The War of 1967 -- The War of 1973 -- After the wars -- Peace and further conflict -- The turn to Islam -- The terrorist threat -- The grip of the past.
651 0 $aMiddle East$vJuvenile literature.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005002952.html