A History of the Middle East by Mansfield, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Maps Foreword to the Third Edition 1. Introduction: from Ancient to Modern 2. Islam on the Defensive, 1800– 3. Muhammad Ali’s Egypt: Ottoman Rival 4. The Struggle for Reform, 1840–1900 5. Britain in Egypt, 1882–1914 6. Turks and Arabs 7. The Persian Factor 8. The Sick Man Dies: 1918 9. The Anglo-French Interregnum, 1918–1939

Partition of the Arab East. The Inter-war Years – Egypt; The Mandates. Persia/Iran. Oil and the Middle East

10. The Second World War and Its Aftermath

11. The Entry of the Superpowers and the Nasser Era, 1950–1970 12. The Years of Turbulence

The Rise of the Oil States. Egyptian Initiatives. Israel/Palestine and the Lebanese Victim. Islamic Reassertion, Revolution and War. Iraq’s World Challenge

13. Pax Americana

Humbling Iraq. Umpiring the Arab–Israeli Conflict. Israel’s Missed Opportunity for Peace. The Elusive Promise of Democratization. The Growth of Muslim Liberation Theology. The Globalization of Islamic Jihad

14. Bellum Americanum

Iraq’s Shia Conversion. The Sunni Counter-attack. Iraq’s Civil War and Shia Victory. The Region-wide Rise of Popular Movements. Shia Non-state Actors. Sunni Non-state Actors. Defending the Old Order: Reviving the Region’s Security States. Preparing for the Showdown

15. Regime Change from Within not Without

Old and New Autocrats. The New Old Middle East

Notes on Further Reading Index