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Untangling the Middle East: A Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Chaotic Region
Ori Z. Soltes
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Description for Untangling the Middle East: A Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Chaotic Region
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
A lucid and engaging breakdown of the history, culture, and politics that define today's Middle East. Untangling the Middle East is a layman's guide to the history political, religious, and cultural that led us to the current challenges plaguing the Middle East. It covers the major interests and actors in the region, from Israel to ISIS, and helps to spin a narrative of the evolution of violence and conflict in this age-old hotbed of unrest. There are no easy answers or simple explanations to be found here, only a clear-eyed and engaging recounting of ... Read more
A lucid and engaging breakdown of the history, culture, and politics that define today's Middle East. Untangling the Middle East is a layman's guide to the history political, religious, and cultural that led us to the current challenges plaguing the Middle East. It covers the major interests and actors in the region, from Israel to ISIS, and helps to spin a narrative of the evolution of violence and conflict in this age-old hotbed of unrest. There are no easy answers or simple explanations to be found here, only a clear-eyed and engaging recounting of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781510717794
SKU
V9781510717794
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About Ori Z. Soltes
Ori Z. Soltes is a Professor of theology, art history, philosophy, and politics in the School fo Foreign Service's Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University and is a regular lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the editor-in-chief of the Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia online and the former chief curator of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. He currently ... Read more
Reviews for Untangling the Middle East: A Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Chaotic Region
Ori Soltes gives the reader a fair, clear-eyed tour d'horizon of today's Middle East. He roots the region's essentially permanent troubles in its ancient sectarian divisions and its modern inability to form durable, popular, successful states. After 100 years and the disappointments of Nasser, Saddam, and Assad, the Arabs have yet to create such a state. Only the non-Arab peoples-Iran, ... Read more