00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000003727 15497/MKRI-P/XII-2009 20221110093744 0010-0520003727 221110################|##########|#eng## 9780495007501 eng 320.956 320.956 PAL p Palmer, Monte Politics of the Middle East / Monte Palmer 2nd ed. Belmont : Sage, 2007 xiii, 394 p. : : illus. ; 24 cm. Indeks : p.372-394 p.341-371 This book has been highly regarded by students and instructors alike for striking a unique balance between an historical approach and the analysis of country case studies. This blended approach offers a more complete picture of the region including the influences of tribalism, kinship, and the Islamic faith as well as the region's political uprisings, religious significance, and the petroleum resources that make it crucial to the rest of the world. Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 15497/MKRI-P/XII-2009 15498/MKRI-P/XII-2009