Kamrava, Mehran,    1964- <br/><br/>
The modern Middle East :  a political history since the First World War / 
Mehran Kamrava. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2011. 
 - xv, 520 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-480) and index. 
<br/><br/>From Islam to the Great War -- From territories to independent states -- The age of nationalism -- The Arab-Israeli wars -- The Iranian Revolution -- The Gulf wars and beyond -- The Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- The challenge of economic development -- States and their opponents -- The question of democracy -- Challenges facing the Middle East. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520267756 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East -- History -- 20th century.<br/>Middle East -- History -- 21st century.<br/>Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century.