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Understanding contemporary Islamic crises in the Middle East : the issues beneath the surface / Graham E.Fuller.

By:

Fuller, Graham E, 1937- [author.]

Contributor(s):

LUCIS (Center) [contributor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Leiden, Netherlands : Leiden University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource (65 pages) : PDF file(s)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9400602685
9087282672
9789087282677
9789400602687

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No title; Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

340.09 22/ger

LOC classification:

DS63.123

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Foreword -- Power and identity in Muslim world politics -- Perspectives on the Sunni-Shi'ite sectarian conflict -- Islamic State (ISIS).

Summary: Over the past decade the Middle East has undergone huge geopolitical shifts, including widespread war and violence, the collapse of numerous regimes, a changing American role, a restored Russian presence, and the emergence of ISIS. In this book Graham Fuller addresses the character of these shifts and how they will shape the future of this tumultuous region as well as the role of major outside powers.

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Foreword -- Power and identity in Muslim world politics -- Perspectives on the Sunni-Shi'ite sectarian conflict -- Islamic State (ISIS).

Over the past decade the Middle East has undergone huge geopolitical shifts, including widespread war and violence, the collapse of numerous regimes, a changing American role, a restored Russian presence, and the emergence of ISIS. In this book Graham Fuller addresses the character of these shifts and how they will shape the future of this tumultuous region as well as the role of major outside powers.