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The Israel-Arab Reader (eBook, ePUB)

A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict: Eighth Revised and Updated Edition

Redaktion: Laqueur, Walter; Schueftan, Dan

Beschreibung

An essential resource, completely revised and updated for the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of Israel In print for forty years, The Israel-Arab Reader is a thorough and up-to-date guide to the continuing crisis in the Middle East. It covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict, including a new chapter recounting the Gaza withdrawal, the Hamas election victory, and the Lebanon-Israel War. Featuring a new introduction that provides an overview of the past 115 years of conflict, and arranged chronologically and without bias, this comprehensive reference includes speeches, letters, articles, timelines, and reports dealing with all the major interests in the area.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.23MB
• FamilySharing(5)

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
• Alle Texte können hinsichtlich Größe, Schriftart und Farbe angepasst werden
• Grundlegende Landmark-Navigation für einfache Orientierung
• Hoher Kontrast zwischen Text und Hintergrund (min. 4.5 =>1)
• Inhalte verständlich ohne Farbwahrnehmung
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien

Autor

Walter Laqueur (1921–2018) was a former director of the Wiener Library Institute of Contemporary History in London as well as head of the International Research Council of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He taught at Georgetown, Harvard, Brandeis, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Chicago. He was the author of The Last Days of Europe and more than twenty other books, which have been translated into as many languages, and was the founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary History.   Dan Schueftan is the director of the National Security Studies Center as well as the International Graduate Program in National Security at the University of Haifa. From 2012 to 2014 he was a visiting professor at Georgetown University. The author of numerous books on the history and politics of the Middle East, he has been briefing members and staffers of the U.S. Congress and the executive branch since the 1970s, and he briefs ministers and parliamentarians in European and Asian countries as well. He lives in Haifa, Israel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781101992418
• Artikelnr.: 45795872