Bøger af Asher Susser

This book explores the recent changes in several Middle Eastern countries, such as Syria, Palestine, and Iraq and their effect on the region's politics. The authors point to succession problems and domestic and international issues and events as catalysts for these developments. They suggest that the new regimes, which seem like manifestations of a new desire to reform the region's violent and tenuous climate, are merely attempting to preserve the status quo. The authors examine their theory with both frustration about the way things are and hope in the potential these power shifts possess to fuel more proactive endeavors.

Discusses the emergence of the modern Middle East over the last two centuries. It examines the Ottoman legacy in the region and the Western imperial impact on the creation of the Arab state system. It then addresses rise and retreat of Arab nationalism, the problems of internal cohesion of the Arab states, issues of religion and state, and the evolution of Islamist politics.