This clear, balanced and authoritative survey of the history of the region is now fully up to date again. The text contains a general regional introduction, followed by a series of country-by-country analyses, and a section which places the Near East in the international context. Professor Yapp' s new edition covers recent dramatic events including the end of the Cold War, the Kuwayt Crisis of 1990/91, and the continuing conflict in Israel, as well as assessing the huge social and economic changes in the region. It will be essential reading for students and scholars concerned with modern middle eastern history and politics of the middle east.
M. E. Yapp Reihenfolge der Bücher



- 1996
- 1992
The Near East since the First World War
- 544 Seiten
- 20 Lesestunden
This text takes up the story of M.E.Yapp's previous volume in the series, The Making of the Modern Near East, 1792-1923, and surveys the history of the region from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, North and South Yemen and the Gulf States. from within the region and can only be understood by study of internal forces. In addition examines the extraordinary stability of the state system that emerged after World War 1 and the post-1950 transformation of the region after the end of European domination.
- 1987
The Making of the Modern Near East, 1792-1923
- 424 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
This clear, and authoritative text surveys the history of the region from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. It contains a general regional introduction, followed by a series of country-by-country analyses, and a section which places the Near East in the international context. Professor Yapp' s new edition covers recent dramatic events including the end of the Cold War, the Kuwait Crisis of 1990/91, and the continuing conflict in Israel, as well as assessing the huge social and economic changes in the region. It will be essential reading for students and scholars concerned with modern middle eastern history and politics of the middle east. -- From https://www.amazon.com (July 14, 2016).