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Reaching for power : the Shi.Aa in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400841462
  • 9780691134789
  • 9780691125299
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS59.N163.R433 2006
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Contents:
The burden of the past -- Containment politics in the Persian Gulf -- The struggle for power in Iraq -- The revival of Shi.Aism in Lebanon -- Between aspirations and reality.
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Review: "This groundbreaking book addresses the crucial importance of Shi'is to the U.S. endeavor. Yet it also alerts readers to the strong nationalist sentiments of Shi'is, underscoring the difficult challenge that the United States faces in attempting to impose a new order in the Middle East."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographies and index.

A Shi.Ai-led reformation -- The burden of the past -- Containment politics in the Persian Gulf -- The struggle for power in Iraq -- The revival of Shi.Aism in Lebanon -- Between aspirations and reality.

"This groundbreaking book addresses the crucial importance of Shi'is to the U.S. endeavor. Yet it also alerts readers to the strong nationalist sentiments of Shi'is, underscoring the difficult challenge that the United States faces in attempting to impose a new order in the Middle East."--Jacket

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