Middle East Modern History
"Peace on The Horizon - 70 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle
East"@
(Table of contents)
Prologue
0-1(1) Summit at Great Bitter Lake of Suez Canal
0-2(2)@Middle East connecting
Europe and Asia
0-3(3)@ Three
identities flowing in the Middle East
0-4(4)@Britain's three tongue
diplomacy during World War I (1)
0-5(5)@ Britain's three tongue
diplomacy during World War I (2)
0-6(6)@ Britain's three tongue
diplomacy during World War I (3)
Chapter 1 Wave of
nationalism and socialism (1945-1956)
1-1(7)@Atlantic Charter
1-2(8) Formation of the Arab League
1-3(9)
Israel independence(1): Construction of Jewish motherland
1-4(10) Israel
independence(2): Who is a Jew?
1-5(11) Israel
independence(3): Palestinian extruded by invading Jewish immigrants
1-6(12) Israel
independence(4): Independence of Israel after terrorism against UK
1-7(13) Young officers awakned by Nakba
1-8(14) Both East and West blocks were at the mercy of Nasser
Chapter 2 Global wave ? The end of the colonial era and the two super powers
2-1(15)@ Contrasting French and British colonial rule
2-2(16)@La Marseillaise & The Internationale
2-3(17)@Clash of the East and West
2-4(18)@ The Arab world repeats unity and divorce
2-5(19)@Arab world having no credit for ideology
2-6(20)@Launching of PLO
2-7(21)@Six Day War and the death of Nasser
2-8(22)@Guerilla combatant or refugee? Wandering Palestine
Chapter 3: The grace of Allah ? Oil boom
3-1(23)@The dawn of ME oil industry@
3-2(24)@Inauguration of OPEC
3-3(25)@ Saudi Arabia appeared on stage
3-4(26)@Searching for wealth ? Migrants rushing into Gulf countries
3-5(27)@Yom Kippur War and Oil shock(1) Resourceful General Anwar Sadat
3-6(28)@ Yom Kippur War and Oil shock(2) Petroleum as a weapon
Chapter 4: War and Peace in The Middle East
4-1(29)@Short holidays: Peace between Israel and Egypt
4-2(30)@Dictatorship shadows citizens' peaceful life
4-3(31)@Popurism brings up dictatorship
4-4(32)@gDar Al Islam (House of peace)h and gDar Al Harb (House of war)h
4-5(33)@The war in Afghanistan: Bitter enemies in the same boat
4-6(34)@Islamic revolution in Iran
4-7(35)@Iran-Iraq War: Iraq supported by Arab & US vs isolated Iran
4-8(36)@East of Nakba(great disaster)
Chapter 5: Two calendars (Gregorian &
Hijra)
5-1(37)@Gregorian overcomes Hijri
5-2(38)@Before or after Hijra 1400 (Gregorian 1980)
5-3(39)@Iraq invasion of Kuwait & Gulf War (AD 1990-91, Hijra 1410)
5-4(40)@Revenge and counter-revenge
5-5(41)@ Palestine left behind the history
5-6(42)@Israeli prime ministers received Novel Prize twice
5-7(43)@Two books: gThe End of History and the Last Manh & hThe Clash of Civilization
and the Remaking of World Orderh
Chapter 6: Genealogy of Islamic terrorism
6-1(44)@Sprout of Islamic terrorism
6-2(45)@Terrorism crosses the border easily
6-3(46)@The world trembled with the September 11 attacks
6-4(47)@Axis of evil
6-5(48)@Monotheism sharply distinguishes ally and enemy
6-6(49)@Kefaya ! People bored with long dictatorship
6-7(50)@Arab spring has come
6-8(51)@Short spring banquet
6-9(52)@Deep chaos in the Middle East
6-10(53) Syria: Is enemy of enemy ally or another enemy?
Epilogue
7-1(54)@Middle East meets Far East
7-2(55)@Mass refugees
7-3(56) The Peace on The Horizen
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