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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)  Y
oung 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 Manh & hThe Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Orderh



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