Reaching for power : the Shi�a in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : mapsContent type:- text
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- Shiites -- Middle East
- Islam and politics -- Middle East
- Politieke macht
- Sji�isme
- Chiites -- Moyen-Orient
- Islam et politique
- Islamisme
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General
- HISTORY -- Middle East -- General
- Islam and politics
- Shiites
- Middle East
- Sji�isme
- Politieke macht
- Politik
- Schiiten
- Naher Osten
- Geschichte 1900-2005
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- DS59.S55 N35 2006eb
- 11.83
- 89.54
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-210) and index.
A Shi�i-led reformation -- The burden of the past -- Containment politics in the Persian Gulf -- The struggle for power in Iraq -- The revival of Shi�ism 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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