TY - BOOK AU - Humphreys,R.Stephen TI - Between memory and desire: the Middle East in a troubled age SN - 9774245938 (pbk.) : AV - DS63.1 .H856 1999 PY - 2000/// CY - Cairo, Egypt PB - University of Cairo Press KW - Islam and politics KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- N1 - Originally published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1999; Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-292) and index; 1. Hard Realities: Population Growth and Economic Stagnation -- 2. From Imperialism to the New World Order: The Middle East in Search of a Future -- 3. The Strange Career of Pan-Arabism -- 4. The Shaping of Foreign Policy: The Myth of the Middle East Madman -- 5. Military Dictatorship and Political Tradition in the Middle East -- 6. Profane and Sacred Politics: The Ends of Power in the Middle East -- 7. Islam as a Political System -- 8. Jihad and the Politics of Salvation -- 9. Women in Public Life: Islamic Perspectives, Middle Eastern Realities -- 10. Islam and Human Rights -- Toward a Conclusion - Between Memory and Desire ER -