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008			050915s1996 xx eng d
020			_a0674455215 (pbk.) : _c15.95
040			_aBaker & Taylor
069			_a09072210
090			_aDS 63.1 .F54 1994
100	1		_aField, Michael, _d1949- _959202
245	1	0	_aInside the Arab World.
260			_aCambridge, MA : _bHarvard Univ Press, _c1994.
300			_aviii, 439 p. : _bmaps ; _c25 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520		0	_aPrecious oil and export markets, wars in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf, peace talks at the White House, terrorist eruptions: more now than ever, Arab affairs are the West's affair. And yet as we find ourselves increasingly enmeshed in its politics and economics, the Middle East remains a mystery to most of us, a world of dimly understood connections and impenetrable complexities. The Arab world at last becomes accessible in this book. The only book to include developments since the Gulf War and the historic pact between Israel and the PLO, Inside the Arab World gives us a complete and detailed picture of the region as it is today, as well as a clear sense of how Arab affairs have evolved and where they may lead. Despite its abundance of oil, the Arab world has failed to produce a single successful economy. Michael Field, a recognized expert and long-time reporter on the Arab states, explores the cultural, political, and geographic reasons for this failure. Ranging from Algeria to the Gulf states to Egypt and Syria, he considers the fragmentation of society, the people's tolerance of bad government, corruption, and the deadening economic effect of Arab socialism. But he also shows how the region - influenced partly by exposure to Western media, partly by reforms imposed by creditors - is changing now, taking its first cautious steps toward democracy, whose opportunities so far have been most firmly grasped by Islamic fundamentalists. Timely, thorough, and highly readable, this book offers much-needed insight into the Arab world as its politics and policies increasingly engage our own.
651		0	_aArab countries _xPolitics and government _y1945- _959203
651		0	_aArab countries _xEconomic conditions. _959204
653	0		_aPolitics
653	0		_aMiddle East
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