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Nakash, Yitzhak,

Reaching for power : the Shiʻa in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : maps -

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-210) and index.

A Shiʻi-led reformation -- The burden of the past -- Containment politics in the Persian Gulf -- The struggle for power in Iraq -- The revival of Shiʻism in Lebanon -- Between aspirations and reality.

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"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


Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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ISBN: 9781400841462 1400841461 9780691134789 0691134782 0691125295 9780691125299

Source: 22573/ctt117dx JSTOR

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA597082 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013337853 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1900-2005.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shiites--Middle East.
Islam and politics--Middle East.
Islam and politics.
Chiites--Moyen-Orient.
Islam et politique.
Islamisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--General.
HISTORY--General.--Middle East
Islam and politics
Shiites
Politik
Schiiten
Sjiʻisme.
Politieke macht.
11.83 movements within Islam.
89.54 political influence.
Shiites--Middle East.
Islam and politics--Middle East.
United States of America.
Middle East.
Religious minorities.
Islam.
Minorities.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East
Naher Osten

LC Class. No.: DS59.S55 / N35 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 320.956/088/29782