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Reaching for power : the Shiʻa in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400841462
  • 1400841461
  • 9780691134789
  • 0691134782
  • 0691125295
  • 9780691125299
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reaching for power.DDC classification:
  • 320.956/088/29782 22
LOC classification:
  • DS59.S55 N35 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.83
  • 89.54
  • B966.2
  • D737.063
  • BE 8673
  • EH 5411
  • MH 60300
  • MH 60270
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Contents:
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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Review: "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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)400071

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.

"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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