Author Description

"The Middle East, with its complex politics and ancient-religious rivalries, has never been more in the news. The Continuum Political Encylopedia of the Middle East is a new and thoroughly revised version of the original edition, The Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East, which was published in 1999.". "This book is an analytical and factual guide to the political present and recent past of the Middle East: from Morocco to Afghanistan, from Turkey to Yemen and Sudan. The Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East covers the domestic and foreign affairs, as well as economic and social developments of these countries from historical and analytical points of view. It also includes the role of foreign powers in the Middle East, especially France, Great Britain, the former Soviet Union, and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.