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Reaching for power [electronic resource] : the Shiʻa in the modern Arab world / Yitzhak Nakash.

By: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 226 p.) : mapsISBN:
  • 9781400841462 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400841461 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reaching for power.DDC classification:
  • 320.956/088/29782 22
LOC classification:
  • DS59.S55 N35 2006eb
Online resources:
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.
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 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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