TY - BOOK AU - Halliday,Fred TI - The Middle East in international relations: power, politics and ideology T2 - The contemporary Middle East SN - 9780521597418 U1 - 327.56 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge KW - Middle East KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: world politics, The Middle East and the complexities of area studies -- Pt. 1. Concepts, regions and states -- 1. International relations of the Middle East: five approaches -- 2. The making of foreign policy: states and societies -- Pt. 2. History -- 3. The modern Middle East: state formation and world war -- 4. The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals -- 5. After the Cold War: the maturing of the Greater West Asian Crisis -- Pt. 3. Analytic Issues -- 6. Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry -- 7. Modern ideologies: political and religious -- 8. Challenges to the state: transnational movements -- 9. International political economy: regional and global -- Pt. 4. Conclusion -- 10. The Middle East in international perspective. N2 - The international relations of the Middle East have long been dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval and interethnic violence are compounded by the vagaries of oil prices and the claims of military, nationalist and religious movements. The purpose of this book is to set this region and its conflicts in context, providing on the one hand a historical introduction to its character and problems, and on the other a reasoned analysis of its politics. In an engagement with both the study of the Middle East and the theoretical analysis of international relations, the author, who is one of the best known and most authoritative scholars writing on the region today, offers a compelling and original interpretation. Written in a clear, accessible and interactive style, the book is designed for students, policymakers, and the general reader ER -