The Middle East Journal articles from January 2006

The Middle East Journal archives from January 2006

Editor's note.
January 1, 2006... The Middle East continues to be a region dominated by change. This issue touches on several subjects which shed light on some of the developments of recent months, offering new perspectives on some familiar subjects. This issue also marks the...

Global jihadism after the Iraq War.
January 1, 2006... How has the invasion of Iraq influenced global jihadist ideology? Based on primary sources in Arabic, this article highlights important ideological changes; Iraq is considered a crossroads in the global jihad against the "Crusaders." New...

The odd couple: ending the Jordanian-Syrian "Cold War".
January 1, 2006... Of all the bilateral relationships between Arab states, the Jordanian-Syrian relationship has been among the most tumultuous. Jordanian-Syrian relations have, more often than not, been marked by varying degrees of mutual hostility and even...

Khatami's legacy: dashed hopes.(Muhammad Khatami)
January 1, 2006... Muhammad Khatami's presidency of Iran's Islamic Republic started with a deafening roar and ended in an unceremonious whisper. Chances are that his crisis-ridden eight-year tenure will be more favorably viewed in the future than is now the case...

Towards a representative military? The transformation of the Lebanese officer corps since 1945.
January 1, 2006... This article discusses the transformation of the officer corps of the Lebanese Army since 1945, based on data collected on 4,453 officers who served in this institution over the years. It examines the social makeup, professional careers, and...

The political economy of Lebanon under Rafiq Hariri: an interpretation.(Lebanon-Syria)
January 1, 2006... International consensus supported Lebanon's effort to rebuild its shattered economy after the civil war and Rafiq Hariri, with Saudi and Western backing, took over as Prime Minister in 1992 to oversee the reconstruction program. Yet persistent...

Chronology: July 16, 2005 - October 15, 2005.(Chronology)
January 1, 2006... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Affairs July 16: Israeli troops raided the West Bank towns of Hebron, Nablus, and Bethlehem, seizing 26 suspected members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The move violated a...

In the shadow of democracy.(Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East)(State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East, ed. by Thomas Carothers and Marina Ottaway. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005. viii + 267 pages. Bibl. to p. 282. Index to p. 300. Contribs. $50 cloth;...

The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock, by Virginia Tilley. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2005. xii + 234 pages. Appends. to p. 242. Notes to p. 260. Bibl. to p. 267. Index to p....

Fratricide in the Holy Land: A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Fratricide in the Holy Land: A Psychoanalytic View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Avner Falk. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. vii + 192 pages. Bibl. to p. 256. Index to p. 271. $35. Avner Falk is the leading political...

Guest in a Hostile Society: Notes of the First Professor from an Arab University on Sabbatical Year in Israel.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Guest in a Hostile Society: Notes of the First Professor from an Arab University on Sabbatical Year in Israel, by Mohanna Haddad. Tucson, AZ: Hats Off Books, 2005. 166 pages. $14.95 paper. This short book is both a memoir and a statement of...

The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians, by Donald Bloxham. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. xiv + 234 pages. Maps. Photos. Notes to p. 285. Bibl. to p. 311. Index to p....

Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite, by Sally N. Cummings. New York and London, UK: I.B. Tauris, 2005. vi + 155 pages. Appendix to p. 160. Notes to p. 180. Bibl. to p. 198. Index to p. 202. $45. As I write this review, Kazakhstan is less than...

The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900, Rudi Matthee. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. xvii + 303 pages. Bibl. to p. 334. Index to p. 346. 18 illust. $39.50. The main interest of this...

Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity, by Afsaneh Najmabadi. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2005. xiv + 244 pages. Notes to p. 305. Illustrations. Gloss. to...

Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood, by Idith Zertal. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 208 pages. Gloss. to 222. Bibl. to p. 230. Index to p. 236. $27.95. The Holocaust accomplished one of the...

Jordanian Jerusalem: Holy Places.(Book Review) and National Spaces
January 1, 2006... Jordanian Jerusalem, by Kimberly Katz. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005. xvi + 150 pages. Appendix to p. 152. Notes to p. 190. Bibl. to p. 203. Index to p. 214. $59.95. There has been a recent inflation of books dealing...

Documenting Transnational Migration: Jordanian Men Working and Studying in Europe, Asia and North America.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Documenting Transnational Migration: Jordanian Men Working and Studying in Europe, Asia and North America, by Richard T. Antoun. New York and Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, 2005. xii + 313. Bibl. to p. 320. Index to p. 325. $75. Richard...

Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, by Husain Haqqani. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005. xi + 397 pages. Notes to p. 372. Index to p. 395. $35.95 cloth; $17.95 paper. As the subtitle suggests, this book...

The Saudi Enigma: A History.(Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis)(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Saudi Enigma: A History, by Pascal Menoret. London and New York: Zed Books, 2005. xiv + 221 pages. Chronology to p. 227. Notes to p. 245. Bibl. to p. 248. Index to p. 257. $22.50. Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis, by...

National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... National Security in Saudi Arabia: Threats, Responses, and Challenges, by Anthony H. Cordesman and Nawaf Obeid. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. xxiv + 402 pages. Notes to p. 426. $54.95. Every so often a book comes along that is definitive--it...

The Kurds in Turkey: EU Accession and Human Rights.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Kurds in Turkey: EU Accession and Human Rights, by Kerim Yildiz. Foreword by Noam Chomsky. London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005. xxvii + 149 pages. Notes to 175. Index to 182. $55. Turkish membership in the European Union...

Media Politics and Democracy in Palestine: Political Culture, Pluralism, and the Palestinian Authority.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Media Politics and Democracy in Palestine: Political Culture, Pluralism, and the Palestinian Authority, by Amal Jamal. Brighton, UK and Portland, OR: Sussex Academic Press, 2005. x + 170 pages. Notes to p. 191. Bibl. to p. 204. Index to p. 209....

Overthrowing Geography.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Overthrowing Geography, by Mark Levine. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005. xv + 248 pages. Tables to p. 218. Notes to p. 376. Bibl. to p. 416. Index to p. 442. $65 cloth; $19.95 paper. The book under review promises to...

The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law, by Wael B. Hallaq. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. x + 206 pages. Maps. Gloss. to p. 210. Short bios. to p. 216. Bibl. to p. 224. Index to p. 234. $70 cloth; $24.99 paper....

Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism, by Daniel Byman. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xi + 311 pages. Map. Appendix to p. 333. Bibl. to p. 357. Index to p. 369. $30. Anyone brave or foolish enough...

Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, by Norman G. Finkelstein. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. 2005. xi + 226 pages. Appends. to p. 317. Index to p. 332. $22.50. Norman...

Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Built a Nation.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation, by Joshua E. London. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. 242 pages. Photos. Bibl. to p. 259. Index to p. 276. $31.99 cloth: $24.95...

Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse, by Mansoor Moaddel. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005. x + 343 pages. Notes to p. 401. Bibl. to p. 431. Index to p. 448. $24 paper. In this latest...

The Middle East: A Cultural Psychology.(Book Review)
January 1, 2006... The Middle East: A Cultural Psychology, by Gary S. Gregg. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 472 pages. $45. The book's title immediately attracts the attention of any scholar interested in the Middle East and North...

Recent publications.
January 1, 2006... ALGERIA Modern Algeria: The Origins and Development of a Nation, by John Ruedy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. xii + 287 pages. Maps. Appendix to p. 289. Bibl. essay to p. 306. Bibl. to p. 318. Index to p. 325. n.p. John...