The Middle East Journal articles from March 2006

The Middle East Journal archives from March 2006

Editor's note.
March 22, 2006... As this issue goes to press, the stalemate over Iran's nuclear program continues, and Iran has been conducting military exercises in the Gulf, testing new missiles, and reminding the world that, with or without a nuclear program, it remains a...

Good for the Shah, banned for the mullahs: the West and Iran's Quest for nuclear power.
March 22, 2006... Iran's nuclear program has become a highly controversial issue in international politics since the August 2002 unveiling of the secretly built uranium enrichment facility in Natanz and the heavy-water production plant in Arak. American...

Iran's policy towards Afghanistan.
March 22, 2006... Since 1979, Iran's objectives in Afghanistan have changed as Afghanistan's domestic landscape changed. Still, Iran has consistently sought to see a stable and independent Afghanistan, with Herat as a buffer zone and with a Tehran-friendly...

The struggle over political order in Egypt: the 2005 elections.
March 22, 2006... Although many have dismissed Egypt's first competitive presidential elections and the parliamentary elections of 2005 as a sham, the election campaigns marked a new departure in the Egyptian political sphere, including a shift in the domestic...

Stumbling decidedly into the Six-Day War.
March 22, 2006... In the historiography of the 1967 War, the common reading is to portray it as an "inadvertent war." Using recently declassified documents, this article offers an alternative interpretation. In critically examining existing master plan theories,...

Markets and fences: illusions of peace.
March 22, 2006... The resolution of long-term and protracted conflicts requires peace builders to address the underlying structural, relational, and cultural roots of the conflict. But, operating within a two-level game of domestic and international...

Chronology: October 16, 2005-January 15, 2006.(Calendar)
March 22, 2006... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Affairs Oct. 16: Israel suspended negotiations with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and increased travel restrictions on West Bank residents after Palestinian gunmen killed three...

Blunder books: Iraq since Saddam.(My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope)(Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)(Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco)(Revolt on the Tigris: The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq)(Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War)(The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope, by L. Paul Bremer (with Malcolm McConnell). New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. 400 pages. $27. Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy...

War and Migration: Social Networks and Economic Strategies of the Hazaras of Afghanistan.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... War and Migration: Social Networks and Economic Strategies of the Hazaras of Afghanistan, by Alessandro Monsutti. (Translated from the original French [Guerres et migrations, 2004, Editions de l'Institut d'ethnologie, Neuchatel] by Patrick...

Conflict in Afghanistan: Studies in Asymmetric Warfare.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Conflict in Afghanistan: Studies in Asymmetric Warfare, by Martin Ewans. New York: Routledge, 2005. 178 pages. Maps and figures. Notes to p. 189. Sel. bibl. to p. 192. Index to p. 198. $63. Conflict in Afghanistan describes and discusses...

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Hundred Years of War, by James L. Gelvin. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. x + 256 pages. 22 illustrations. 11 maps. Gloss. to p. 268. Timeline to p. 273. Bios. to p. 277. Index to...

'Peacemaking Is a Risky Business': Norway's Role in the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1993-96.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... 'Peacemaking Is a Risky Business': Norway's Role in the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1993-96, by Hilde Henriksen Waage. Oslo: Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), 2005. vi + 246 pages. Bibl. to p. 257. n.p. In a recent interview,...

Peace in Tatters: Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Peace in Tatters: Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, by Yoram Meital. Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2006. 209 pages. Appends. Bibl. to p. 238. Index to p. 251. n.p. This book challenges the conventional...

The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide, by Guenter Lewy. Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 2005. xiii + 370 pages. Gloss. to p. 273. Notes to p. 331. Bibl to p. 358. Index to p. 370. $24.95. Guenter...

The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other, by William Beeman. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. xiv + 215 pages. Notes to p. 237. Bibl. to p. 272. Index to p. 298. $49.95. Brown University...

Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran, by Minoo Moallem. Berkeley, Los Angeles, CA and London, UK: University of California Press, 2005. ix + 187 pages. Gloss to p. 195. Notes...

Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Memories of State: Polities, History and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq, by Eric Davis. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA and London, UK: University of California Press, 2005. xxiii + 283 pages. Appends. to p. 289. Notes to p. 352. Gloss. to p....

Arrows in the Dark: David Ben-Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership, and Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust, 2 vols.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Arrows in the Dark: David Ben Gurion, the Yishuv Leadership, and Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust, by Tuvia Friling. (2 vols) Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. Vol. 1: ix + 355 pages. Notes to p. 387. Vol. 2:219 pages....

Cross on the Star of David: The Christian World in Israel's Foreign Policy, 1948-1967.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Cross on the Star of David: The Christian World in Israel's Foreign Policy, 1948-1967, by Uri Bialer. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. 264 pages $39.95. Uri Bialer's study of Israel's relations with the Christian world...

Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel, by Dan Rabinowitz and Khawla Abu-Baker. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2005. xi + 184 pages. Notes to p'. 200. Ref. to p. 212. About...

The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, by Denise Natali. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. xxx + 189 pages. Illustrations in text. Gloss. to p. 197. Works cited to p. 226. Index to p. 238....

Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges, by Marvine Howe. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. xi + 380 pages. Map. Photos. Notes to p. 393. Gloss. to p. 397. Bibl. to p. 403. Index to p. 428. $29.95. It is...

Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps, by Julie Peteet. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. xiii + 226 pages. Notes to p. 238. Bibl. to p. 252. Index to p. 260. Acknowledgments. $55. Julie Peteet's...

Asad in Search of Legitimacy: Message and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press under Hafiz and Bashar.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Asad in Search of Legitimacy: Message and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press under Hafiz and Bashar, by Mordechai Kedar. Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2005. xvii + 288 pages. Bibl. to p. 290. Index to p. 302. $79.50. This book, based on a...

The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Kemalists: Islamic Revival and the Fate of Secular Turkey, by Muammer Kaylan. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005. x + 460 pages. Illustrations. Index to p. 482. $28. This is a very pessimistic as well as a non-informed essay on Turkey...

The Politics of Turkish Democracy: Ismet Inonu and the Formation of the Multi-Party System, 1938-1950.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Politics of Turkish Democracy: Ismet Inonu and the Formation of the Multi-Party System, 1938-1950, by John M. VanderLippe. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005. iii + 209 pages. Endnotes to p. 244. Bibl. to p. 264. Index to...

British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates, 1955-1967: Last Outpost of a Middle East Empire.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates, 1955-1967: Last Outpost of a Middle East Empire, by Spencer Mawby. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2005. xiii + 191 pages. Map. Abbrevs. Bibl. to p. 204. Index to p. 210. $75. What sells...

The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Middle East in International Relations, by Fred Halliday. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xii + 324 pages. Appends. to p. 355. Sel. bibl. to p. 366. Index to p. 374. $65 cloth; $21.99 paper. This book is a...

The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Great Syrian Revolt and the Rise of Arab Nationalism, by Michael Provence. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2005. xiv + 153 pages. Abbrevs. Map. Notes to p. 189. Bibl. to p. 204. Index to p. 209. $50 cloth; $21.95 paper. In...

Al-Naqba: The Catastrophe.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Al-Naqba: The Catastrophe, by Barbara A. Goldscheider. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books/ Frog Ltd., 2005. xiii + 243 pages. Notes to p. 255. $14.95 paper. A novel artfully describing and balancing the daily struggles of those involved in the...

Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success, by Anthony H. Cordesman with the assistance of Patrick Baetjer. Westport, CT and London, UK: Praeger Security International, 2006. xxvi + 353 pages. Chron. to p. 383. Notes to p. 410. $49.95. Iraqi...

The Open Veins of Jerusalem, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Open Veins of Jerusalem, ed. and with an Introduction by Munir Akash with Fouad Moughrabi. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. xv + 273 pages. Illust. Contribs. to p. 277. Index to p. 290. $24.95. This varied yet comprehensive...

Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Meditation, by Steven C. Caton. New York: Hill and Wang, 2005. 341 pages. $26. Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation is an ethnography about northern Yemen, written from the...

Wall Paintings and Other Figurative Mural Art in Qajar, Iran.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Wall Paintings and Other Figurative Mural Art in Qajar Iran, by Willem Floor, Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2005. viii + 105 pages, Bibl. p. 208. Figures to p. 216. Index to p. 221. $35. Wall Paintings and Other Figurative Mural Art...

The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil: A Frenchman between France and North Africa.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil: A Frenchman between France and North Africa, by William A. Hoisington, Jr. New York and London, UK: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. xii + 139 pages. Notes to p. 168. Bibl. to p.176. Index to p. 184. n.p....

Princesses' Street: Baghdad Memories.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Princesses' Street: Baghdad Memories, by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra. Tr. By Issa J. Boullata. Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 2005. ix + 185 pages. $45 cloth; $19.95 paper. Princesses' Street: Baghdad Memories is the sequel to...

Saddam Hussein: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Saddam Hussein: A Biography, by Shiva Balaghi. Westport, Ct and London, UK: Greenwood Press, 2005. xv + 157 pages. Bibl. to p. 174. Index to p. 177. $29.95. Saddam Hussein: A Biography traces Saddam Hussein's life from his childhood in Tikrit...

Persian Love Poetry.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Persian Love Poetry, by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Shaila R. Canby. Northampton, MA: Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. 95 pages. 91 color illust. $16.95. Persian Love Poetry is a collection of important love poems from various Persian...

Meetings With Remarkable Muslims: A Collection of Travel Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Meetings With Remarkable Muslims: A Collection of Travel Writing, ed. by Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring. Chester Springs, PA: Dufours Editions, Inc., 2006. 304 pages. Contribs, to p. 312. $39.95. In an effort to dispel stereotypes regarding...

Christians and a Land Called Holy: How Can We Foster Justice, Peace, and Hope.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Christians and a Land Called Holy: How Can We Foster Justice, Peace, and Hope, by Charles P. Lutz and Robert O. Smith. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2006. x + 132 pages. Resources to p. 146. Notes to p. 160. Indexes to p. 168....

Hands across the Sea: Jewish Immigrants and World War I.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Hands Across the Sea: Jewish Immigrants and World War I, by Joseph Rappaport. Lanham, MD and New York: Hamilton Books, 2005. v + 160 pages. Bibl. to p. 184. Index to p. 187. $29. Hands Across the Sea: Jewish Immigrants and the World War I is a...

Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror, by Mary Habeck. New Haven, CT and London, UK: Yale University Press, 2006. 178 pages. Notes to p. 232. Gloss. to p.236 Index to p. 243. $25. Mary Habeck, an Associate Professor at the...

Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America, by Michael Scheuer. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, Inc. 2006. 297 pages. Appendix to p.314. Notes to p. 383. Gloss. to p. 394. Bibl. to p. 438. Index to p....

War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qa'ida, by Jonathan B. Tucker. New York: Pantheon Books, 2006, xi + 386 pages. Illust. Gloss. to p. 390. Notes to p. 450. Index to p. 479. n.p. War of Nerves: Chemical Warfare from World...

Communications.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... The JOURNAL welcomes comments from its readers. All communications should be addressed to the Editor and bear the full name and address of the writer. A selection of those received will be published periodically in these columns. When a comment...