The Middle East Journal articles from September 2001

The Middle East Journal archives from September 2001

Editor's Note.
September 22, 2001... The attacks on New York and Washington on September 11 tragically guarantee that the United States will be intensely focused on the Middle East and the broader Islamic world for months and years to come. Those of us who spend our time...

Armies of snow and armies of sand: the impact of Soviet military doctrine on Arab militaries (1).
September 22, 2001... During the Cold War, the Soviet Union emerged as the principal military patron of Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Accordingly, many have assumed that the armed forces of these states adopted Soviet military doctrine, and that this factor accounted for...

The nature of succession in the Gulf.
September 22, 2001... The unfolding crisis of succession in the Middle East has received considerable attention in recent years. This is particularly true in the Gulf where four of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are led by aging rulers and the...

Saudi-Russian relations in the Putin Era.
September 22, 2001... Saudi-Russian relations have been negatively affected by differences over several issues in recent years. These include oil pricing policy, investment and trade, Russian allegations about Saudi policy toward Chechnya and other Muslims in the...

The new Asad: dynamics of continuity and change in Syria.
September 22, 2001... The death of Syrian President Hafez al-Asad and the passing of power to his son Bashar ushered in a new phase not only for Syria but also for the Middle East. Although Asad meant to assure the continuity and legacy of his rule by bequeathing...

Iran's guardians council as an obstacle to democracy.
September 22, 2001... Iranians' participation in recent elections can be interpreted as an indication of their desire to change the status quo through democratic means. Efforts to change the system through elections, however, are countered by officials and state...

Chronology: April 16-July 15, 2001.
September 22, 2001... ABBREVIATIONS FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report--available from the National Technical Information Service, World News Connection on the worldwide web at http://wnc.fedworld.gov. The date in the source information...

France and Algeria: A History of Decolonization and Transformation. (Algeria).(Review)
September 22, 2001... France and Algeria: A History of Decolonization and Transformation, by Phillip C. Naylor. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. xviii + 290 pages. Maps. Abbrevs. Notes to p. 387. Sel. bibl. to p. 427. Index to p. 457. $49.95. ...

Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia, 1937-1940. (Arabian Peninsula).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia--1937-1940, by Thomas C. Barger. Vista, CA: Salwa Press, 2000. xiv + 262 pages. Append to p. 267. Gloss. to p. 276. Index to p. 284. CD of photos included. $79.50. Thanks to instant global...

Tyro on the Trucial Coast. (Arabian Peninsula).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Tyro on the Trucial Coast, by Julian Walker. Durham, UK: The Memoir Club, 1999. xiv + 158. Gloss to p. 162. List of Personalities to p. 177. GBP 14.50. Thanks to instant global communications, the advent of the 21st century was a...

Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914. (Arabian Peninsula).
September 22, 2001... Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914, ed. by Rosemary O'Brien. With photographs by Gertrude Bell. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. xv + 133 pages. Appends. to p. 247. Gloss. to p. 251. Works cited to p. 255. Index to p....

Armenians and the Iranians Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. (Iran).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Armenians and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911, by Houri Berberian. Boulder, Co: Westview Press, 2001. xiv + 188 pages. Map. Photos. Notes to p. 193. Bibl. to p. 214. Index to p. 226. $30 paper. The Constitutional...

Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran. (Iran).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, by Daniel Brumberg. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. xi + 252 pages. Notes to p. 295. Index to p. 306. $21. More than two decades after the establishment of the...

The History of Iran. (Iran).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The History of Iran, Elton L. Daniel. London and Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. xvi + 261 pages. Notables in Iran's history to p. 267. Gloss. to p. 281. Index to p. 299. $35. Elton Daniel has written a sophisticated and comprehensive...

Saddam's Bombmaker: The Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Weapons Agenda. (Iraq).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Saddam's Bombmaker: The Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Weapons Agenda, by Khidhir Hamza with Jeff Stein. New York: Scribner, 2000. 337 pages. Index to 352. $26. In Saddam's Bombmaker, Dr. Khidhir Hamza and Mr....

I Saw Ramallah. (Palestine and Palestinians).(Review)
September 22, 2001... I Saw Ramallah, by Mourid Barghouti. Tr. by Ahdaf Soueif. Foreword by Edward Said. New York and Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. xi + 184 pages. Gloss to p. 184. $19.95. Translated from the Arabic Ra'aitu Ramallah, this...

Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine. (Palestine and Palestinians).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine, by Deborah S. Bernstein. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. SUNY Series in Israeli Studies. xvii + 215 pages. Gloss. to p. 218. Abbrevs. to p. 219....

Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank. (Palestine and Palestinians).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank, by Cheryl A. Rubenberg. Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. ix + 262 pages. Gloss. to p.268. Bibl. to p. 308. Index to p. 317. $59.95. The past decade...

Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation. (Turkey).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, by Ergun Ozbudun. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000. ix + 154 pages. Abbrevs. to p. 156. Bibl. to p. 164. Index to p. 169. $49.95. These two recent books, one by a senior...

Islam and Society in Turkey. (Turkey).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Islam and Society in Turkey, by David Shankland. Huntingdon, UK: The Eothen Press, 1999. x + 177 pages. Notes to p. 197. Append. to p. 214. Bibl. to p. 228. Index to p. 240. $55 cloth; $35 paper. These two recent books, one by a senior...

Stratejik Derinlik, Turkiye'nin Uluslararasi Konumu. (Turkey).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Stratejik Derinlik, Turkiye'nin Uluslararasi Konumu, by Ahmet Davutoglu. Istanbul: Kure Yaylnlarl, 2001. xiii + 584 pages. Index. TL 11,000,000. The end of the Cold War did not weaken Turkey's geopolitical significance, but did spark...

Turkey's New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy. (Turkey).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Turkey's New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy, ed. by Alan Makovsky and Sabri Sayari. Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2000. xi + 221 pages. Contribs. to p. 224. Index to p. 234. $19.95 paper. ...

Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process (1991-1996). (Arab-Israeli Conflict).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996, Dalia Dassa Kaye. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xxii + 198 pages. Appends. to p. 234. Notes to p. 293. Bibl. to p. 310. Index to p. 319....

The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948. (Arab-Israeli Conflict).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948, ed. by Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim. With an afterword by Edward W. Said. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xv + 219 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 227. Index to p. 234....

The October War: A Retrospective. (Arab-Israeli Conflict).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The October War: A Retrospective, ed. by Richard B. Parker. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001. xxii + 336 pages. Appends. to p. 373. Bibl. to page 379. Index to p. 396. $55. Ambassador Richard Parker--a fine diplomatic...

Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World. (Economic Conditions).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World, by Paul Rivlin. Boulder, CO and London: Lynne Rienner, 2001. x +206 pages. Append. to p. 211. Bibl. to p. 224. Index to p. 235. $49.95 The two books under consideration deal with the...

Forcing Freedom: Political Control of Privatization and Economic Opening in Egypt and Tunisia. (Economic Conditions).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Forcing Freedom: Political Control of Privatization and Economic Opening in Egypt and Tunisia, by Boyan Belev. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000. 186 pages. Annexes to p. 208. Bibl. to p. 222. Notes to p. 242. Index to p. 248. $36....

Islamic Finance in the Global Economy. (Economic Conditions).(Review)
September 22, 2001... Islamic Finance in the Global Economy, by Ibrahim Warde. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 2000. 252 pages. Notes. Gloss. Index. $90. Ibrahim Warde has written a forthright and scholarly survey of a subject that deserves the...

The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey. (Modern History And Politics).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey by Fouad Ajami. New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. xx + 312 pages. Notes to p. 322. Acknowledgments to p. 324. Index to p. 344. $26. This rich, provocative book poignantly reveals Fouad...

The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The US, Britain and Nasser's Egypt, 1953-57. (Modern History And Politics).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The US, Britain and Nasser's Egypt, 1953-57, by Ray Takeyh. Basingstoke, London and New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xix +159 pages. Notes to p. 188. Bibl. to p. 207. Index to p. 216. $65. One...

The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective. (Women).(Review)
September 22, 2001... The Female Circumcision Controversy, an Anthropological Perspective, by Ellen Gruenbaum. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. 242 pages. Appendix to p. 224. Gloss. to 226. Bibl. to 235. Index to 240. $55 cloth; $24.95...

Recent Publications.
September 22, 2001... AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan: A New History, by Martin Ewans. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 2001. ix + 209 pages. Maps. Appendix. Notes to p. 221. Bibl. to p. 227. Index to p. 239. $40. In this study, Sir Martin Ewans, whose distinguished career...

Annual list of periodicals under survey.
September 22, 2001... This list refers only to periodicals regularly surveyed by the Journal and not to infrequently-cited publications that only occasionally contain material suitable for the purposes of this bibliography. Acta Geographica. Paris, France...

Bibliography of periodical literature.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2001... Note: The Bibliography is intended to present a selective listing of periodical material dealing with the Middle East since the rise of Islam. * The material included covers Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Balkans, Afghanistan, the Arab world,...

Communications.
September 22, 2001... 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...