Middle Eastern Studies articles from April 2001

Middle Eastern Studies archives from April 2001

Britain and Ottoman Domestic Politics: From the Young Turk Revolution to the Counter-Revolution, 1908-9.
April 1, 2001... The counter-revolution, or the Incident of the 31 March 1909 against the Committee of Union and Progress (hereafter the CUP) (the Young Turks as they are known in Western historiography) is one of the most controversial points in Anglo-Turkish...

Sweden's Policy toward Israel: Constraints and Adjustments.
April 1, 2001... Sweden and Israel share little in common. Both are known for the stability of their democratic systems, strong labour movements, progressive taxation systems, and extensive welfare services. Apart from these similarities, however, the two...

Old Grievances, New Fears: Arab Perceptions of Turkey and its Alignment with Israel.
April 1, 2001... In February 1996, Turkey and Israel signed a series of military agreements which in time developed into what one may call a strategic alignment between the two parties.(1) When exploring the origins of this alignment, one should look more to...

The `Haifa Turning Point': The British Administration and the Civil War in Palestine, December 1947-May 1948.
April 1, 2001... On 14 May 1948, the mandate which had been awarded to Britain by the League of Nations to govern Palestine expired. The run-up to the end of British rule was marked by long months of a Palestinian civil war between Jews and Arabs, which...

Taking Leave of the `Founding Father' Ben-Gurion's Resignation as Prime Minister in 1963.
April 1, 2001... On Sunday, 16 June 1963, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Defense Minister, tendered his resignation to Zalman Shazar, the President of the state. On the face of it, Ben-Gurion's action was a surprise. Unlike his previous...

Southern Kurdistan under Britain's Mesopotamian Mandate: From Separation to Incorporation, 1920-23.
April 1, 2001... An urgent need emerged in late 1920 for the winding up of the system of divided control between the Foreign, India and War Offices in the Middle East. This was a direct consequence of both the failure of direct British control in the mandated...

The Iranian Economy during the Second World War: The Devaluation Controversy.
April 1, 2001... A hotly debated controversy in Iranian history is the devaluation of the rial immediately after the occupation of Iran by the Allied forces. Dr Mosharraf Naficy, the finance minister who is associated with this devaluation, is criticized...

Syria: The State and its Narratives.
April 1, 2001... (Review Article) Two themes have been prominent in writing on the politics and modern history of Syria. The first has been the great differences in ideas of political community among the Syrians. The second has focused on the sociology of...

Pan-Arabism before Nasser: Egyptian Power Politics and the Palestine Question.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Pan-Arabism before Nasser: Egyptian Power Politics and the Palestine Question by Michael Doran. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 230, bibliography, index. 35.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth). ISBN 0-19-512361-1. Michael Doran's...

The Druze in the Jewish State: A Brief History.(Review)
April 1, 2001... The Druze in the Jewish State: A Brief History by Kais M. Firro, Leiden: Brill, 1999. Pp. viii + 250, bibliography, index. $86.00. ISBN 90 04112510. This book traces the historical development of the Druze ethnic minority in the state of...

Russia and the Middle East, Towards a New Foreign Policy.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Russia and the Middle East, Towards a New Foreign Policy by Talal Nizameddin. London: C. Hurst & Co., 1999. Pp.vii + 296, bibliography, index. 40.00 [pounds sterling]/$49.95. ISBN 0312225385. The Middle East has always been an area which...

The Politics of Interventionism in Ottoman Lebanon 1830-1861.(Review)
April 1, 2001... The Politics of Interventionism in Ottoman Lebanon 1830-1861 by Caesar E. Farah. London: Centre for Lebanese Studies in association with I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2000. Pp. xxv + 744, tables, annexes, bibliography, index, 55.00 [pounds sterling]...

A History of Iraq.(Review)
April 1, 2001... A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xvii + 311, bibliography, index, maps. 35.00 [pounds sterling]/$59.95 (cloth); 12.95 [pounds sterling]/$19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-521-556333; 0-521-554047. ...

For God, Mammon, and Country: A Nineteenth-Century Persian Merchant.(Review)
April 1, 2001... For God, Mammon, and Country: A Nineteenth-Century Persian Merchant by Shireen Mahdavi. Boulder-Oxford: Westview Press, 1999. Pp. xvii + 286, biography, index. $30.00 (paper). ISBN 0-8133-3642-2. Muhammad Hassan Amin al-Zarb was Iran's most...

Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914.
April 1, 2001... Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914 edited by Rosemary O'Brien with photographs by Gertrude Bell. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000. Pp. xv + 258, index, 34 illus. $29.95 (cloth). ISBN 0-8156-06872-9. In the...

Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity edited by Joseph Kostiner. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2000. Pp.341, index. 44.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth). ISBN 1-55587-862-8. The resilience of monarchy in some Middle Eastern...