Middle Eastern Studies articles from October 1997

Middle Eastern Studies archives from October 1997

Ben-Gurion and the Bible: the forging of an historical narrative?
October 1, 1997... Ben-Gurion belonged to a generation of leaders who were enamoured of history, men like Churchill, de Gaulle, Lenin and Stalin. Not content with their own direct impact on the course of history, they also wished to mould the historical...

British policy towards the Ansar in Sudan: a note on an historical controversy.
October 1, 1997... Following the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan in 1896-98, the basic aim of the new rulers of the so-called Condominium was to eradicate all traces of Mahdism and other forms of what they viewed as `Muslim fanaticism' and to encourage...

An experiment in revolutionary nationalism: the rebellion of Colonel Muhammad Taqi Khan Pasyan in Mashhad, April-October 1921. (Iran)
October 1, 1997... The foundation of Pahlavi rule in Iran is conventionally dated from the coup d'etat of February 1921 yet, during the spring and summer of 1921, Riza Khan's newly established power in Tehran was under grave political, ideological and military...

The Agriculutural Mortgage Bank in Palestine: the controversy over its establishment.
October 1, 1997... Negotiations were long and difficult, particularly as it was desired that the institution should serve the interests of agriculture generally.(1) The volume of archival material concerning the establishment of the Agricultural Mortgage Company...

The Marja'iya in Iran and the nomination of Khamanei in December 1994. (Ali Khamanei)
October 1, 1997... The death of Ayatollah Araki, the marja`-i taqlid or `source of emulation' for Twelver Shiites, at the end of November 1994 marked the beginning of a short-lived propaganda campaign for the selection of Ali Khamanei as his successor by parts of...

Kuwait's Foreign Policy, City State in World Politics.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

The Turbulent Gulf.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

International Perspectives on the Gulf Conflict: 1990-91.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

Kuwait and Iraq: Historical Claims and Territorial Disputes.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

The Gulf Crisis, an Attempt to Understand.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

Oil Monarchies, Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States.
October 1, 1997... The books reviewed here relate to two broad suppositions, on which they help to shed some light. One is the Arab Gulf leaders' unawareness and their States' insufficient preparations for an Iraqi invasion, despite some early warning indications....

Blood Revenge: Family Honor, Mediation, and Outcasting, 2d ed.
October 1, 1997... by Joseph Ginat. Brighton: Sussex Acadamic press, 1997, second edition. Pp.xvii + 228, index. This book is an addition to the growing anthropological literature on Middle Eastern nomadic societies at a moment when they may be considered part...

Oman: Politics and Development.
October 1, 1997... by Ian Skeet. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Pp.195. 35.00 [pounds sterling]. Ian Skeet has written a highly perceptive account of post-1970 Oman. It is a companion to an earlier volume, written by Skeet in 1974 which dealt with Oman's...

Trade and Empire in Muscat and Zanzibar: Roots of British Domination.
October 1, 1997... by M. Reda Bhacker. London: Routledge, 1992. Pp.278. 40.00 [pounds sterling]. Ian Skeet has written a highly perceptive account of post-1970 Oman. It is a companion to an earlier volume, written by Skeet in 1974 which dealt with Oman's...

The Jewish Exodus from Iraq: 1948-1951.
October 1, 1997... by Moshe Gat. London and Portland: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp.viii + 209, abbreviations and bibliography, index. 35.00 [pounds sterling]/$47.50 (hardback); 16.00 [pounds sterling]/$18.50 (paperback). Moshe Gat's book is a well-researched and...

Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948.
October 1, 1997... by Zachary Lockman. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1996. Pp. xvi + 440. 48.00 [pounds sterling]/US$60.00 (hardback); 19.99 [pounds sterling]/$25.00 (paperback). In his study to prove the `relational paradigm'...

Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East: 1945-1958.
October 1, 1997... by Paul W.T. Kingston. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xi + 191. 45.00 [pounds sterling]/$54.95 (hardback); 6.99 [pounds sterling]/$19.95 (paperback). In his study to prove the `relational paradigm' (p.8) in the 'shaping in...