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Author:   Peter Sluglett ,  Victor Kattan
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781788314312

ISBN 10:   178831431
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Preface Victor Kattan Foreword: Peter Sluglett and the Study of the Modern Middle East Toby Dodge 1. Introduction: Violent Non-State Actors in the Arab World: some General Considerations Peter Sluglett 2. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Violence: Porous Boundaries and Context Khalid Hroub 3. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Ideology vs. Context Hassan A. Barari 4. Between Religion, Warfare and Politics: the Case of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria Mohamed-Ali Adraoui 5. The 2007 Hamas-Fatah Conflict in Gaza and the Israeli-American Demands Victor Kattan 6. Hizbullah and the Lebanese State: Indispensable, Unpredictable – Destabilizing? Peter Sluglett 7. When the State becomes a Non-State: Yemen in the Huthi/Ali Abdullah Salih Alliance Daniel Martin Varisco 8. Violent Non-State Actors in Somalia: al-Shabab and the Pirates Afyare A. Elmi and Ruqaya Mohamed 9. “Being in Time”: Kurdish Movement and Quests of Universal Hamit Borzolan Afterword Abdullah Baabood

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"Peter Sluglett was a leading historian of modern Iraq and most recently a professor and Director at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore. His most well-known published books include ""Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship"", co-authored with Marion-Farouk-Sluglett, and ""Britain in Iraq: Contriving King and Country"", both published by I.B.Tauris. Victor Kattan is Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the author of two books: From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2009) and The Palestine Question in International Law (2008). Kattan has taught at Yale-NUS College, NUS Law, and the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)."

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