Shedding light on the formative processes of state- and nation- building in the contemporary Middle East, Landis enhances understanding of the disjuncture between the emergence of states and the formation of national communities. He explores how the fiercely contested interactions between these two processes impacted on Syria and the Middle East. JOSHUA LANDIS is Assistant Professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, USA. INDICE: The Druze - The Alawites - Shukri al-Quwwatli: Personal Power Versus the Rule of Law - The Army - The War in Palestine - The War at Home
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-7105-0
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido
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