This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of its subject area, bringing together leading experts to provide students with authoritative and up-to-date content. It combines a history of the region with analysis of key themes, actors, and conflicts, and uses a range of learning features and online resources to support student learning. New chapters cover International Relations and the Middle East, and foreign policy making in the Middle East, while a rewritten chapter on War and Security focuses on a broader range of conflicts than before, and includes significant coverage of terrorism. The text is supported by a range of learning features and an Online Resource Centre which includes: Chapter exercises Timeline Web links PowerPoint slides News feeds - links to real life articles from different news sites via RSS
About the Author
Dr Louise Fawcett, CUF University Lecturer in Politics, Wilfrid Knapp Fellow, Tutor in Politics, St Catherine's College, Oxford University