King Hussein and the Challenge of Arab Radicalism : Jordan, 1955-1967
King Hussein and the Challenge of Arab Radicalism : Jordan, 1955-1967
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Author(s): Dann, Uriel
ISBN No.: 9780195071344
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 224
Year: 199109
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 109.02
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (On Demand)

"A clear, thoughtful, and persuasive account of the political fortunes of a remarkable contemporary figure in the Middle East."--Choice"A concise, knowledgeable, judicious, and often witty political history of Jordan."--American Historical Review"A welcome contribution to the slowly expanding field of Jordanian studies."--Middle East Journal"Compact and engaging.The first to look seriously at Jordanian political history of the 1950s and 1960s in more than a decade.Calling upon a vast array of sources, Dann offers a thorough, sober, and well-documented account of a slice of Jordanian politics.Dann's account--penetrating and incisive throughout, laced with wit and irony--not only offers much new information but corrects many nagging misperceptions."--Middle East Studies AssociationBulletin"I had no idea what a gripping story this book would unfold.


[It] is one of the few comprehensive, readable and full-documented works on the contemporary Arab world I have come across in a long while."--Jerusalem Post"A clear, thoughtful, and persuasive account of the political fortunes of a remarkable contemporary figure in the Middle East."--Choice"A concise, knowledgeable, judicious, and often witty political history of Jordan."--American Historical Review"A welcome contribution to the slowly expanding field of Jordanian studies."--Middle East Journal"Compact and engaging.The first to look seriously at Jordanian political history of the 1950s and 1960s in more than a decade.Calling upon a vast array of sources, Dann offers a thorough, sober, and well-documented account of a slice of Jordanian politics.Dann's account--penetrating and incisive throughout, laced with wit and irony--not only offers much new information but corrects many nagging misperceptions.


"--Middle East Studies AssociationBulletin"I had no idea what a gripping story this book would unfold.[It] is one of the few comprehensive, readable and full-documented works on the contemporary Arab world I have come across in a long while."--Jerusalem Post"This volume is a concise, knoweldgeable, judicious and often witty political history of Jordan from 1955 to 1967."--American Historical Review"A useful, document-based study."--Middle East International.


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