"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.