Adeed Dawisha: 4 books
Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century
From Triumph to Despair - New Edition with a new chapter on the twenty-first-century Arab world
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Like a great dynasty that falls to ruin and is eventually remembered more for its faults than its feats, Arab nationalism is remembered mostly for its humiliating rout in the 1967 Six Day War, for inter-Arab divisions, and for words and actions distinguished by their meagerness. But people tend to...
Iraq
A Political History
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
With each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identity....
Iraq
A Political History from Independence to Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
With each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identity....
by Adeed Dawisha
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
An eye-opening survey of the recent Arab revolutions and their political consequences, comparing them to those of a previous generation.
When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, in December 2010, sparking a wave of popular uprisings that would topple dictatorial regimes...