The Emergence of the Modern Middle East - Part II 

V. Arab Independence and Revolution

5.1.1 Egypt: Crisis and Revolution - Part 1

5.1.2 Egypt: Crisis and Revolution - Part 2

5.2.1 Iraq from the Overthrow of the Hashemites to Saddam Hussein - Part 1

5.2.2 Iraq from the Overthrow of the Hashemites to Saddam Hussein - Part 2

5.3.1 Syria's Prolonged Instability - Part 1

5.3.2 Syria's Prolonged Instability - Part 2

5.4.1 Lebanon's Civil Wars - Part 1

5.4.2 Lebanon's Civil Wars - Part 2

5.5. The Surprising Stability of the Arab Monarchies

5.5.1.1 The Surprising Stability of the Arab Monarchies: Jordan - Part 1

5.5.1.2 The Surprising Stability of the Arab Monarchies: Jordan - Part 2

5.5.2 The Surprising Stability of the Arab Monarchies: Saudi Arabia

5.6 The Arab Cold War

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6.1 Introduction: Contexts and Discourse

6.2 Early Zionism

6.3.1 Initial Arab Resistance - Part 1

6.3.2 Initial Arab Resistance - Part 2

6.4.1 The Arab Rebellion and the Jewish Response - Part 1

6.4.2 The Arab Rebellion and the Jewish Response - Part 2

6.4.3 The Arab Rebellion and the Jewish Response - Part 3

6.5 The Impact of World War II

6.6 The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry

6.7.1 Partition and the First Phase of War - Part 1

6.7.2 Partition and the First Phase of War - Part 2

6.8 The Second Phase of the 1948 War

6.9.1 The Narratives of the 1948 War - Part 1

6.9.2 The Narratives of the 1948 War - Part 2

6.9.3 The Narratives of the 1948 War - Part 3

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7.1.1 From 1949 to the Suez War - Part 1

7.1.2 From 1949 to the Suez War - Part 2

7.1.3 From 1949 to the Suez War - Part 3

7.2.1 The Revival of the Palestinian Identity - Part 1

7.2.2 The Revival of the Palestinian Identity - Part 2

7.3.1 The Deterioration to War in 1967 - Part 1

7.3.2 The Deterioration to War in 1967 - Part 2

7.3.3 The Deterioration to War in 1967 - Part 3

7.4 The Palestinian Struggle from Jordan

7.5 Black September

7.6 The War of Attrition, 1968-70

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8.1.1 The October Surprise - Part 1

8.1.2 The October Surprise - Part 2

8.2.1 The Egyptian-Israeli Peace - Part 1

8.2.2 The Egyptian-Israeli Peace - Part 2

8.3 The PLO and the 1982 War in Lebanon

8.4.1 The First Palestinian Intifada - Part 1

8.4.2 The First Palestinian Intifada - Part 2

8.5.1 The Oslo Accords - Part 1

8.5.2 The Oslo Accords - Part 2

8.6 The Jordanian-Israeli Peace

8.7.1 Camp David, 2000 - Part 1

8.7.2 Camp David, 2000 - Part 2

8.8 Unilateral Disengagement and Further Negotiations

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9.1.1 The Post-1967 Middle East: The Victory of State Interest - Part 1

9.1.2 The Post-1967 Middle East: The Victory of State Interest - Part 2

9.2 The Islamic Revival

9.2.1.1 The Islamic Revival in Egypt, Syria and Iraq - Part 1

9.2.1.2 The Islamic Revival in Egypt, Syria and Iraq - Part 2

9.2.2 The Examples of Jordan, Algeria and the Palestinians

9.3.1.1 The "Arab Spring": Modernity and Tradition - Part 1

9.3.1.2 The "Arab Spring": Modernity and Tradition - Part 2

9.3.2.1 The "Arab Spring": Egypt and Tunisia - Part 1

9.3.2.2 The "Arab Spring": Syria, Jordan, Yemen and Libya - Part 2

9.4.1 The Non-Arab Countries - The Republic of Turkey : From WWII to the Present

9.4.2.1 The Non-Arab Countries - Iran: From the Pahlavi Dynasty to the Islamic Republic - Part 1

9.4.2.2 The Non-Arab Countries - Iran: From the Pahlavi Dynasty to the Islamic Republic - Part 2

9.5 Concluding Overview

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