In Search of Greater Syria: The History and Politics of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , by Christopher Solomon. London: I.B. Tauris, 2022. 240 pages. $120 cloth, $39.95 paper, $35.95 e-book. The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , by Carl C. Yonker. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021. 291 pages. $92.99 cloth, e-book; $21.99 paper.
{"title":"Levant Affairs:<i> In Search of Greater Syria: The History and Politics of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party</i>, by Christopher Solomon and <i> The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party</i>, by Carl C. Yonker (book review)","authors":"Thomas Pierret","doi":"10.3751/76.4.308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.308","url":null,"abstract":"In Search of Greater Syria: The History and Politics of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , by Christopher Solomon. London: I.B. Tauris, 2022. 240 pages. $120 cloth, $39.95 paper, $35.95 e-book. The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria: A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , by Carl C. Yonker. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021. 291 pages. $92.99 cloth, e-book; $21.99 paper.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135573986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article argues that Sultan Sa‘id bin Taymur played a more fundamental role in developing Oman than what is commonly portrayed. With British backing, Sultan Sa‘id centralized control over the contested territories where oil was discovered, despite frequent attacks on exploration teams. When Sa‘id was overthrown in 1970, he relinquished a young but healthy oil sector to his son, Qaboos, paving the way for enormous advances in Omani life. Despite the credit he gets for this transformation, Sultan Qaboos’s initial years in power were marked by mismanagement and declines in production, and poor administration left Oman unable to fully capitalize on the oil price booms of the 1970s.
{"title":"Dueling Legacies: Which Sultan Deserves Credit for Oman’s Oil-Driven Development?","authors":"J. Krane","doi":"10.3751/76.4.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article argues that Sultan Sa‘id bin Taymur played a more fundamental role in developing Oman than what is commonly portrayed. With British backing, Sultan Sa‘id centralized control over the contested territories where oil was discovered, despite frequent attacks on exploration teams. When Sa‘id was overthrown in 1970, he relinquished a young but healthy oil sector to his son, Qaboos, paving the way for enormous advances in Omani life. Despite the credit he gets for this transformation, Sultan Qaboos’s initial years in power were marked by mismanagement and declines in production, and poor administration left Oman unable to fully capitalize on the oil price booms of the 1970s.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"441 - 465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47997573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed's UAE, by Matthew Hedges (book review)","authors":"K. Ulrichsen","doi":"10.3751/76.4.307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.307","url":null,"abstract":"Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed's UAE, by Matthew Hedges. London: Hurst & Co., 2021. 324 pages. £25.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41940649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern History and Politics: Rebuilding Arab Defense: US Security Cooperation in the Middle East, by Bilal Y. Saab (book review)","authors":"D. D. Roches","doi":"10.3751/76.4.309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.309","url":null,"abstract":"Rebuilding Arab Defense: US Security Cooperation in the Middle East, by Bilal Y. Saab. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2022. 249 pages. $95 cloth, e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45734969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophy, Religion, and Science: Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy, by Usaama al-Azami (book review)","authors":"J. Voll","doi":"10.3751/76.4.311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.311","url":null,"abstract":"Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama between Democracy and Autocracy, by Usaama al-Azami. London: Hurst, 2021. 376 pages. £50 cloth, £20 paper.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47089014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:The Islamic Coalition Society (or the Mo’talefeh) was an important ally and a source of political and financial support for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s campaign against the Iranian monarchy. However, by the mid-1980s, Ayatollah Khomeini started to view the policies backed by the Mo’talefeh and its allies, the Combatant Clergy Association, as an impediment to his agenda. This article charts this transformation and shows how a combination of economic and political differences between the Mo’talefeh and Khomeini led to the former’s marginalization.
{"title":"The Mo’talefeh (Islamic Coalition Society): From Revolutionary Allies to Challengers of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Policies, 1979–1989","authors":"Meir Javedanfar","doi":"10.3751/76.4.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The Islamic Coalition Society (or the Mo’talefeh) was an important ally and a source of political and financial support for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s campaign against the Iranian monarchy. However, by the mid-1980s, Ayatollah Khomeini started to view the policies backed by the Mo’talefeh and its allies, the Combatant Clergy Association, as an impediment to his agenda. This article charts this transformation and shows how a combination of economic and political differences between the Mo’talefeh and Khomeini led to the former’s marginalization.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"487 - 506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41402928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Egypt: Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, by Rusha Latif (book review)","authors":"Sarah Anne Rennick","doi":"10.3751/76.4.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.302","url":null,"abstract":"Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution, by Rusha Latif. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2022. 355 pages. $35.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43812971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Islamism and Revolution across the Middle East: Transformations of Ideology and Strategy after the Arab Spring, edited by Khalil al-Anani. London: I. B. Tauris, 2021. 184 pages. £63 cloth, £26.09 paper, £15.65 e-book. Classless Politics: Islamist Movements, the Left, and Authoritarian Legacies in Egypt, by Hesham Sallam. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. 472 pages. $140 cloth, $35 paper, $34.99 e-book.
{"title":"The Blocked Road to Democracy: Culture Wars in the Arab World and the End of Politics","authors":"Shadi Hamid","doi":"10.3751/76.4.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.30","url":null,"abstract":"Islamism and Revolution across the Middle East: Transformations of Ideology and Strategy after the Arab Spring, edited by Khalil al-Anani. London: I. B. Tauris, 2021. 184 pages. £63 cloth, £26.09 paper, £15.65 e-book. Classless Politics: Islamist Movements, the Left, and Authoritarian Legacies in Egypt, by Hesham Sallam. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. 472 pages. $140 cloth, $35 paper, $34.99 e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"531 - 537"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49198064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Searching for Peace:A Memoir of Israel, by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022. 352 pages. $27.99.
{"title":"Israel: Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel, by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony (book review)","authors":"Neil Caplan","doi":"10.3751/76.3.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.302","url":null,"abstract":"Searching for Peace:A Memoir of Israel, by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022. 352 pages. $27.99.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44740536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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