The Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary History

Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the Author
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1  Foundations of the Contemporary Middle East
Overview
Toward Arab Independence
Post–World War I Division
Arab-Jewish Dialogue
General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
A Jewish National Home
Mandate for Palestine
Chapter 2 
Arabs and Israelis
Overview
The Peel Commission
The Arab League
The Partition of Palestine
Founding of the State of Israel
War and Refugees
Status of Jerusalem
The Suez Crisis
The Eisenhower Doctrine
June 1967 Arab-Israeli War
The Johnson Plan
Arab League Khartoum Summit
UN Security Council  Resolution 242
The October 1973 War
Zionism as Racism
Camp David Peace Process
The Reagan Plan
The Arab League Fez Summit
The Madrid Conference
Jordanian-Israeli Peace
The Arab League Beirut Summit
Chapter 3 
Israel andthe Palestinians
Overview
The Palestinian National Movement
Israel and the Question of Palestinian  Statehood
Israeli Settlement ofthe Occupied Territories
Arab Recognition of the PLO
The First Intifada
Jordan Relinquishes  the West Bank
The Founding of Hamas
Oslo Accords
Hebron Protocol
Wye River Memorandum
Camp David and the al-Aqs a Intifada
The Mitchell Report
The Road Map
Abbas Succeeds Arafat
Israeli Disengagement
The Hamas Government
Chapter 4 Lebanon and Syria
Overview
Lebanese Civil War
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
U.S. Involvement in Lebanon
The Taif Accord
Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon
Syrian Withdrawal fromLebanon
The Hizballah-Israeli War
Chapter 5 
Iran
Overview
The Iranian Revolution
Iranian Hostage Crisis
U.S.-Iranian Relations
Iranian Nuclear Ambitions
Chapter 6 
Iraq and  the Gulf Wars
Overview
Saddam Hussein Takes Power
Iran and Iraq: Prelude to War
Iran-Iraq War and Diplomacy
Conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War
Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War’s Aftermath
UN Weapons Inspections
Iraq War Prelude
The Iraq War
Postwar Iraq
The Missing WMD
Iraq’s New Government
U.S. Policy in Iraq
Chapter 7 
Afghanistan
Overview
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Withdrawal from  Afghanista n
Rise of the Taliban
U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan
The Karzai Government
Chapter 8 
Turkey
Overview
Turkey Emerges from  World War I
Modern Turkey’s Founding Principles
Military Intervention in Politics
Rise of the Justice and Development Party
Chronology of the Middle East, 
1914–2007
Bibliography
Credits
Index