Adobe PDF (22.74 MB)
Table of Contents - Adobe PDF (732.16 kB)
Brochure
Download
User comments
Similar Books
Title Details:
The Middle East and North Africa in the 20th century: A political, diplomatic and military history
Authors: Chourchoulis, Dionysios
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > MILITARY HISTORY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > HISTORY OF COUNTRIES > EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > HISTORY OF COUNTRIES > ISRAEL
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > HISTORY OF COUNTRIES > ARAB COUNTRIES
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > INTERNATIONAL POLITICS > INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS
Keywords:
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Colonialism
Decolonization
Arab nationalism
Pan-arabism
Zionism
Political Islam
Radical Islam / Islamic fundamentalism
Palestinian question
Oil politics
Arab-Israeli Wars
Terrorism
Cold War in the Near/Middle East
Description:
Abstract:
This book aims to fill a significant gap in Greek scholarship by examining the modern politico-diplomatic and military history of the Middle East and North Africa, a region commonly referred to in international literature as MENA (Middle East – North Africa). The problems and challenges facing this region remain at the forefront of contemporary international affairs and academic inquiry across the fields of History of International Relations History, International Relations, Political Science, and Strategic Studies. A deeper understanding of these dynamics is therefore essential. The Middle East and North Africa have historically been, and continues to be, a region of critical geopolitical importance. In the context of this book, the region is defined as extending from Morocco to Afghanistan. The present-day realities of the region are directly linked to developments that unfolded there over the course of the 20th century. The study focuses primarily on key developments such as political, diplomatic, and ideological transformations; military conflicts; the policies of the colonial Great Powers and the two Cold War superpowers; as well as regional rivalries and processes that occurred concurrently with—or at times independently of—the World Wars and the Cold War. Among the central issues examined are: the colonial competition among the European Great Powers in the region before, during, and after the First World War; the origins and evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict; the process of decolonization, which resulted in a significant decline of British and French influence; the emergence of independent states; the political and military penetration of the United States and the Soviet Union; and the broader superpower rivalry within the region. Furthermore, the book explores the rise and decline of Arab nationalism, intra-Arab conflicts and other regional disputes, the emergence and empowerment of non-state actors capable of wielding armed force, the phenomenon of international terrorism, the significance of the Sunni–Shia divide, the rise of political and radical Islam, and the strategic role of oil.
Linguistic Editors: Tzimogianni, Marianthi
Graphic Editors: Kaitsa, Elena-Natasa
Type: Postgraduate textbook
Creation Date: 05-07-2026
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-351-6
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1101
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/15099
Bibliographic Reference: Chourchoulis, D. (2026). The Middle East and North Africa in the 20th century: A political, diplomatic and military history [Postgraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1101
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. The Middle East and North Africa from the eve of the First World War to the San Remo Conference (1920)
2. The Greater Middle East and North Africa from the Interwar to World War II: European colonialism and state formation
3. The beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the establishment of Israel and the First Arab-Israeli War (1936-1949)
4. The beginning of the competition between the superpowers; the destabilization of the position of Britain and France (1945-1953/4)
5. The rise of Pan-Arabism and Nasserism and the Suez Crisis: decolonization in the Maghreb
6. Regional rivalries and the politics of the superpowers from the aftermath of the Suez Crisis to the eve of the Six Day War (1957-1966)
7. The Six-Day War and the new phase of the Arab-Israeli conflict (1967-1970)
8. Sadat, the Yom Kippur War and the First Oil Crisis (1970-1974)
9. New developments and phenomena: Palestinian awakening and action, (pro)Palestinian terrorism, the beginnings of modern Islamic fundamentalism (c.1967-1978)
10. The unfinished peace process and the Israel-Egypt peace process, 1974-1982
11. The Iranian Revolution (1978-1979) and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
12. The Persian Gulf, a hotbed of war and instability (1980-1991)
13. The Lebanon War, developments in the Palestinian Question, and the emergence of modern Islamist terrorism (1982-2000)
Number of pages 586
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
You can also view
User comments
There are no published comments available!