Gilles Kepel

Away from Chaos

The Middle East and the Challenge to the West
Übersetzer: Randolph, Henry

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Produktbeschreibung

Away from Chaos is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from the people who lived through them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 165mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780231197021
• ISBN-10: 0231197020
• Artikelnr.: 58760901

Autorenporträt

Gilles Kepel. Translated by Henry Randolph.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Testament for Syria
Part I. The Barrel and the Koran
1. The Islamization of the Political Order
2. The Onset of International Jihad: Taking on the Near Enemy (1980-1987)
3. The Second Jihadist Phase: Against the Distant Enemy (1998-2005)
4. The Third Jihadist Generation: Networks and Territories (2005-2019)
Part II. From Arab Spring to Jihadist Caliphate
5. The Arab Spring in Context
6. From the Fall of Despots to Societies in Turmoil
7. Sectarianism and Derailed Rebellions: The Shiite-Sunni Fault Line
Part III. After ISIS: Disintegration and Regrouping
8. The Fracturing of the Sunni Bloc
9. The Global Stakes in the Fight for the Levant
Conclusion: Middle Eastern Fault Lines and Global Tectonics
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Index