Reaching for power the shiʻa in the modern Arab world
"This groundbreaking book addresses the crucial importance of Shi'is to the U.S. endeavor. Yet it also alerts readers to the strong nationalist sentiments of Shi'is, underscoring the difficult challenge that the United States faces in attempting to impose a new order in the Middle Eas...
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Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
2006
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Table of Contents:
- A Shiʻi-led reformation
- The burden of the past
- Containment politics in the Persian Gulf
- The struggle for power in Iraq
- The revival of Shiʻism in Lebanon
- Between aspirations and reality