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The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice Since 1967
by
Fouad Ajami
How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Fouad Ajami seeks to answer these and related questions in his illuminating study of the constraints and possibilities facing the Arab wo...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
May 29th 1992
by Cambridge University Press
(first published 1981)
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Jan 21, 2008
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There are are few books that I can recommend as highly I will recommend The Arab Predicament. The author, Fouad Ajami writes with vigor, wisdom, and real understanding of nations.
He pulls together intellectual history, news stories, and foreign affairs to tell the story of the Arab world in the second half of the 20th century. Ajami starts with a crisis of legitimacy in the Arab states after the failure and despair of the Six Days War against Israel. The narration ends shortly after the US inter...more
He pulls together intellectual history, news stories, and foreign affairs to tell the story of the Arab world in the second half of the 20th century. Ajami starts with a crisis of legitimacy in the Arab states after the failure and despair of the Six Days War against Israel. The narration ends shortly after the US inter...more
Just finished reading this. One of the best books I've ever read on the Arab condition and malaise. Ajami is now the darling of the neo-cons and infamous champion of the disastrous war in Iraq, but this was written before he turned to the dark side.
Contains genuine insights into the Arab religious, political and intellectual response to the 1967 war.
A must read for those wanting to get to grips with the modern Arab situation.
Contains genuine insights into the Arab religious, political and intellectual response to the 1967 war.
A must read for those wanting to get to grips with the modern Arab situation.
Good insight into the roots of Arab nationalism and the rise of Ba'thism.
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