Cutting-edge examination of the domestic politics, now thoroughly revised to reflect the events of the Arab Spring.

This cutting-edge, and at the same time lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the Middle East has been carefully designed to meet the n

A cutting-edge, yet lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the contemporary Middle East.

This work, first published in 1972, is an objective introduction to the social, political, and cultural changes that took place in the Middle East in the years

Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the considerable developments in the Middle East in the 1990s.