region. This new edition for 2010 has been thoroughly updated and reorganized to provide vital coverage and analysis of the key issues and headline-making events in this dynamic area of the world.Renowned for its balanced, informative, and accessible treatment of the complex and controversial affairs that make the Middle East so important and so volatile, The Middle East takes an in-depth approach to trends and events in the region as well as the history of its nations.The Middle East has become a staple text in college courses on the modern Middle East and is an essential resource for academic and public library collections. Major revisions in this eleventh edition make it an even more important component of library collections that serve patrons interested in this crucial region.

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