A New Muslim Order: The Shia and the Middle East Sectarian Crisis - Couverture souple

Pelham, Nicolas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845111397 ISBN 13 : 9781845111397

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2008

Synopsis

Nicolas Pelham explores how America's overthrow of the Baath partyin Iraq, and the failures of Washington's post-invasion regime spawned a Shiite revolution in the heartland of the Arab world. Through first hand accounts from Saddam's rule to that of the post-Bremer rulers, he traces the turning of the tables from a Sunni- to Shia-led state. Pelham recounts how Shia clerics led the largest protests the region had seen since the Iranian Revolution to topple Paul Bremer, America's Shah in Iraq. As Washington struggled to back peddle, Pelham reveals how the Ayatollahs' drive for elections won power for their acolytes to draft the constitution for a utopian Shia state.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nicolas Pelham has spent 20 years studying, writing and broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa. He has lived in Damascus, Cairo, Rabat and most recently Baghdad, where he covered the US occupation as a correspondent for The Economist and Financial Times. He nowworks in Jerusalem as a senior analyst for the Brussels-based think-tank,International Crisis Group.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845111397
• ISBN 13: 9781845111397
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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