Stephanie Cronin: 2 books
Armies and State-building in the Modern Middle East
Politics, Nationalism and Military Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
The uprisings of 2011, which erupted so unexpectedly and spread across the Middle East, once again propelled the armies of the region to the centre of the political stage. Throughout the region, the experience of the first decade of the twenty-first century provides ample reason to re-examine Middle...
Tribal Politics in Iran
Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Placing Iran's 'tribal problem' in its historical context, Tribal Politics in Iran provides an overall assessment on the impact of this crucial period on the character of tribe-state relations in Iran to the end of Pahlavi rule and in the Islamic Republic. It analyzes the political and socio-economic...