Humphreys, R. Stephen <br/><br/>
Between memory and desire: the Middle East in a troubled age / 
R. Stephen Humphreys 
 - Updated with a new preface. 
 - Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c2005. 
 - xxxiv, 297 p.;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliography and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Hard realities : population growth and economic stagnation -- 2. From imperialism to the new world order : the Middle East in search of a future -- 3. The strange career of Pan-Arabism -- 4. The shaping of foreign policy : the myth of the Middle East madman -- 5. Military dictatorship and political tradition in the Middle East -- 6. Profane and sacred politics : the ends of power in the Middle East -- 7. Islam as a political system -- 8. Jihad and the politics of salvation -- 9. Women in public life : Islamic perspectives, Middle Eastern realities -- 10. Islam and human rights -- Toward a conclusion-between memory and desire 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0520246918 (alk. paper) 9780520246911 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam and politics--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.04  / HUM/B