TY - BOOK AU - Humphreys,R.Stephen TI - Between memory and desire: the Middle East in a troubled age SN - 0520246918 (alk. paper) U1 - 956.04 PY - 2005/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Islam and politics KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliography and index; 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 ER -