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GOVT325
Conflict in the Middle East
GOVT325 FA
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Next Offered in 9798 FA
Analysis of the types, causes, processes and forms of
domestic and international political conflict, using the
contemporary Middle East as a case study. Includes issues
such as nationalism, ideology, religion, inter-Arab
relations, the Palestinian problem, Iranian revolution and
the Gulf War, as well as the Arab-Israeli dispute.
MAJOR READINGS
Shahram Chubin and Charles Tripp, IRAN AND
IRAQ AT WAR, Westview, 1988.
Don Peretz, INTIFADA: THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING. Westview,
1990
Goeffrey Kemp, THE CONTROL OF THE MIDDLE EAST ARMS RACE,
Carnegie Endowment
Congressional Quarterly Inc., THE MIDDLE EAST, 7th edition,
revised 1991
Jean Said Makdisi, BEIRUT FRAGMENTS: A WAR MEMOIR, Persea
Books, 1990
William V. O'Brien, LAW AND MORALITY IN ISRAEL'S WAR WITH
THE PLO
Shaul Bakhash, THE REIGN OF THE AYATOLLAHS: IRAN AND THE
ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
Shibley Telhami, POWER AND LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL
BARGAINING: THE PATH TO THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS, Columbia,
1990
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Final examination, class
participation will be stressed.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students who have
not taken GOVT155 should see the instructor about a
prerequisite override. If the course is oversubscribed,
preference will be given to students turned away at
preregistration or in-semester registration who attend the
first class.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT
Prerequisites:
GOVT155
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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