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GOVT325

Conflict in the Middle East
GOVT325 FA

Not Currently Offered

This course analyzes the types, causes, processes and forms of domestic and international political conflict, using the contemporary Middle East as a case study. It 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-22-1999




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