A History of Jordan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108427913)

Since the publication of the first edition, substantial changes have occurred in the political landscape of Jordan and the Middle East. King Abdullah II has cemented his rule amidst an onslaught of threats which have faced his kingdom since he succeeded his father in 1999. The Syrian civil war has fundamentally shifted the political context of its neighbouring countries, with Jordan experiencing a huge population explosion as people moved across the border from Syria. This second edition of Robins' accessible and succinct survey of Jordanian political history is an account of a century of events within a country whose fortunes are closely identified with its heads of state. Beginning in the early 1920s in the Mandate years, and now benefiting from new material on the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, attempts at democratisation, the collapse of the economy, the Jordan Spring and refugee crisis, this new edition featuring original research brings Jordan's political history into the twenty-first century.

Author: Philip Robins
ISBN-10: 110842791X
ISBN-13: 9781108427913
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2019
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.53w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2020