{"product_id":"rethinking-the-middle-east-efraim-karsh-9780714654188","title":"Rethinking the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking the Middle East\u003c\/em\u003e runs counter to the received wisdom in modern Middle East studies. This discipline has been dominated by what may be termed a \"culture of victimization\"; it views the local populations of the Middle East Arabs in particular as the hapless victims of alien encroachment, and blames the region's endemic malaise on Western political and cultural imperialism. The author contends that the influence of the Great Powers has not been the primary force behind the region's political development, nor the main cause of its famous volatility. He argues that the main impetus has been provided by regional factors; and that even at their weakest point in modern history - during the final stages of the Ottoman Empire - the peoples in the Middle East have played an active role in the restructuring of their region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Efraim Karsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0714654183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714654188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.34w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1532","brand":"Efraim Karsh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059550712063,"sku":"9780714654188","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_843c1ea8-933c-4669-b448-e7f2e34c1000.jpg?v=1685058907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-the-middle-east-efraim-karsh-9780714654188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}