Inter-Arab alliances : regime security and Jordanian foreign policy / Curtis R. Ryan.
| Author/creator | Ryan, Curtis R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009. |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 264 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Governance and international relations in the Middle East Governance and international relations in the Middle East. ^A1062916 |
| Contents | Regime security, alliances, and inter-Arab politics -- Security dilemmas in Arab politics -- Ideology and political economy in inter-Arab alliances -- The case studies and Jordanian policy in context -- Jordan and the October War coalition -- The Jordanian alliance with Syria -- The Jordanian alliance with Iraq -- Jordan and the Arab Cooperation Council -- Jordan and the first U.S.-Iraq War -- Beyond Arab alliances? : Jordan's peace with Israel -- Ending the Jordanian-Syrian Cold War -- Jordan and the second U.S.-Iraq War -- Regime security and shifting Arab alliances. |
| Summary | Ryan examines the remarkably stable Jordan as a microcosm of the region's politics, and traces the last four decades of Jordanian foreign policy in an attempt to better understand what seems like chaos. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ryan, Curtis R. Inter-Arab alliances. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009 9780813033075 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780813039961 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0813039967 (electronic bk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |