A the Shia and the Middle East sectarian crisis Pelham, Nicolas. creator text bibliography enk London New York New York, NY I.B. Tauris In the United States of America distributed by Palgrave Macmillan 2008 monographic eng

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xv, 272 p. : map ; 24 cm. From Trilby to turbans -- Stirring in the Shia slums -- Cracks in the Sunni bulwark -- The scramble for Shia succession -- Foreigners come gobbling -- The American Shah of Iraq -- The reconstruction myth -- The quiet Ayatollah's regime-change -- America's exiles carve up the spoils -- From Baathism to jihad -- The Sunni Arab emirates -- The local hero and the fighting arm of Hizbollah -- Regime-change and the Baathist interregnum -- The staying power of the Shia -- The country once called Iraq -- The reawakening of Arab Shiism -- The two stripes of the Arab world : Shia Protestantism and the Sunni counter-reformation. by Nicolas Pelham. Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index. aw----- Shīʻah Political aspects Middle East Shīʻah Relations Sunnites Sunnites Relations Shīʻah Islam and politics Middle East Shīʻah Doctrines Sunnites Doctrines Middle East Politics and government 21st century BP194.185 .P45 2008 1845111397 (pbk.) 9781845111397 2008300124 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1001/2008300124.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1001/2008300124.html YDXCP 081007 20161204174612.0 15478626