Constructing International Relations in the Arab World
Fred H. Lawson
This book explores the emergence of an anarchic states-system in the twentieth-century Arab world. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalist movements first considered establishing a unified regional arrangement to take the empire's place and present a common front to outside powers. But over time different Arab leaderships abandoned this project and instead adopted policies characteristic of self-interested, territorially limited states.
In his explanation of this phenomenon, the author shifts attention away from older debates about the origins and development of Arab nationalism and analyzes instead how different nationalist leaderships changed the ways that they carried on ... Read more
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International Journal of Middle East Studies "The occasional contrast between the shortness of the book and the big questions it deals with does not take away from Lawson's excellent analysis ... Read more