Autorentext
Professor Dr. Udo Steinbach war von 1976 bis 2006 Direktor des Deutschen Orient-Instituts in Hamburg. Von 2007-2010 lehrte er an der Universität Marburg Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens.
Klappentext
This history of the Arab world deals with the twentieth-century, from the beginning of the First World War to the outbreak of the 'Third Arab Revolt' in 2011. The account centres on the development of all 22 member states of the Arab League. The individual discussions are set in the political, economic, cultural and religious contexts in the Arab world as a whole and also in the context of international politics since the end of the Second World War. A separate chapter is devoted to Germany's role in the Middle East.
A forward look at the twenty-first century - the century of 'the Arabs' - outlines developmental trends in a region that is currently in a state of dynamic upheaval.