| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-178) and index. |
| Contents |
Cosmopolitan engagements -- Lessons from Afghanistan -- The Iraqi debacle : democracy, desperation, and the ethics of war -- Twilight in Tehran -- Syria and its president : a meeting with Bashar al-Assad -- Withdrawal pains : Gaza, Lebanon, and the future of Palestine -- The Middle East spills over : the Sudan and the crisis in Darfur -- Conspiracy then and now : history, politics, and the anti-semitic imagination -- Incendiary images : blasphemous cartoons, cosmopolitan responsibility, and critical engagement -- Of reason and faith : on the former Cardinal Josef Ratzinger -- False antinomies : on religious conviction and human rights. |
| Summary |
Turmoil in the Middle East has escalated to unprecedented levels in the twenty-first century. Opposing cultural, religious, and political forces have resumed old conflicts and spawned new ones, fighting with words and images as well as bombs and bullets. The path toward peace and reconciliation seems further away and less clear than ever. Stephen Eric Bronner's Peace Out of Reach is both a deeply personal account and a careful analysis of the crises currently threatening the cradle of civilization. Bronner's insights into Middle Eastern tensions are significantly enhanced by his extensive tra. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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Middle East. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1979- |
| Subject |
Conflict management -- Middle East.
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Conflict management. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1979 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- Peace out of reach. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007 9780813124469 0813124468 (DLC) 2007003155 (OCoLC)80360712 |
| ISBN |
9780813172576 (electronic book) |
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0813172578 (electronic book) |
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9780813137131 (electronic book) |
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0813137136 (electronic book) |
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0813124468 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813124469 |
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