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HSTR277B - History of the Middle East since World War II

Description

Studies the major political processes that have shaped the modern Middle East (the Arab East, plus Iran, Israel, Turkey) since 1945. Themes include: the struggles for independence and the processes of nation-building; the Cold War interventions of foreign powers; the ideologies of pan-Arabism and Islamism; the regional ramifications of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Iranian revolution; America's troubled moment in the Middle East; and, the tumultuous events of the 2011 Arab Spring.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

part of HSTR 277

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of HSTR 277B, HSTR 277, HIST 265 (if taken in the same topic).

Course offered by

Department of History

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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