Rethinking the Middle East and North Africa in the Cold War

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ID8968045
AuthorsPaul Thomas Chamberlin (University of Kentucky, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue2
Pages317-319
Publication date2011-04-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743811000092
OpenAlexW2114962986
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

The new Cold War history has begun to reshape the ways that international historians approach the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during the post-1945 era. Rather than treating the region as exceptional, a number of scholars have sought to focus on the historical continuities and transnational connections between the Middle East and other areas of the Third World. This approach is based on the notion that the MENA region was enmeshed in the transnational webs of communication and exchange that characterized the post-1945 global system. Indeed, the region sat not only at the crossroads between Africa and the Eurasian landmass but also at the convergence of key global historical movements of the second half of the 20th century. Without denying cultural, social, and political elements that are indeed unique to the region, this scholarship has drawn attention to the continuities, connections, and parallels between the Middle Eastern experience and the wider world

Ancient history · Archaeology · Cold war · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Geography · Middle East · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · World history · African history and culture studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law

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