- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (2 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691102732
- ISBN-13: 978-0691102733
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.5 x 2.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,210,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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[A] splendid recent obituary of the movement.
(Economist )
Dawisha tackles [an] intimidatingly big subject with success. He has mastered the vast literature on the subject, weeding out the contentious or just plain wrong accounts and integrating the several good studies that get it right. Added to this is his own considerable expertise.
(L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs )
[Dawisha] relates the many angles of this rich, complex, and multifaceted subject in a readable, lucid, and economic manner.
(Israel Gershoni American Historical Review )
Dawisha carefully navigates between various, contested historical narratives to create a balanced, authoritative historical work. He relates the many angles of this rich, complex, and multifaceted subject in a readable, lucid, and economic manner that nonspecialists will appreciate. His book is a comprehensive account of the evolution of Arab nationalism and an insightful evaluation of the role it played in shaping the modern Arab Middle East.
(Israel Gershoni American Historical Review )
[O]ne of the most comprehensive studies on pan-Arab nationalism to date.
(Amaney Jamal Political Science Quarterly )
Adeed Dawisha's highly readable, clear-eyed, and sober historical account of Arab nationalism is an important contribution to our understanding of its rapid rise to fame and equally rapid fall from grace. Combining the seasoned insights of a veteran Middle East scholar, recent scholarship, and the memoirs of Arab leaders and intellectuals, Dawisha has produced a major addition to the study of Arab nationalism and the politics of the region.
(Michael Barnett Middle East Journal )
A wonderfully insightful and analytical study of a significant political phase in the Middle East.
(Jonas Kauffeldt History: Reviews of New Books )
This book is a major intellectual advance in the study of comparative political ideologies in general, and Arab political thought in particular.
(Bill S. Mikhail Middle East Policy )
Adeed Dawisha has given us a timely, illuminating and highly readable overview of the history of the Arab national movement, from its origins in the 19th century to the present. His book combines an analysis of the ideas of Arab nationalism and their roots in European thought, with a fast-moving political narrative, full of dramatic ups an downs. . . . [He] brings to his task a rare personal insight, as well as mastery of the voluminous Arabic sources on the subject. There is a great deal of new material here which not only brings events alive, but also leads to fresh assessments and a better-informed understanding of the politics of one of the world's most volatile and violent regions.
(Avi Shlaim The Observer )
Dawisha has written a fine analysis of the heyday and decline of the ideology of Arab nationalism. . . . With a sound theoretical apparatus and making good use of memoirs by those involved, Dawisha provides an excellent guide to the origins of the movement and the reality behind the rhetoric.
(Choice )
(Economist )
Dawisha tackles [an] intimidatingly big subject with success. He has mastered the vast literature on the subject, weeding out the contentious or just plain wrong accounts and integrating the several good studies that get it right. Added to this is his own considerable expertise.
(L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs )
[Dawisha] relates the many angles of this rich, complex, and multifaceted subject in a readable, lucid, and economic manner.
(Israel Gershoni American Historical Review )
Dawisha carefully navigates between various, contested historical narratives to create a balanced, authoritative historical work. He relates the many angles of this rich, complex, and multifaceted subject in a readable, lucid, and economic manner that nonspecialists will appreciate. His book is a comprehensive account of the evolution of Arab nationalism and an insightful evaluation of the role it played in shaping the modern Arab Middle East.
(Israel Gershoni American Historical Review )
[O]ne of the most comprehensive studies on pan-Arab nationalism to date.
(Amaney Jamal Political Science Quarterly )
Adeed Dawisha's highly readable, clear-eyed, and sober historical account of Arab nationalism is an important contribution to our understanding of its rapid rise to fame and equally rapid fall from grace. Combining the seasoned insights of a veteran Middle East scholar, recent scholarship, and the memoirs of Arab leaders and intellectuals, Dawisha has produced a major addition to the study of Arab nationalism and the politics of the region.
(Michael Barnett Middle East Journal )
A wonderfully insightful and analytical study of a significant political phase in the Middle East.
(Jonas Kauffeldt History: Reviews of New Books )
This book is a major intellectual advance in the study of comparative political ideologies in general, and Arab political thought in particular.
(Bill S. Mikhail Middle East Policy )
Adeed Dawisha has given us a timely, illuminating and highly readable overview of the history of the Arab national movement, from its origins in the 19th century to the present. His book combines an analysis of the ideas of Arab nationalism and their roots in European thought, with a fast-moving political narrative, full of dramatic ups an downs. . . . [He] brings to his task a rare personal insight, as well as mastery of the voluminous Arabic sources on the subject. There is a great deal of new material here which not only brings events alive, but also leads to fresh assessments and a better-informed understanding of the politics of one of the world's most volatile and violent regions.
(Avi Shlaim The Observer )
Dawisha has written a fine analysis of the heyday and decline of the ideology of Arab nationalism. . . . With a sound theoretical apparatus and making good use of memoirs by those involved, Dawisha provides an excellent guide to the origins of the movement and the reality behind the rhetoric.
(Choice )
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Adeed Dawisha's analysis of the rise and fall of Arab nationalism in the twentieth century exhibits clarity of exposition, thoroughness, and objectivity. The narrative is exceptional. Dawisha complements his own splendid credentials with excellent use of a large volume of memoir material from Arab leaders. There is no book that does as good a job.
(William Quandt, University of Virginia )
(William Quandt, University of Virginia )
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The men and women of the nationalist generation who had sought the unity of the Arab people must have cast weary eyes at one another when they heard their acknowledge leader call a truce with those they considered to be anti-unionists; they must have dropped their heads and thrown their hands in the air when he announced the onset of a new era where "solidarity" among Arab states would replace the quest for a comprehensive political unity. Read the first page
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The men and women of the nationalist generation who had sought the unity of the Arab people must have cast weary eyes at one another when they heard their acknowledge leader call a truce with those they considered to be anti-unionists; they must have dropped their heads and thrown their hands in the air when he announced the onset of a new era where "solidarity" among Arab states would replace the quest for a comprehensive political unity. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A sober and accessible account
25 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is a good account of Arab Nationalism from a scholarly perspective, written in accessible language. The author has no axe to grind. Readers might detect an occasional note of wistful sadness, though, as Dawisha contrasts the movement's mid-century promise and fervor with its disappointing outcomes. Dawisha sets himself the task of explaining the movement's shortcomings and weaknesses, and he does a good job of it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
One of the best on the subject
1 Dec 2009
Format:Paperback
I wrote my thesis on Arab Nationalism and this book was an Allah send for it. Dawisha is a great author and does a detailed job that is accessible to those who have some desire to learn the subject matter in great detail. I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to have a more solid understanding of the role of Arab Nationalism from the 1890s to the 1990s and the prospects for the future
7 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant
15 Oct 2004
Format:Hardcover
Mr. Seraj, for some warped reason, perceived this book as an attack on arab nationalism, when in fact Dawisha's work reads as a straight history. Dr. Dawisha was simply stating a factual historical truth: "Arab nationalism", an abstract concept at best, rose fitfully, then faltered and died. Why? because it had no historical, cultural, emotive, or even linguistic bases. It was essentially contrived (and I would argue, calqued along the lines of the european language-based nationalisms that labled people based on the languages they spoke.) It sought to impute a certain identity on people who had for centuries thought of themselves as nothing but Muslims, Jews, Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Maronites, Druze, etc.. and nothing else! This is not bias, this is the plain painful truth Mr. Seraj. Be a man, accept it, and move on. Arabs and Arab nationalism are a mere mirage, an abstract concept, and an obsolete ideology (though it is still upheld by a motely senile half-witted academics who keep irresolute dreamers like Mr. Seraj and their warped ideas alive.)
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