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Epic encounters culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / by McAlister, Melani, 1962-

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Seeds of hate how America's flawed Middle East policy ignited the jihad / by Pintak, Larry

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Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online / by Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.…”
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Debating security in Turkey challenges and changes in the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : debating security, changes and challenges for Turkey in the twenty-first century / Ebru Canan-Sokullu -- Approaches to "security" and "challenges" in the twenty-first century -- "Security" and "challenges" in the twenty-first century : a theoretical outlook / Craig Snyder -- Insulator, bridge, regional center : Turkey and regional security complexes / Thomas Diez -- Continuities and changes in Turkish foreign and security policy in the twenty-first century and the EU / Selcen �Oner -- Turkey and internal security challenges in the twenty-first century -- Beyond military tutelage : civil-military relations and the AKP government / Asmet Ak�ca and Evren Balta-Paker -- Islamization : a challenge to Turkey's secular democracy? …”
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