{"product_id":"away-from-chaos-the-middle-east-and-the-challenge-to-the-west-paperback","title":"Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGilles Kepel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Randolph\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Middle East is one of the world's most volatile regions. In recent years, from the optimism and then crushing disappointment of the Arab uprisings through the rise and fall of the Islamic State, it has presented key international security challenges. With the resilient jihadi terror threat, large-scale migration due to warfare and climate change, and fierce competition for control over oil, it promises to continue to be a powder keg. What ignited this instability? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAway from Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel, called \"France's most famous scholar of Islam\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from the people who lived through them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Yom Kippur\/Ramadan war of 1973 to the aftermath of the Arab Spring, \u003ci\u003eAway from Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the various threads that run through Middle East politics and ties them to their implications on the global stage. With keen insight stemming from decades of experience in the region, Kepel puts these chaotic decades in perspective and illuminates their underlying dynamics. He also considers the prospects of emerging from this long-lasting turmoil and for the people of the Middle East and the world to achieve a more stable future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilles Kepel is chair of Mediterranean and Middle East studies at ﾉcole Normale Sup駻ieure in Paris and former special envoy of President Emmanuel Macron of France. He contributes to Al-Monitor and is the author of many acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eTerror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West \u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780388127008,"sku":"9780231197038","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36ff1ae32f041347190e4dbd5a761a6e.webp?v=1780527259","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/away-from-chaos-the-middle-east-and-the-challenge-to-the-west-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}