Global Security Watch-Jordan

by W. Andrew Terrill, Anthony H. Cordesman

Overview

This insightful study explores how a small state with limited economic resources has played an important role in vital, ongoing Middle Eastern political and security controversies.

Global Security Watch—Jordan provides readers with an expert, comprehensive overview of significant aspects of Jordan's security, including its political, diplomatic, and alliance-building dimensions. Examining how Jordan emerged from a small Arab kingdom with arbitrary borders and no clear national identity to a confident and modernizing state, the book shows how today's nation effectively copes with a variety of geopolitical challenges.

Jordan's close relations with the United States are examined, with special attention paid to ongoing U.S.-Jordanian cooperation in fighting al-Qaeda and its terrorist allies. The work also probes Jordan's involvement in many of the great conflicts in the contemporary Middle East, for example, that between the Israelis and Palestinians, clarifying Jordanian policies, while helping the reader understand many of the regional problems Jordan finds itself forced to address.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313366192
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/20/2010
Series:	Global Security Watch
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

W. Andrew Terrill is research professor of national security affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle, PA.

Table of Contents

Foreword Anthony H. Cordesman ix

Preface xiii

Chapter 1 Jordan's Turbulent History 1

Chapter 2 Jordan's Political, Economic, and Military System 23

Chapter 3 Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinians 51

Chapter 4 Jordan and the United States 75

Chapter 5 Jordan's Relations with Other Arab States and Iran 97

Chapter 6 Jordan and the Threat of Terrorism 123

Chapter 7 Jordan Looks Toward the Future 143

Appendix A Biographies 149

Appendix B Chronology 155

Appendix C Documents 159

Glossary 173

Bibliography 177

Index 183

Editorial Reviews

This well-written, jargon-free book is useful for both academics and policy makers. Summing Up: Recommended.
Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.” —Choice

“Based on English-language sources, Dr. Terrill's study is balanced, readable, and concise.” —The Middle East Jourbanal

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