From Abdullah to Hussein
Jordan in transition
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Author
Publication
1993 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,750 words, Guess
Page Count
251 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1740720M
- ISBN-100195080270
- OCLC Control Number27186367
- Library of Congress Control Number92046562
- LibraryThing1852719
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- Goodreads715824
Classifications
- DDC956.9504
- LCCDS154.55 .S267 1994
Description
This book examines the most turbulent period in the history of Jordan's ruling house, the six years following the assassination of the kingdom's founder, Abdullah (1951-1957). Those years witnessed the country's lone episode of weak monarchy, when the king--the novice Hussein or his ill-starred father, Talal--was not the preeminent political actor in the land. Rather, it was during that time at the regime was left in the hands of a mix of Palestinian, Transjordanian, and Circassian royalists who had never before wielded executive authority inside the kingdom. Based on exclusive interviews and newly released archival resources, this book traces the only two royal successions in Jordanian history: the eleven-month reign of the little-known Talal, and the early years of King Hussein.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Studies in Middle Eastern history
Other Editions
- From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in transition
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