Authors:Juan B. Gil, Daniel Grieser, Matthias Lesch,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: advances, differential, equations, partial, theory, applications, operator, singular, approaches, analysis, volume
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-04-20
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3764365188
ISBN-13: 9783764365189

The purpose of this publication is to present, in one book, various approaches to analytic problems that arise in the context of singular spaces. It is based on the workshop ’’Approaches to Singular Analysis’’ which was held at the Humboldt University Berlin in April 1999. The book contains articles by workshop participants as well as invited contributions. The former are expanded versions of talks given at the workshop; they offer introductions to various pseudodifferential calculi and discussions of relations between them. In addition, a limited number of invited p

Author: Ann Mosely Lesch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: middle, east, studies, series, indiana, contested, national, identities, sudan
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0253212278
ISBN-13: 9780253212276

"This highly informative work digs into the intricate history of Sudanese politics. Lesch brings a welcome clarity to Sudan’s tangle of political, ethnic, and religious problems by concentrating on the country’s central dilemma: the inability of its leaders to negotiate a common definition of nationhood." -- Foreign Affairs"... the first correct account of what took place... after independence." -- Robert O. CollinsThe Sudan is torn by ethnic and religious conflict, centered on the struggle over the definition of the Sudanese nation-state. Is the Sudan primarily Arab or African by

Author: Ann Mosley Lesch
Publisher: James Currey
Keywords: middle, east, studies, series, indiana, contested, national, identities, sudan
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0852558236
ISBN-13: 9780852558232

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of Sudan’s unresolved struggle between supporters of the majoritarian vision who seek to create a cohesive Arab-Islamic state and the pluralists who strive for equality before the law. North America: Indiana U Press

Author: David W. Lesch
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: modern, syria, asad, bashar, lion, damascus, new
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-11-11
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 0300109911
ISBN-13: 9780300109917

Is Syria a rogue state? How important is it to the fates of Iraq, Iran, Israel, and Lebanon? Based on unique and extraordinary access to Syria’s President Bashar al-Asad, his circle, and his family, this book tells Syria’s inside story. David W. Lesch presents the essential account of this country and its enigmatic leader at a critical juncture in the history of the Middle East.Syria has been called the crossroads of civilization for millennia. Lately, however, it is a nation more in the crosshairs than the crossroads. From the U.S. perspective, Syria is on the wrong side of history with r

Author: David W. Lesch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: history, conflict, israeli, arab
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 0195172302
ISBN-13: 9780195172300

Whether filtered through the news, the film industry, or the classroom, the Arab-Israeli conflict has become a pervasive--and often misinterpreted--subject on our contemporary cultural landscape. In this compelling text, David W. Lesch, a widely respected scholar and commentator on modern Middle Eastern politics, presents the most balanced and accessible account of the conflict to date. The Arab-Israeli Conflict puts forth a variety of perspectives--along with concise and informative analyses--to enable and encourage students to form their own educated opinions about complex and controversial

Authors:William B. Quandt, Fuad Jabber, Ann M. Lesch,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: reprint, series, library, california, palestinian, nationalism, politics
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 1973-03-27
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0520023722
ISBN-13: 9780520023727

Authors:George Baramki Azar, Ann Mosely Lesch,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: journey, photographic, palestine
Number of Pages: 125
Published: 1991-10-17
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0520075447
ISBN-13: 9780520075443

An unforgettable photographic journal of the "shadows" of the Arab world--at turns invisible, unknown, and threatening to some--this work gathers images of the Palestinians during the first few months of 1988 when the intifada was beginning to gain momentum.We have come to visually associate the terms "intifada" and "Palestinian" solely with images of young men wrapped in kafiyyehs hurling rocks at Israeli soldiers. The photos gathered here are different. They grant us the rare opportunity to see facets of the Palestinians not portrayed in the popular media: the beauty of the land, the life of