{"product_id":"a-history-of-jordan-9780521598958","title":"A History of Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilip Robins survey of Jordans political history begins in the early 1920s  continues through the years of the British Mandate  and traces events over the next half century to the present day. Throughout the period  the countrys fortunes were closely identified with its head of state  King Hussein  until his death in 1999. In the early days  as the author testifies  the kings prospects were often regarded as grim. However  both King and country survived a variety of existential challenges  from assassination attempts and internal subversion  to a civil war with the Palestine Liberation Organisation and  in the 1970s and 1980s  Jordan emerged as an apparently stable and prosperous state. However  King Husseins death  the succession of his son  Abdullah II  and recent political upheavals have plunged the country back into uncertainty. This is an incisive account  compellingly told  about one of the leading players in the Middle East. Philip Robins is University Lecturer in Politics with special reference to the Middle East in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. His most recent book is Suits and Uniforms: Turkish Foreign Policy since the Cold War (2003).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647263236149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521598958","price":22.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521598958.jpg?v=1781691056","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-jordan-9780521598958","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}