Middle East Studies After 9/11: Defending the Discipline

Issue Date July 2002
Volume 13
Issue 3
Page Numbers 102-108
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Is the field of Middle East studies as badly flawed as some critics charge? A fair-minded look at the last 10 or 15 years of research suggests otherwise.

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