Jordan, country, Asia: Bibliography

See P. J. Vatikiotis, Politics and the Military in Jordan (1967); N. H. Aruri, Jordan: A Study in Political Development, 1921–1965 (1972); E. Kanovsky, The Economic Development of Jordan (1976); A. H. Cordesman, Jordanian Arms and the Middle East Balance (1983); C. Bailey, Jordan's Palestinian Challenge, 1948–1983, A Political History (1985); R. F. Nyrop, ed., Jordan (3d ed. 1987); J. Lunt, Hussein of Jordan (1989).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Recent History
• Jordan and the Palestinians
• Crisis and Conflict
• Early History to Independence
• History
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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