Autumn 2009 Middle East Journal

The Autumn 2009 issue of The Middle East Journal is now available electronically. Hard-copy subscribers will be receiving their issues soon. If you are a subscriber and have not used the electronic version before, this link explains how to activate the electronic subscription for individuals or institutions. (Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for download.) The main page for the Autumn issue may be found here at Ingenta, which hosts the electronic version, while the link on activating your subscription noted above also has a link to the issue. And here is a guide to what's in it:

• The Editor's Note. My brief introduction to the issue.

• "'Let Sleeping Dogs Lie:' On Ghajar and Other Anomalies in the Syria-Lebanon-Israel Tri-Border Region," by Asher Kaufman.

• "The Syrian Muslim Brothers and the Syrian-Iranian Relationship," by Yvette Talhamy.

• "A Paradigmatic Shift for the Turkish Generals and an End to the Coup Era in Turkey," by Ersel Aydinli.

• "'Prospective-Turks' or 'Pseudo-Citizens': Kurds in Turkey," by Mesut Yegen.

• "Identity Across Generations: A Turkish American Case Study," by Ilhan Kaya.

• Our regular feature, the Chronology of the quarter.

• Our usual lengthy Book Review section, led by a review article by W. Andrew Terrill on recent books dealing with Iraq.