This is a much needed, concise survey of Arab nationalism both as an historical movement and a doctrine. The author identifies the particular characteristics and development of Arab nationalism and provides a wide-ranging history.

Youssef Choueiri is Reader in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He is the author of a number of books. His publications include State and Society in Syria and Lebanon, 1919-1990 (1994), and Islamic Fundamentalism (1997).