Year 12 ATAR Modern History Unit 4
Significant Individuals
Bashar al-Assad
Al Jazeera. (2018). Profile: Bashar al-Assad. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2007/07/200852518514154964.html
Fredriksen, J. C. (2003). Assad, Bashar al-. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992–Present. Retrieved from https://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=102314&itemid=WE53&articleId=254564
Yasser Arafat
Brexel, B. (2004). Yasser Arafat. Retrieved from Open Library.org eBook
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El Amraoui, A. (2012). The two sides of Yasser Arafat. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/2009/11/2009111254835474671.html
Fischbach, M. R., & Muslih, M. (2017). Arafat, Yasir. In Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, Third Edition. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Yasser Arafat. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Fredriksen, J. C. (2003). Barak, Ehud. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992–Present. New York: Facts On File. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Menachem Begin
Feron, J. (1992). Menachem Begin, Guerrilla Leader Who Became Peacemaker. Retrieved from https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0816.html
Menachem Begin’s Legacy. (2002) Menachem Begin. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
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David Ben-Gurion
Fredriksen, J. C. (2004). Ben-Gurion, David. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1900–1991. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Truman, C.N. (2015). David Ben-Gurion. Retrieved from https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973/david-ben-gurion/
Theodor Herzl
Khan Academy. (2013, April 3). Theodor Herzl and the birth of political Zionism [ Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8sxNa-E-H0
Theodor Herzl. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Golda Meir
Blashfield, J.F. (2010). Golda Meir. Retrieved from Open Library.org eBook
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Cavendish, R. (2009). Golda Meir becomes Israeli Prime Minister. History Today, 59(3). Retrieved from https://www.historytoday.com
Golda Meir biography. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/people/golda-meir-9404859
Groff, C. P. (1998). Meir, Golda. In Twentieth-Century Women Political Leaders. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Kuhlman, E. (2016). Meir, Golda. In Women Rulers. Retrieved August 28, 2018, from Modern World History database.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Al Jazeera. (2008). Arab Unity: Nasser’s Revolution. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/arabunity/2008/02/200852517252821627.html
Archer, J. (2016). The dictators: who they were and how they influenced our world. New York, New York: Sky Pony Press.
Gamal Abdel Nasser. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Rasmussen, R. K. (1998). Nasser, Gamal Abdel. In Modern African Political Leaders. Retrieved from Modern World History database
Scott-Baumann, M. (2010). Nasser, Suez and Arab Nationalism. History Review, (66), 44-49. Retrieved from History Reference Centre database.
Scott-Baumann, M. (2016).The Middle East, 1908-2011. (Second revised edition). London, England: Hodder Education.
Trueman, C.N. (2015). Gamal Abdul Nasser. Retrieved from https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-middle-east-1917-to-1973/gamal-abdel-nasser/
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-netanyahu-9421908
Benjamin Netanyahu. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Fredriksen, J. C. (2003). Netanyahu, Benjamin. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992–Present. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Yitzhak Rabin
Fredriksen, J. C. (2003). Rabin, Yitzhak. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992–Present. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Parissien, S. (2008). Assassinated! : assassinations that shook the world : from Julius Caesar to JFK. London, England: Quercus.
Sasley, B. E. (2015). What is the legacy of Yotzhak Rabin?. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-legacy-of-yitzhak-rabin-49794
Sifakis, C. (2001). Yitzhak Rabin, assassination of. In Encyclopedia of Assassinations, Revised Edition. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Yitzhak Rabin. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/people/yitzhak-rabin-37246
Yitzhak Rabin. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Saddam Hussein
Catherwood, C., & Horvitz, L. A. (2006). Hussein, Saddam. In Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
MacFarquhar, N. (2006, December 30). Saddam Hussein, Defiant Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence and Fear, Dies. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/world/middleeast/30saddam.html
Saddam Hussein. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Wingate, B. (2004). Saddam Hussein. New York: Rosen.
Anwar Saddat
Al Jazeera. (2010). Profile: Anwar Sadat. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/2009/03/20093266460706634.html
Anwar Sadat. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Davis, R. H. (2017). Sadat, Anwar. In Encyclopedia of Independent Africa (1960 to Present). Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Goldschmidt, A. (2007). Egypt under Anwar Sadat. In A Brief History of Egypt. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Kras, S.L. (2003). Anwar Sadat. Retrieved from Open Library.org
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sixoctober war. (2013, August 26). Anwar Sadat biography 45 mins [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alsk-AqperM
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from Britannica School database.
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Anna Bens. (2015, April 25). Sharon Israel’s iron man BBC documentary [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqU6rU3S3Ps
Blair, D. (2014, January 11). Why Ariel Sharon was important. The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10547694/Why-Ariel-Sharon-was-important.html
Blumenthal, M. (2014, January 11). How Ariel Sharon Shaped Israel’s Destiny. The Nation. Retrieved from https://www.thenation.com/article/how-ariel-sharon-shaped-israels-destiny/
Fredriksen, J. C. (2003). Sharon, Ariel. In Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992–Present. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
Sharon, Ariel. (2016). In Modern World History Biographies. Retrieved from Modern World History database.
