Johannes Becke is Professor of Israel and Middle East Studies at the Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies in Germany.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Theory of Postcolonial State Expansions2. The Late Colonial State in the Middle East3. After Empire: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial State Formation4. Varieties of State Expansion5. Resistance and Institutional Change6. State Expansions and State Contractions after the End of the Cold War7. Varieties of Expansionism in Global ComparisonConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

"…The Land beyond the Border brings a refreshing and important perspective on the Israeli occupation by way of comparison to other cases of expansionism in the Middle East … as is typical of Becke's writing, the book is theoretical and rich in fascinating details." — Israel Studies Review"…the author has amassed provocative sets of facts well worth a critical reading by specialists." — CHOICE

Johannes Becke is Professor of Israel and Middle East Studies at the Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies in Germany.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Theory of Postcolonial State Expansions2. The Late Colonial State in the Middle East3. After Empire: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial State Formation4. Varieties of State Expansion5. Resistance and Institutional Change6. State Expansions and State Contractions after the End of the Cold War7. Varieties of Expansionism in Global ComparisonConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

"…The Land beyond the Border brings a refreshing and important perspective on the Israeli occupation by way of comparison to other cases of expansionism in the Middle East … as is typical of Becke's writing, the book is theoretical and rich in fascinating details." — Israel Studies Review"…the author has amassed provocative sets of facts well worth a critical reading by specialists." — CHOICE

Johannes Becke is Professor of Israel and Middle East Studies at the Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies in Germany.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Theory of Postcolonial State Expansions2. The Late Colonial State in the Middle East3. After Empire: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial State Formation4. Varieties of State Expansion5. Resistance and Institutional Change6. State Expansions and State Contractions after the End of the Cold War7. Varieties of Expansionism in Global ComparisonConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

"…The Land beyond the Border brings a refreshing and important perspective on the Israeli occupation by way of comparison to other cases of expansionism in the Middle East … as is typical of Becke's writing, the book is theoretical and rich in fascinating details." — Israel Studies Review"…the author has amassed provocative sets of facts well worth a critical reading by specialists." — CHOICE