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349 Emilio Sánchez de Rojas Díaz Book review compiling and arrangement carried out by the principal researcher and coordinator of this work, Professor Albora Weber, who is also the author of the Introduction and the Epilogue. Regarding the timeliness of the work, it would seem surprising that this has held, in spite of the effects of the length of time, and in particular, of the determining events, which have transpired since its writing. The scientific rigor and the experience of the authors which are apparent in the work keep its interest fresh; it is one of those rare works which survive certain events in spite of the way in which issues such as the war in Syria and Iraq change perception of reality. With respect to the form of this work, although each article responds to the style of its author, these are rigorously academic articles, and as such, reading them is generally straightforward and the terminology precise but accessible. It is presented as an academic monograph, but with the aim of being widely read by well-informed people, and even by the general public. There are not many monographs and studies about the subject matter in the book, which reinforces its interest. In the words of Professor Algora, writing at the end of her Epilogue, «the studies included in this monograph, although dealing with an international situation of the utmost timeliness have not failed to investigate the historic origins that have led to the present. In fact, this has been very useful in order to explain circumstances characterized as the greatest challenges to security that the States in the “Greater Mediterranean” will have to face in the coming years». Regarding any detrimental feature of the work, this could only be the great number of articles and the proliferation of authors, but, on the other hand, with this format the book takes on an instructional function, appropriate for a wide public, without losing its essentially academic nature. If scholars do not reach the public, they stray from their fundamental purpose, which is to teach. I strongly recommend reading the book; to the academic reading public in general because it is an academic document, but also to the general public and to participants in media discussion programs, who will find in this book the bases for an understanding of the elements which have triggered the current crises in those «black holes» of security that have emerged in the Greater Mediterranean, and to support, in some cases with more reliability, their daily opinions. - Submited: February 8, 2017. - Accepted: March 7, 2017. http://revista.ieee.es

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