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Dates Covered: 1900 - 1925
ISBN: 0805068848
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Our Take
The end of World War I marked the beginning of the modern Middle East. The choices made by the leaders of empires in their dying throes (British, French and Ottoman) decisively shaped the conflicts of today. Professor of History David Fromkin traces these seminal years, roughly from 1914 to 1922 with comprehensiveness and the objectivity that this subject matter requires. No one should imagine that the blame for the current problems in the Middle East lie exclusively with choices made by Churchill -- let's not forget the four thousand years of history that preceded Winston -- but an understanding of the creation of the modern Middle East might well come in handy in these troubled times. Read More at Amazon.com
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