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A brilliant overview of the history and politics of the Middle East over the last two centuries, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism.
With two new chapters on recent developments in the Middle East.
This book will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand what is perhaps the most crucial and volatile nerve centre of the world.

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A brilliantly deft and well-informed guide ... Peter Mansfield compresses the whole tumultuous development of this vast region into 350 coherent, dispassionate and remarkably inclusive pages (The Times Educational Supplement)
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This text provides an overview of the history and politics of the Middle East since the 1800s, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. The book should prove useful reading for anyone wanting to understand what is perhaps the most crucial and volatile nerve centre of the world.

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 0141011238
  • ISBN 13 9780141011233
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number2
  • Number of pages448
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