An up-to-date analysis of the historical background to the divisions of the Arab world. For politics students and the general reader.
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The Middle East, as we know it today, emerged from decisions made by the Allies during and after the First World War. This extraordinarily ambitious, vividly written account tells how and why those decisions were made and the devastating effect they had.
David Fromkin is Professor of International Relations and Law at Boston University, Massachusetts
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