A History of the Middle East: 3rd edition: 4th edition - Softcover

Mansfield, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718192311 ISBN 13: 9780718192310

Publisher: Penguin, 2010

Synopsis

Over the centuries, the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This book follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the Palestinian question and Islamic resurgence.

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Review:

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)

About the Author:

Peter Mansfield was born in 1928 in India. In 1955 he joined the British Foreign Office and went to Lebanon to study Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies. From 1961 to 1967 he was the Middle East correspondent for the Sunday Times. He became one of Britain's foremost experts on the Middle East. Peter Mansfield died in 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0718192311
• ISBN 13: 9780718192310
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 560