Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East
Language: English
Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003
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- Title
- Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East
- Author
- Keay, John
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393058492
- ISBN 13
- 9780393058499
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Using a wealth of finely selected memoirs and anecdotes, to a remarkable degree John Keay pulls off the impossible. While always alert to the seriousness of his subject matter, he nonetheless manages to evoke countless individuals, some well known (T E Lawrence, General Allenby), some only half-remembered (Gertrude Bell, Glubb Pasha), and some the preserve of specialists (A T Wilson, Loy Henderson). Albert Einstein and E M Forster are among many who put in guest appearances. Keay repeatedly joining up yesterday's dots with missing sand lines (Sunday Times)
John Keay's new history of the British in the modern Middle East is the best for almost 40 years (Guardian)
Keay's book is exemplary in its commitment to telling the story of Western - during this period, primarily British - intervention in the Middle East (John McTernan, Scotland on Sunday)
An impressive account ... an excellent synthesis of the vast body of work on how the west planted the seeds of the Middle East's conflicts. Keay excels at explaining the broader political context of events (New Statesman)
John Keay has created a brilliant narrative that mixes sound historical judgement with an ability to see through self-serving cant and has assembled an extraordinary cast of characters (Glasgow Sunday Herald)
Grand in scope and notable in achievement ... with erudition and wit, Keay provides as impartial an introduction to the complex Arab-Israeli relationship as possible (LA Times)
Offers an insight both enthralling and scholarly (Traveller Magazine)
Keay has a light touch and a gift for weaving together the complex strands of the story in a compelling ... way (Royal Society for Asian Affairs)
Keay's fluid prose breathes life into this subject (The Glasgow Herald)
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