A History of the Middle East: 4th edition - Couverture souple

Mansfield, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141011238 ISBN 13 : 9780141011233

Editeur : Penguin, 2003

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141011238
• ISBN 13: 9780141011233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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