A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

Fromkin, David

ISBN 10: 0805068848 / ISBN 13: 9780805068849

Verlag: Holt Paperbacks (edition 56287th), 2001

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The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in upheaval today

In our time the Middle East has proven a battleground of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and dynasties. All of these conflicts, including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis that have flared yet again, come down, in a sense, to the extent to which the Middle East will continue to live with its political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed upon the region by the Allies after the First World War.

In A Peace to End All Peace, David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies came to remake the geography and politics of the Middle East, drawing lines on an empty map that eventually became the new countries of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, when all-even an alliance between Arab nationalism and Zionism-seemed possible he raises questions about what might have been done differently, and answers questions about why things were done as they were. The current battle for a Palestinian homeland has its roots in these events of 85 years ago.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
Historian David Fromkin is a professor at Boston University and the author of several acclaimed books of nonfiction. He lives in New York City.

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Titel: A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the ...
Verlag: Holt Paperbacks (edition 56287th)
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 56287th.