num_pages: 635
description: 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 todayIn 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.
language: English
title: A Peace To End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation the Modern Middle East
titlecomplete: A Peace To End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation the Modern Middle East
genres: Historical, War, World War I, Politics, European History, Nonfiction, World History, Military History, Islam, History
ratings_count: 8079
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Avon Books