The makers of the modern Middle East
By: T. G. Fraser ; with Andrew Mango and Robert McNamara
Contributors: Mango, Andrew; McNamara, Robert, 1974-
Publisher: Haus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781906598952
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Other titles: Modern Middle East
Description: TG Fraser presents a comprehensive analysis of how the decisions taken at the end of World War I forged a new Middle East. These decisions set in place a pattern which formed the political shape of the region as we know it today, including the popular uprisings witnessed in Egypt and Tunisia in 2011. From the Paris Peace Conference right up to the 2011 clashes in Tahrir Square and Hosni Mubarak's resignation, Fraser gives a relevant and complete overview in this critical time for the Middle East and its people. This book explores the complex interactions of the high politics of the conferences with how Arabs, Jews, and Turks created new realities on the ground, often confounding what the statesmen had decided. With events in the Middle East rarely absent from the world's headlines, this book offers a scholarly and objective analysis of a critical phase in its development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-331) and index.