Notes on a century
Subtitle: reflections of a Middle East historian
By: Bernard Lewis ; with Buntzie Ellis Churchill
Contributors: Churchill, Buntzie Ellis, 1939-
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780670023530
Subjects: Historiography; Middle East specialists; Biography; History
Description: Presents the life and career of the Middle East specialist, from his professional relationships with world leaders to his accomplishments in world politics, and offers the author's analysis of the political transformation of the region.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Early days; title: The war years; title: In the Ottoman archives; title: Cultural diplomacy; title: Why study history?; title: Episodes in an academic life; title: Crossing the Atlantic; title: The neighborhood; title: The clash of civilizations; title: Orientalism and the cult of right thinking; title: Judgment in Paris; title: Writing and rewriting history; title: Politics and the Iraq War; title: In sum.