Contested Lands - A History of the Middle East since the First World War
Contested Lands - A History of the Middle East since the First World War A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East.Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the…
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Contested Lands - A History of the Middle East since the First World War
A history of the last century of tensions in the Middle East.Until the First World War, the Ottoman Empire had dominated the Middle East for four centuries. Over the century that followed, the region has become almost synonymous with unrest and conflict. Its collapse, coupled with the subsequent clash of European imperial policies, unleashed a surge of political feeling among the people of the Middle East as they vied for national self-determination.
Fraser analyses the fault lines of the tension, including the damage brought by imperialism, the creation of the State of Israel, competition between secular rulers and emerging democratic and theocratic forces, and the rise of Arab Nationalism in the face of An accessible survey of the last century, Contested Lands tells the story of what happened in the Middle East and what it means today. T. G.
World Studies: The Middle East
Deserters of the First World War