This clear, balanced and authoritative survey of the history of the region is now fully up to date again. The text contains a general regional introduction, fol
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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. It
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Primarily a political history, but also containing summaries of economic and social change in the region since World War I, this excellent survey of the Middle