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The Middle East since 1945

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This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever-changing, and often tense region. This book, fully updated for 2024, examines the origins and development of the events which have dominated the headlines for the last seven decades. Covering everything... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Middle East is the crucible in which much of the World's most extraordinary conflicts, questions and opportunities are played out. This book explains everything you need to know about the most complicated region on Earth.

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This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever-changing, and often tense region. This book, fully updated for 2024, examines the origins and development of the events which have dominated the headlines for the last seven decades.

Covering everything from religion and politics in the aftermath of the Second World War to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, terrorism, war in Iraq and Syria, and the extraordinary economic growth of the Gulf states, it will change the way you think about the region and provide balance and clarity.

The Middle East since 1945 offers a comprehensive look into the factors shaping the region, making it an invaluable resource for those seeking to understand its complexities.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399818322

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd

Illustration: Maps from previous edition

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 128.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 368

About the Author

A prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, Stewart Ross is one of Britain's most popular and versatile writers.?

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He was born in Buckinghamshire and educated at Newton Blossomville, Oxford, Berkhamsted, Exeter, Bristol, and Orlando, Florida. He taught at a variety of institutions in Sri Lanka, the Middle East, the US and the UK before becoming a full-time writer in 1989.In addition to fiction and nonfiction, his 330+ published titles include plays, librettos, and the text of a musical work for voice and orchestra.

Stewart lectures in France and the UK, gives talks, runs workshops and visits schools. He is an occasional journalist and broadcaster. His brother, Charlie Ross, is the celebrated auctioneer.

In his spare time, Stewart enjoys travel, food, sport, theatre, photography, art and music. He lives near Canterbury with his wife Lucy, and - occasionally - his four children and three grandchildren. Every morning, he commutes 10 metres to work in a large hut in the garden.

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