A History of the Middle East: 3rd edition (平装)

分类: 图书,进口原版书,History(历史),Middle East(中东),
品牌: Peter MansfieldNicholas Pelham
基本信息出版社:Penguin; 2nd (2003年8月7日)平装:448页正文语种:英语ISBN:0141011238条形码:9780141011233产品尺寸及重量:19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm ; 323 gASIN:0141011238
商品描述内容简介A brilliant overview of the history and politics of the Middle East over the last two centuries, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. This title contains two new chapters on recent developments in the Middle East. This book will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand what is perhaps the most crucial and volatile nerve center of the world.作者简介Peter Mansfield was born in 1928 in India. In 1955 he joined the British Foreign Office and went to Lebanon to study Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies. From 1961 to 1967 he was the Middle East correspondent for the Sunday Times. He became one of Britain's foremost experts on the Middle East. Peter Mansfield died in 1996.