Description: Sowing the Wind by John Keay The Western powers--Britain, France and the USA--discovered the imperatives for intervention that have plunged the Middle East region into crisis ever since. It was then, too, that most of the regions modern-day states were created and their regimes forged; and then that their management by the West earned abiding resentment. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sowing the Wind tells of how and why this happened. The subject is painful and essentially sombre, but John Keay illuminates it with lucid analysis and anecdotes. This is that rarest of works, a history with humour, an epic with attitude, a dirge that delights. Here are unearthed a host of unregarded precedents, from the Gulfs first gusher to the first aerial assault on Baghdad, the first of Syrias innumerable coups, and the first terrorist outrages and suicide bombers. Little known figures--junior officers, contractors, explorers, spies--contest the orthodoxies of Arabist giants like T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Glubb Pasha and Loy Henders Four Roosevelts juggle with the fate of nations. Authors as alien as E.M. Forster and Arthur Koestler add their testimony. And in Antonius and Weizmann, the Mufti and Begin, Arab is inexorably juxtaposed with Jew. Pertinent, scholarly and irreverent, Sowing the Wind provides an ambitious insight into the making of the worlds most fraught arena. Author Biography John Keays recent books include "Sowing the Wind: the Mismanagement of the Middle East 1900-1960 "and "Last Post: The End of Empire in the Far East." Details ISBN0393335089 Author John Keay Short Title SOWING THE WIND Pages 560 Language English ISBN-10 0393335089 ISBN-13 9780393335088 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 956.04 Residence STK Birth 1941 Subtitle The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations, black and white AU Release Date 1980-01-01 NZ Release Date 1980-01-01 US Release Date 1980-01-01 UK Release Date 1980-01-01 Publisher WW Norton & Co Year 1980 Publication Date 1980-01-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:17564113;
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