The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East Robert Fisk Book
by Robert Fisk
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Written in the wordy and unedited style that characterized Fisk's newspaper writing, This book is seriously depressing. Best keep your Prozac at hand.
I agree, the book could have done with some editing, it is very long. However Fisk did have the edge over many of his colleagues in having a great interest in and knowledge of history. He gives background to the French involvement in Syria and the British in Palestine and Jordan. How Europe and lately the United States (and to a lesser extent Russia) have attempted to divide the Middle East for their own interests. lots of information. Sadly in light of what is happening in Gaza it is an apt if not very hopeful read.. The end to this long conflict is not even in sight.
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Storyline
A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over forty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from the American hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War; from the 1991 Gulf War to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. A book of searing drama as well as lucid, incisive analysis, The Great War for Civilisation is a work of major importance for today's world.
Details
- Number of Pages: 1,136 pages
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: Feb 12, 2007
- Price: $24.00
- ASIN: 1400075173
- ISBN: 1400075173
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