A History of the Middle East: Fifth Edition

Fantatique essai. Tres clair, très bien écrit. Je conseille vivement. Mise a jour récente tout a fait dans l'esprit de l'essai initial.

In this exceptional book, Peter has very well encapsulated the very long Middle East history in an abbreviated, yet comprehensive way. While highlighting the major milestones in his pleasant writing style, he never forgets to mention important and interesting quotes by prominent politicians of their times, and may be of all times. Further, as an Egyptian Middle Eastern, I find the reciting of the history quite unbiased and neutral. This book has been my quick reference for history events and will certainly continue to be.

This book was very well researched-like exhaustive. I learned how the middle east has been an ever changing, over run, and often violent in regime change for hundreds of years. Attempts at creating islands of change in a sea of political turmoil, and conflict that shape shifts back and forth between tribes. Interplay by outside government that disperse their own doctrine, and to some degree commerce and trade for a price-and for creating puppet rulers that are soon swallowed up. Spinning back and forth in a time capsule from the middle ages, to the present time, and back again.

i went to a rotary mtg where a guy talked for 30 mins abt Islam. occurred to me that there was a hole in my knowledge that you could drive a truck thru. this is an excellent read. considering the amt of news coming from that area of the world, i blv we would all do well to read something like this. answers questions you did not even know you had. i found myself saying, 'so that's why...'

This book is required reading for an International Business student's class.