The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
Author:
Robert Fisk
Publisher:
Vintage Books
ISBN:
9781400075171
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Paperback
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Publishing Date:
2007
Number of Pages:
1,111
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Language:
English
Condition:
New
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 thirty 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.