An unprecedented history of American involvement in the Middle East.
In this definitive and revelatory work, noted historian Geoffrey Wawro approaches America's role in the Middle East in a fundamentally new way-by encompassing the last century of the entire region rather than focusing narrowly on a particular country or era. With verve and authority, he offers piercing analysis of the region's iconic events over the past one hundred years-from the birth of Israel to the rise of Al Qaeda. Throughout, he draws telling parallels between America's past mistakes and its current dilemmas, proving that we're in today's muddle not just because of our old errors but because we keep repeating those errors.
- ISBN10 0143118838
- ISBN13 9780143118831
- Publish Date 16 February 2011 (first published 1 April 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint The Penguin Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 736
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780143118831