Title: London and the Invention of the Middle East: Money, Power, and War, 1902-1922
Publisher: Yale University Press, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0300060947
ISBN 13: 9780300060942
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

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In the first quarter of the twentieth century the British Government the banks and leading individuals in London reached historic decisions that determined the name shape and future of the region known as the Middle East. In this innovative and entertaining book Adelson examines who made policy on what grounds with what information and with what results -- identifying the virtual invention of the modern Middle East and the origins of the ethnic and nationalistic antagonisms that characterize the region today.

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Roger Adelson is professor of history at Arizona State University.

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