2002 1st ed. thus. 464pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [text is age browned; else a nice clean and uncreased copy] Cover praise for this examination of the way Arab societies work from David Shipler, Elie Kedourie, Daniel Pipes, Amos Elon, et al.

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Title

The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs with a New Preface by the author

Publisher

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

1566634407

ISBN 13

9781566634403

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Middle East

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This important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and cultural traditions. David Pryce-Jones examines the tribal forces which, he believes, drive the Arabs in their dealings with each other and with the West. In the postwar world, he argues, the Arabs reverted to age-old tribal and kinship structures, a closed circle from which they have been unable to escape, and in which violence is systemic. A healthy corrective, a thought-provoking study. --David K. Shipler, New York Times Book Review

About the Author

David Pryce-Jones is the author of many works of non-fiction, including The War that Never Was about the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Paris in the Third Reich. He has also written nine novels, of which Inheritance is his most recent. He lives in London.

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