Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian

Lewis, Bernard; Churchill, Buntzie Ellis

ISBN 10: 0670023531 / ISBN 13: 9780670023530

Published by Viking, 2012

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First Edition Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Other than minimal library markings, in Fine Condition. Very clean, otherwise unmarked, tight, solid and square binding, internals as new. Bernard Lewis has witnessed and participated in some of the key events of the last century. In this exceptional memoir he shares stories of his wartime service in London and Cairo, decrypting intercepts for M16 with sometimes unexpected consequences. After the war he was the first Western scholar ever invited into the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. There are memorable encounters with Edward Kennedy, the Shah of Iran, Golda Meir, Pope John Paul II, and many others. He is internationally recognized as the greatest historian of the Middle East. 388 pages, indexed. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. 2012, Viking/Penguin Group, New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670023531
• ISBN 13: 9780670023530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History. Middle East

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Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Went Wrong? tells the story of his extraordinary life

After September 11, Americans who had never given much thought to the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, catapulting What Went Wrong? and later Crisis of Islam to become number one bestsellers. He was the first to warn of a coming "clash of civilizations," a term he coined in 1957, and has led an amazing life, as much a political actor as a scholar of the Middle East. In this witty memoir he reflects on the events that have transformed the region since World War II, up through the Arab Spring.

A pathbreaking scholar with command of a dozen languages, Lewis has advised American presidents and dined with politicians from the shah of Iran to the pope. Over the years, he had tea at Buckingham Palace, befriended Golda Meir, and briefed politicians from Ted Kennedy to Dick Cheney. No stranger to controversy, he pulls no punches in his blunt criticism of those who see him as the intellectual progenitor of the Iraq war. Like America’s other great historian-statesmen Arthur Schlesinger and Henry Kissinger, he is a figure of towering intellect and a world-class raconteur, which makes Notes on a Century essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of the Middle East.

About the Author

Bernard Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University, the author of many books, and is internationally recognized as the greatest historian of the Middle East.

Buntzie Ellis Churchill served for twenty-three years as president of the World Affairs Council of Philadephia and for a decade hosted the daily radio show World Views.