The Great War for Civilisation
The Conquest of the Middle East
Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Military
| Author: | Robert Fisk | ISBN: | 9780307428714 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Fisk |
| ISBN: | 9780307428714 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
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 forty 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.
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 forty 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.
