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The Poisoned Well : Empire and Its Legacy in the Middle East.

In The Poisoned Well, veteran BBC journalist Roger Hardy presents a realist's history of the Middle East, by weaving together stories of political strife and vivid firsthand accounts, to illustrate that the current conflicts and crises of the Middle East are borne out of the troubled legacy of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardy, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; The Poisoned Well: Empire and Its Legacy in the Middle East; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Plates; INTRODUCTION: REMEMBERING COLONIALISM; 1: OUT OF THE ASHES; 2: SWORD OF ARABIA; 3: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LEVANT; 4: LOVERS OF ZION; 5: ABDULLAH'S LITTLE KINGDOM; 6: OIL AND EMPIRE; 7: THE PIGEONS OF DENSHAWAI; 8: REVOLUTION ON THE TIGRIS; 9: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS; 10: ARABIAN ENDGAME; EPILOGUE: THE POISONED WELL; NOTES; 1. OUT OF THE ASHES; 2. SWORD OF ARABIA; 3. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE LEVANT; 4. LOVERS OF ZION; 5. ABDULLAH'S LITTLE KINGDOM; 6. OIL AND EMPIRE; 7. THE PIGEONS OF DENSHAWAI.
  • 8. REVOLUTION ON THE TIGRIS9. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS; 10. ARABIAN ENDGAME; EPILOGUE: THE POISONED WELL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; INDEX.