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

by Roger Hardy

Book Overview

The conflicts and crises of today's Middle East are rooted in the colonial era. To better understand them, we need to acknowledge how Western imperialism negatively shaped the region and its destiny in the half-century between World War I and the happenings of the Cold War. That is the challenging argument of The Poisoned Well, which provides a vivid account of the struggle against European colonial rule in ten states stretching from North Africa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190623209
• ISBN13: 9780190623203
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"