The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad El-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East

by Patrick Seale

The Middle East, as we know it today, was shaped in the violent and tumultuous years of the first half of the 20th century. The roots of many of the conflicts and crises which afflict the region today can be traced back to this period of wars, high drama and the cavalier re-drawing of maps. Patrick Seale, a leading historian of the region, tells the story of the making of the modern Middle East through the life of Riad el-Solh, a Lebanese politician...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521191378
• ISBN13: 9780521191371
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 820 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"