A peace to end all peace, the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East - David Fromkin
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Peopled with larger-than-life figures such as Winston Churchill (around whom the story is structured), General Kitchener and T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Attaturk, Emir Feisal and Lloyd George the book describes the showdown with the Ottoman Empire which erupted into the devastating Eastern campaign of World War I and led to the formation - by bureaucracy and subterfuge by Americans and Europeans - of the states known collectively as the Middle East. The years 1914-1922 were the creative, formative years w...
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2004 Uitgever: Weidenfeld & Nicholson history 636 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1842120433 ISBN-13: 9781842120439Helaas, laatste exemplaar werd verkocht (door Christiaan Vinkenborg). Vind andere edities via de zoekbalk bovenaan!