Description
In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on five centuries of Arab sources to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context. In this updated and expanded edition, Rogan untangles the latest geopolitical developments of the region to offer a groundbreaking and comprehensive account of the Middle East. The Arabs is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the modern Arab world. Deeply erudite and distinctly humane. -- Atlantic An outstanding, gripping and exuberant narrative . . . that explains much of what we need to know about the world today. -- Simon Sebag Montefiore, Financial Times
Author: Eugene Rogan
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/07/2017
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9780465094219
ISBN10: 046509421X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | Arabian Peninsula
- History | Africa | North
- Religion | Islam | History
Author: Eugene Rogan
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/07/2017
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.70d
ISBN13: 9780465094219
ISBN10: 046509421X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East | Arabian Peninsula
- History | Africa | North
- Religion | Islam | History
About the Author
Eugene Rogan is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford and the director of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College, Oxford. The author of numerous books, including the international bestseller The Fall of the Ottomans, Rogan is the recipient of the Albert Hourani Prize. He lives in Oxford, England.