A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin
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The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in upheaval todayIn our time the Mid…
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One of the definitive guides to the First World War and its role in shaping the Middle East. Though the book has a tremendous scope, it necessarily focuses on Britain's role in the Great War and in its resulting division of the Middle East into the state it is in today.</p><p>There is too much to tell of that period of history, but this book can serve as a good starter.