| Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East Contributor(s): Brysac, Shareen Blair (Author), Meyer, Karl E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393337707 ISBN-13: 9780393337709 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: A brilliant narrative history tracing today's troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Modern - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 956.04 |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (1.27 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel's godfather, and A. T. Wilson, the territorial creator of Iraq). All helped enthrone rulers in a region whose very name is an Anglo-American invention. The aim of this engrossing character-driven narrative is to restore to life the colorful figures who gave us the Middle East in which Americans are enmeshed today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meyer, Karl E.: - Karl E. Meyer has written extensively on foreign affairs as a staff member of the New York Times and the Washington Post.Brysac, Shareen Blair: - Shareen Blair Brysac, formerly a prize-winning documentary producer at CBS News, is the author of Resisting Hitler and co-author of Tournament of Shadows and Kingmakers with Karl E. Meyer. The couple lives in New York and Weston, Connecticut. |
