A Peace to End All Peace (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David Fromkin
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1914-1922
- Setting: England, France, Russia, and the Middle East
- Principal Characters: Herbert Henry Asquith, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, Gilbert Clayton, George Nathaniel Curzon, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Mark Sykes, T. E. Lawrence, Reginald Wingate, Enver Pasha, General Mustapha Kemal, Hussein Ibn All
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Jews or Jewish life, World War I, Egypt or Egyptians, Jews and Gentiles, Middle East, Zionism, Prime ministers
- Locales: France, England, Russia, Middle East
Syrian and Israeli troops occupy Lebanese territory. Israel claims the entire west bank of the Jordan River. Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Greece and Turkey, eye each other suspiciously. Muslim states in the Soviet Union agitate for independence, as do the Kurds in Iraq and Iran. Soviet and Western-backed troops fight for control of Afghanistan. Anyone seeking to understand these issues that fill the front pages of today’s newspapers should read A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922 (chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Books...
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