The Cauldron

The Making of the Modern Middle East - The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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<b>'Vivid and monumental . . . Could not be a more essential primer' <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>, Book of the Week</b><br><b>'Both zips along and bulges with detail . . . A blockbuster narrative' <i>TELEGRAPH</i></b><br><b>'Gripping, dazzingly written . . . A masterpiece - no other word will do' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, former editor of the <i>SPECTATOR</i></b><p><b>THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST: A SPELLBINDING HISTORY FROM THE BESTSELLING, PRIZEWINNING HISTORIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER</b></p><p><i>How did an elderly cleric overthrow the Shah of Iran and change the world?</i><br><i>Why did Bin Laden attack the USA - and why did the USA destroy Saddam?</i><br><i>How did one extraordinary prince create Saudi Arabia? How did an Ottoman general create Türkiye?</i><br><i>How did Britain and France carve up the Middle East - and why did the Kurds never get their own state?</i><br><i>Can there ever be peace between Israel and Palestine?</i></p><p>The Middle East has forever been the source of religions, prize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of our tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor such a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. In <i>The Cauldron</i>, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh and unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to the present day. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling panorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and democracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists and peacemakers.<br><br>This is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today - and tomorrow.</p><p><b>'An essential read' HUSSEIN AGHA, Palestinian negotiato

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EAN

9781399634908

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

232 x 152 x 41 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group