Full name: The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

Author: Robert Fisk Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781400075171

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over thirty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from the American hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War; from the 1991 Gulf War to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. A book of searing drama as well as lucid, incisive analysis, The Great War for Civilisation is a work of major importance for today's world. Similar books: A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk The Middle East by Bernard Lewis The Arab Awakening by George Antonius The Arabists by Robert D. Kaplan The Age of the Warrior by Robert Fisk The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst A Middle East Mosaic by Bernard Lewis From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman The Modern Middle East by James L. Gelvin A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin 1967 by Tom Segev Black Wave by Kim Ghattas The Twilight War by David Crist Generation Kill by Evan Wright Drift by Rachel Maddow Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran The March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman