A History of the Middle East Author:Peter Mansfield While the struggle for peace in the Middle East remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, here is a fascinating and meticulously researched history of the region. In this masterful work, Mansfield explores two centuries of history in the volatile Middle East, creating a revealing political and social portrait.
This book in well-researched and has a lot of information. It reads like a list of facts and events, however. There are too many people and events listed and not enough context. A big-picture approach would have more readable.