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LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly & the Making of Modern Middle East
de ANDERSON, Scott
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/New
- ISBN 10
- 038553292X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385532921
- Librería
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Austin, Texas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Doubleday, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. 3 B&W era photo sections. CONDITION: There is no reason other than my own "feeling" that this may have been pre-read even though I bought it advertised as "new." The end pages are decorated with a map of the Middle East. There are also 3 B&W era photo sections. AS NEW 2013 Doubleday hardcover (black boards) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. CONTENT: If there is any more complicated situation on Earth today, I don't know what it would be. The Middle East is constantly shifting. This book may help in understanding how we got here. NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book . Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography . A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret "great game" to control the Middle East. The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, "a sideshow of a sideshow." As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret "great game" to control the Middle East.
Sinopsis
Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other strife-torn countries. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine , his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper’s and Outside . He is the author of novels Moonlight Hotel and Triage and of non-fiction books The Man Who Tried to Save the World and The 4 O’Clock Murders, and co-author of War Zones and Inside The League with his brother Jon Lee Anderson.
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Detalles
- Librería
- W K
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003904
- Título
- LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly & the Making of Modern Middle East
- Autor
- ANDERSON, Scott
- Ilustrador
- 3 B&W era photo sections
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 038553292X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385532921
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Palabras clave
- Contemporary Middle East, Middle East politics, Middle East Religion & politics, England & Middle East, England and Saudi Arabia, T. E. Lawrence,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History: Middle East; Biographies & Memoirs; History; History: World War I;
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