Sowing The Wind by John Keay Read by Jennifer Bower (1 Cd) This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in tracing the long, drawn out and often tragic tale of how a large chunk of the Turkish empire got divided up between Britain, France and later, the US, to suit their own ends. The sad stories of king-making and king-breaking as practiced by these Western powers to suit their own Machiavellian strategic requirements, explain in no uncertain terms why we exist in a world where many in the Middle East loathe the West and all it stands for. This book paints a clear country-by- country and era-by-era picture of how we got to the sorry state that we are in now. It is very well researched and written in clear and concise language. Though the book exhibits a slight anti- Jewish/anti-Israel bias, it certainly doesn't paint many of the Arab and Palestinian leaders and movements in rosy colours either and in no uncertain terms makes clear their shortcomings especially with regard to inter-tribal and political rivalries, often pursued to the detriment of the peoples represented by these leaders and movements. If you want to know what brought us to the Iraq war, invasion of Afghanistan etc, this book will fill in all the gaps that they never fill in newspaper articles and TV news. No. 1597
Sowing The Wind by John Keay Read by Jennifer Bower (1 Cd) This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in tracing the long, drawn out and often tragic tale of how a large chunk of the Turkish empire got divided up between Britain, France and later, the US, to suit their own ends. The sad stories of king-making and king-breaking as practiced by these Western powers to suit their own Machiavellian strategic requirements, explain in no uncertain terms why we exist in a world where many in the Middle East loathe the West and all it stands for. This book paints a clear country-by- country and era-by-era picture of how we got to the sorry state that we are in now. It is very well researched and written in clear and concise language. Though the book exhibits a slight anti- Jewish/anti-Israel bias, it certainly doesn't paint many of the Arab and Palestinian leaders and movements in rosy colours either and in no uncertain terms makes clear their shortcomings especially with regard to inter-tribal and political rivalries, often pursued to the detriment of the peoples represented by these leaders and movements. If you want to know what brought us to the Iraq war, invasion of Afghanistan etc, this book will fill in all the gaps that they never fill in newspaper articles and TV news. No. 1597
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