The Great War for Civilisation

The Great War for Civilisation
Author: Robert Fisk
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 1136
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307428710


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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 forty 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.


The Great War for Civilisation
Language: en
Pages: 1136
Authors: Robert Fisk
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-18 - Publisher: Vintage

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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 for
War Before Civilization
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Pages: 264
Authors: Lawrence H. Keeley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-12-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that pr
War in Human Civilization
Language: en
Pages: 839
Authors: Azar Gat
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? And what of war today: is it a declining phenomenon or simply changing
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Language: en
Pages: 672
Authors: Jane E. Elliott
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Chinese University Press

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This book marks a total departure from previous studies of the Boxer War. It evaluates the way the war was perceived and portrayed at the time by the mass media
The Age of the Warrior
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: Robert Fisk
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-29 - Publisher: Bold Type Books

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Robert Fisk has amassed a massive and devoted global readership with his eloquent and far-ranging articles on international politics. Now, for the first time, h