Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. She directly ruled Palestine and Aden, was the kingmaker in Iran, the power behind the thrones of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, and protected the sultan of Oman and the Gulf sheikhs. But her motives for wanting to dominate this crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa were changing. Where ‘imperial security’ – control o...(展开全部)

Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. She directly ruled Palestine and Aden, was the kingmaker in Iran, the power behind the thrones of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, and protected the sultan of Oman and the Gulf sheikhs. But her motives for wanting to dominate this crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa were changing. Where ‘imperial security’ – control o...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·巴尔(James Barr)，著名的中东史学者，著有《瓜分沙洲》(A Lineinthe Sand,中译本由社会科学文献出版社于2018年出版)。他曾在牛津大学圣安东尼学院做访问学者，担任过《每日电讯报》政治与城市话题撰稿人，还曾在金融服务行业、英国驻法国大使馆工作。他现居伦敦，是全职作家。

詹姆斯·巴尔(James Barr)，著名的中东史学者，著有《瓜分沙洲》(A Lineinthe Sand,中译本由社会科学文献出版社于2018年出版)。他曾在牛津大学圣安东尼学院做访问学者，担任过《每日电讯报》政治与城市话题撰稿人，还曾在金融服务行业、英国驻法国大使馆工作。他现居伦敦，是全职作家。

玛里琳·邓恩（Marilyn Dunn），英国格拉斯哥大学历史系高级讲师，研究旨趣涉及死亡、修道等宗教议题，除本书外，还著有《597－700年间盎格鲁－撒克逊人的基督教化——探讨他们的生和死》（The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons 597-700: Dealing with the Living and the Dead ，Continuum, 2008)。

In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seekin...(展开全部)

In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The G...(展开全部)

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 ...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)