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Notes on a century : reflections of a Middle East historian
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Notes on a century : reflections of a Middle East historian / Bernard Lewis ; with Buntzie Ellis Churchill.
ISBN
9780670023530
0670023531
Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Presents the life and career of the Middle East specialist, from his professional relationships with world leaders to his accomplishments in world politics, and offers the author's analysis of the political transformation of the region.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Contents
Early days
The war years
In the Ottoman archives
Cultural diplomacy
Why study history?
Episodes in an academic life
Crossing the Atlantic
The neighborhood
The clash of civilizations
Orientalism and the cult of right thinking
Judgment in Paris
Writing and rewriting history
Politics and the Iraq War
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