Author

Publication

1999 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

117,250 words, Guess

Page Count

469 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing41587
  • Goodreads2842892

Classifications

  • LCCDS63.2.E8 M53 1999

Description

"In a spirited reappraisal of Western views of the East and Eastern views of the West, Bernard Lewis gives us an overview of two thousand years of commerce, diplomacy, war and exploration.". "Western businessmen - from the arms dealers who supplied Saladin with weapons to fight the Crusaders to the first oil prospectors - have seen great possibilities in the markets of the Middle East. And throughout the centuries, East and West have met in battle. We witness the outbreak of the Crimean War with Karl Marx and enter Egypt with Napoleon. We visit Baghdad and Cairo with George F. Kennan during World War II."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

RelationsQuotations, maximsMiddle East -- Relations -- Europe -- Quotations, maxims, etc.Europe -- Relations -- Middle East -- Quotations, maxims, etc.

Genres

  • Quotations, maxims, etc.

Other Editions

  • A Middle East mosaic: fragments of life, letters, and historyRandom House1999-01-01

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