The Arabs : journeys beyond the mirage / David Lamb.
1987
DS36.7 .L35 1987 (Mapit)
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Title
The Arabs : journeys beyond the mirage / David Lamb.
Author
Lamb, David, 1940-2016.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0394544331 hardcover
9780394544335
0394757580 paperback
9780394757582 paperback
9780394544335
0394757580 paperback
9780394757582 paperback
Publication Details
New York : Random House, ©1987.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 333 pages : map ; 25 cm
Call Number
DS36.7 .L35 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification
909/.0974927
Summary
Counter The Arabs is widely considered one of the essential books for understanding the Middle East and the peoples who live there. David Lamb, who spent years as a correspondent in Cairo, explores the Arabs' religious, political, and cultural views, noting the differences and key similarities between the many segments of the Arab world. He explains Arab attitudes and actions toward the West, including the growth of terrorism, and situates current events in a larger historical backdrop that goes back more than a thousand years. Now thoroughly revised and updated, The Arabs takes the story up to 2001. Lamb analyzes the developments that led to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and helps the reader to understand how things got to that point. A veteran journalist, Lamb combines his extensive experience in covering international politics with his deeply informed insider's knowledge to provide an intimate portrait of the Arab world today.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index.
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