Jeremy Salt, een voormalig journalist en nu academicus, richt zich op de moderne geschiedenis van het Midden-Oosten en propaganda. Zijn werk onderzoekt kritisch de impact van westerse interventies in de Arabische wereld, waarbij de blijvende gevolgen en de complexiteit van regionale instabiliteit worden blootgelegd. Salt's analytische benadering biedt lezers een diepgaand inzicht in de historische krachten die het hedendaagse Midden-Oosten vormgeven.
During the last half century of its existence, the Ottoman Empire and the lands around its borders were places of constant political turmoil and military action. The costs of war were paid by all, including the Ottoman civilian population. This book examines the hardships that ordinary people... číst celé
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