TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fromkin,David
TI  - A peace to end all peace: The fall of the Ottoman empire and the creation of the modern Middle East 
SN  - 978184120439 (pbk.):
AV  - DS63.2 .G7  F76 2000
PY  - 2004///, 1989
CY  - London, UK
PB  - Phoenix
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1914-1945
KW  - History
KW  - 1914-1923
KW  - Arab countries
N1  - Also published with the subtitle: creating the modern Middle East, 1914-1922; Originally published: London: André Deutsch Ltd., 1989; Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-620) and index; Pt.1. At the crossroads of history -- Pt.2. Kitchener of Khartoum looks ahead -- Pt.3. Britain is drawn into the Middle Eastern quagmire -- Pt.4. Subversion -- Pt.5. The allies at the Nadir of their fortunes -- Pt.6. New worlds and promised lands -- Pt.7. Invading the Middle East -- Pt.8. The spoils of victory -- Pt.9. The tide goes out -- Pt.10. Storm over Asia -- Pt.11. Russia returns to the Middle East -- Pt.12. The Middle Eastern settlement of 1922
N2  - The Middle East of today emerged from decisions made by the allies during and after the first World War. This extraordinarily ambitious, vividly written account tells how and why those decisions were made. Peopled with larger than life figures such as Winston Churchill (around whom the story is structured), general kitchener and T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Ataturk, Emir Feisal and Lloyd George, the book describes the showdown with the Ottoman Empire which erupted into the devastating Eastern campaign of World War I and led to the formation - by bureacracy and subterfuge by Americans and Europeans- of the states known collectively as the Middle East.--Back Cover
ER  -