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The Chatham House Version. And Other Middle Eastern Studies.
Elie Kedourie
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Description for The Chatham House Version. And Other Middle Eastern Studies.
Paperback. Kedourie attributes much of Britain's faulty and disastrous handling of Middle East problems to what he calls the 'Chatham House Version'. The episodes that Kedourie investigates show 'successive and cumulative manifestations of illusion, misjudgement, maladroitness and failure'. Together they point to hard lessons for the Bush admin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 517.
Here returned to print, at a timely moment in history, is Elie Kedourie's classic study of the Middle East in modern times. In analyzing British failures in the region during the zenith of their power and influence, Mr. Kedourie attributes much of Britain's faulty and disastrous handling of Middle East problems to what he calls "the Chatham House version." It was a view of Middle Eastern history and politics propounded and propagated in the various publications of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (known popularly as Chatham House), written or edited by Arnold Toynbee. The episodes that Mr. Kedourie investigates ... Read more
Here returned to print, at a timely moment in history, is Elie Kedourie's classic study of the Middle East in modern times. In analyzing British failures in the region during the zenith of their power and influence, Mr. Kedourie attributes much of Britain's faulty and disastrous handling of Middle East problems to what he calls "the Chatham House version." It was a view of Middle Eastern history and politics propounded and propagated in the various publications of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (known popularly as Chatham House), written or edited by Arnold Toynbee. The episodes that Mr. Kedourie investigates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635615
SKU
V9781566635615
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About Elie Kedourie
Elie Kedourie (1926–1992) was a fellow of the British Academy, editor of Middle Eastern Studies, and professor of politics at the London School of Economics. His many books on the Middle East include Islam in the Modern World, In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth, and Arabic Political Memoirs. David Pryce-Jones's most recent book is The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs. ... Read more
Reviews for The Chatham House Version. And Other Middle Eastern Studies.
The most learned book, the most demanding therefore of rethinking, that has come out on the Middle East for many years.
London Telegraph
No better guide...can be found to the pitfalls awaiting those who seek to control the Middle East to their own advantage.
Asian Affairs
This new edition is all the more welcome because it ... Read more
London Telegraph
No better guide...can be found to the pitfalls awaiting those who seek to control the Middle East to their own advantage.
Asian Affairs
This new edition is all the more welcome because it ... Read more