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Middle East specialists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Middle East -- 21st century.
Middle East -- History.
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Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
Middle East specialists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Middle East -- 21st century.
Middle East -- History.
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Notes on a century :
reflections
of a
Middle
East
historian
/ Bernard Lewis ; with Buntzie Ellis Churchill.
by
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
Viking, 2012.
Call #:
956.0072 L671n
Subjects
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
Middle
East
specialists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Middle
East
-- History -- 20th century.
Middle
East
-- 21st century.
Middle
East
-- History.
ISBN:
9780670023530 (hc.)
0670023531 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Reflections
of a
Middle
East
historian
Description:
xi, 388 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Early days -- The war years -- In the Ottoman archives -- Cultural diplomacy -- Why study history? -- Episodes in an academic life -- Crossing the Atlantic -- The neighborhood -- The clash of civilizations -- Orientalism and the cult of right thinking -- Judgment in Paris -- Writing and rewriting history -- Politics and the Iraq War -- In sum -- Appendix I. The dirge -- Appendix II. Honors and publications.
Summary:
Presents the life and career of the
Middle
East
specialist, from his professional relationships with world leaders to his accomplishments in world politics, and offers the author's analysis of the political transformation of the region.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Churchill, Buntzie Ellis, 1939-
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