Sowing the Wind: the Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East by Keay, John - 2003

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. New in New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The seeds of conflict in the Middle East were sown in the first sixty years of the 20th century. This book tells how and why the West earned abiding resentment from that area, and it is illuminated with lucid analysis and sparkling anecdotes set within a rich and eloquent narrative. The critical underpinnings of conflict in the Middle East are examined, and the focus is on the hard-core countries known as the fertile crescent: Egypt, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Pertinent, scholarly, and irreverent, this volume provides a uniquely ambitious and enthralling insight into the marking of the world's most fraught arena. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .