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A History of the Middle East

4th edition

Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, fully updated to 2009, follows the historic struggles of the region over the last two hundred years, from Napoleon's assault on Egypt, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the painful emergence of modern nations, the Palestinian question and Islamic resurgence. For this third edition, Economist journalist and Middle East correspondent Nicolas Pelham has written an extensive new chapter examining recent developments throughout the Middle East, including the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the situation in Iran, the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict and relations with the US under President Obama.

In 1740 Sultan Mahmud I, through the Capitulations agreement signed with
France, had granted privileges to the Roman Catholic monks in the holy places
and had placed the French pilgrims as well as those of other Latin Catholic
nations under the protection of the French flag. However, under the secular
influence of the French Revolution, French interest in the holy places declined,
and Russia took the opportunity to enlarge the privileges of the Orthodox Church
in the Holy Land at ...