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The great war for civilisation : the conquest of the Middle East

by Robert Fisk

This work provides an eyewitness account of the events shaping the Middle East over three decades. It chronicles regional conflicts and major historical turning points, including the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, as seen from a journalistic perspective.

Accession 29292 ISBN 9781841150086 Publisher Vintage Books
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