The End of Modern History in the Middle East

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-8179-1295-6
Verlag: Hoover Institution Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

With the departure of imperial powers—and on its own for the first time in almost two centuries—the Middle East must now resolve its political, economic, cultural, and societal problems in order to advance its civilization. In this volume, historian Bernard Lewis discusses the future of the region in this new era: will its nations face cooperation and progress or a vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance? The author examines the most critical issues in detail. Oil may be the Middle East's most important export, but technology will eventually make it obsolete, he warns, leaving those who depend on oil revenues with a bleak future. Water will become a contentious issue between nations. The role of Turkey, Israel, and women in the region are the most potentially transformative factors. If freedom fails and terror triumphs, says Lewis, the peoples of Islam will be the first and greatest victims.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Bernard Lewis (1916–2018) was a British American historian and the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University. Regarded as one of the West's leading scholars on the Middle East, he is the author of numerous books, including What Went Wrong: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East (2002) and Islam and the West (1993).