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Just finished A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin; a history of the fall of the Ottoman Empire and creation of the modern Middle East. If I had to describe, in one scentence, how the modern Middle East arrived at what it is today, based on this book, it would be "An elephant is a horse designed by a Government committee"
I highly recommend this book as reading it will help you understand the Middle East much better than you think you do.
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