The Arabs: A History - Second Edition ebook

by Eugene L. Rogan

Eugene Rogan is author of the bestselling The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920

Eugene Rogan is author of the bestselling The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920. He is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford and Director of the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford. Paperback: 736 pages. A more-than-thorough history (500+ pages) of the Arab people from the defeat of the Mamluks by the Ottomans in 1516 until the present day. Eugene Rogan is an excellent writer, and despite its length, the book is not stuffy, boring or hard to read.

Eugene Rogan is an excellent writer, and despite its length, the book is not stuffy, boring or hard to read.

Booklist Framing modern history as viewed from the Arab world, Rogan eruditely furnishes Western readers with a background to current events. The Atlantic provides a prism through which the lay Westerner can view five centuries of tumult, zealotry, and complicatio. .Deeply erudite and distinctly humane, Rogan consistently plays up (and never papers over) the bountiful East-West parallels.

This was my second attempt to read into Arab history

This was my second attempt to read into Arab history. While it did take some time, it is a most enjoyable read, and one that gets hard to put down.

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Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world

Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the Superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power.

The Arabs: A History by Eugene Rogan. Robert Irwin on an eloquent history of Arab hopes and disappointments. Early on in his book Eugene Rogan, who teaches the modern history of the Middle East, confesses that in "any free and fair election in the Arab world today, I believe the Islamists would win hands down". Again, towards the end of this engrossing and capacious book, he reiterates that the "inconvenient truth about the Arab world today is that, in any free and fair election, those parties most hostile to the United States are most likely to win".

Rogan's The Arabs: A History is an outstanding, gripping and exuberant narrative, full of flamboyant character sketches, witty asides and magisterial scholarship, that explains much of what we need to know about the world today.

Kassir argued that the second era of Arab greatness, or at least of great expectations, began in the nineteenth century.

The Syrians had first entered Lebanon in 1976 as part of an Arab League force to intervene in the Lebanese Civil War?and had exercised a stranglehold on Lebanese politics ever since. Though the Syrian government claimed to be upholding political stability in its fragile neighboring state, many Lebanese chafed under what they saw as a Syrian occupation. Kassir argued that the second era of Arab greatness, or at least of great expectations, began in the nineteenth century. The cultural renaissance of the nineteenth century, he wrote, the famous nahda, illuminated many Arab societies.

Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Rogan's book is remarkable for its geographical sweep, covering the Arab world from North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula, and for the depth in which it explores every facet of modern Arab history. Read full description. See details and exclusions. See all 2 brand new listings. Brand new: lowest price.

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Qwne

OK, this book is long. But so is the history of the Middle East. This book provides clear, insightful perspective into a very complex region that commands a certain understanding given its impact on the modern life. I highly recommend this book; I'm reading it for the second time and will probably read it a third as well. It's that detailed, and like any comprehensive historical treatment it's in the re-reads that you begin to piece together the key events that this book does such a great job of placing into a modern context.

Flas

A more-than-thorough history (500+ pages) of the Arab people from the defeat of the Mamluks by the Ottomans in 1516 until the present day. Eugene Rogan is an excellent writer, and despite its length, the book is not stuffy, boring or hard to read. Especially when you get to the modern era, which dominates the latter half of the book, Rogan is amazingly evenhanded and non-judgemental -- this is particularly impressive when you consider he is dealing with topics like the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian rights and religious/sectarian conflicts in Lebanon and Syria. The book certainly added to my understanding of the current conflicts in the Middle East and how intractable the situation is.

I have one major complaint: the book needs an easily referred to, serious timeline. Because the book generally covers topics in a regional manner, it is hard to relate what is happening in Egypt, say, at the time of Sadat's assassination, with what is going on in Lebanon (civil war) or the Iraq-Iran war. A good timeline would increase my rating to 5-stars.

And as much as I liked this book and learned a lot, I have to say, I liked his other book, The Fall of the Ottomans, even more.

Early Waffle

Very thorough and informative. A bit confusing with all the names. Could have used a glossary of names at beginning of chapters and maybe timelines ad well to keep what was happening in various countries at same time.

PanshyR

A thorough and decently readable history of the Arab culture. I would call this a "modern" history as it starts in what most would consider modern history, however that was all OK with me. The last third of the book is heavily based around the Arab/Israeli conflict, perhaps rightly, but that should be known to prospective readers. Given the difficulty of summarizing modern Arab history in less than 600 pages, it is not surprising that certain parts of the Arab world will be given less of a focus, but I was surprised with the lack of pretty much any ink devoted to the Arabian peninsula other than Saudi Arabia. Overall, a very in depth and necessary read.

misery

The author's grasp and total mastery of the massive body of historical detail is matched by his genius in organizing it all into comprehensible themes which intertwine, but do not lose their narrative power. The sheer sweep and density of Arab history is breathtaking, but comes into focus in this impressive work. If ever a subject needed thorough convincing treatment now, it is this one. Read it to have your eyes opened.

Nikojas

It is a very sad commentary on the weaknesses of human nature and man's inhumanity to man. It very vividly describes the great harm that European colonialism/imperialism did to the Arab world, which explains much of the resentment toward Europe and America that exists with the Arabs to this very day. Osama Bin Laden pointed to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following WW 1 and British/French domination of the Middle East as an important element in the founding of Al Queda. Ed Donato

Morlunn

Presuming the historical information is accurate, and I have no reason to doubt it is, the described events surrounding the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire and its role creating so many nationalities in conflict with each other and with us, made me think about the magnitude of our ignorance dealing with those folks. The book should be required reading at our State Department if it isn't already.

I knew nothing about the Arab world and this has filled in the blanks for me. It picks up at about 1500, so there is no theological underpinnings about Islam in it. It is pretty straight forward geopolitical history. Rogan does no seem to be beating any drums or touting any cause. A worth while book that I bought because it was recommended on GPS by Fareed Zacharia. Glad I did,