{{Karl Ernest Meyer}} and {{Shareen Blair Brysac}} present what should be a fascinating history of the modern Middle East in their recent book {{Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East}}.<\/p>\n
I have been interested in Middle Eastern history (ancient and modern) for many years, and so was excited to see this book as I was browsing my local library<\/a> recently.\u00a0A couple years ago I\u00a0read<\/a>\u00a0{{Gideon’s Spies}}. And I have read various articles, books, and treatises that either focus on the Middle East, or reference it in less-than-passing ways over the years.<\/p>\n Sadly, like so many other books I’ve read in the recent past, {{Kingmakers}} stays too academic to read comfortably. I couldn’t get through more than a couple chapters before deciding I would learn more about Middle Eastern history from Al Jazeera and Wikipedia than from this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" {{Karl Ernest Meyer}} and {{Shareen Blair Brysac}} present what should be a fascinating history of the modern Middle East in their recent book {{Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East}}. I have been interested in Middle Eastern history (ancient and modern) for many years, and so was excited to see this book as I …
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