The Arabs: Their history, aims, and challenge to the industrialized world
A report-driven nonfiction study by an author who traveled widely across the Middle East. It brings together Arab history, politics, Islam, and the region's self-understanding while moving between travel writing and historical narrative.
Work Information
More than a survey, it gives the Arab world depth through the texture of field reporting.
By combining first-hand reporting and conversation, the book links modern Middle Eastern tensions to their historical background. It tries to understand the Arab world at a distance closer to lived experience than outside news coverage.
Review Summaries
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Readers value its broad scope and reporting density as a guide to regional understanding. Its historical framing and political judgments can still divide opinion.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Published
- 1974-12-31
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780316492010
- ISBN-10
- 0316492019
- Price
- 20719 JPY
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Reviews
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My sister lived in a Arabia for thirty-five years, I gave it to her after I read it and we both really enjoyed this book.