The Middle East since 1945

by Stewart Ross

This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever changing and often tense region. This book, fully updated for 2024, examines the origins and development of the events which have dominated the headlines for the last seven decades. Covering everything from religion and politics in the aftermath of the Second World War to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, terrorism, war in Iraq and Syria and the extraordinary economic growth of the Gulf states, it will change the way you think about the region and provide balance and clarity.

456 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2024

About the author

Stewart Ross has written more than 300 titles, fiction and non-fiction, for children and adults. Many are about (or inspired by) history. He lives near Canterbury, England.

Reviews

[Briscoe Lang · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the organization of the chapters, mostly chronological and segmented by region but sometimes going out of order to make the chapter work. There is however a lot of slant and westernized opinion in the later chapters, so its not entirely objective. I was often frustrated at how the author described the Iranians and Hamas - if it was more purely objective I would have given it a higher score, though I did find the book very useful in gaining a technical and mosotly factual overview of the region in the 20th and 21st centurys, but I continue to search for a more objective source