The Times Guide to the Middle East: The Arab World and its Neighbours

by Peter Sluglett

A lucid and expertly written guide to the Middle East with chapters on every country. The book presents an essential overview of the whole region, pinpointing its recent history and highlighting the immense problems facing it today. Chapters look at the roles of oil, the Palestinian question and the rise of the religionist fundamentalism on the area. An invaluable resource guide for anyone wanting to understand the tangled political rivalries, and the often complex histories of the Middle East countries and their relationship with the rest of the world.

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992

About the author

Professor Peter Sluglett was Director of the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore.

He taught Middle Eastern History at the University of Durham (1974-1994) and at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City (1994-2011), where he was Director of the University’s Middle East Center.

He published widely on the modern history of Iraq, including Iraq since 1958: from Revolution to Dictatorship, 3rd edn., (2001, with Marion Farouk-Sluglett), and Britain in Iraq: Contriving King and Country (2007). He has also edited and contributed to The Urban Social History of the Middle East 1750-1950 (2008), Syria and Bilad al-Sham under Ottoman Rule: Essays in Honour of Abdul-Karim Rafeq, (2010, with Stefan Weber), and Writing the Modern History of Iraq: Historiographical and Political Challenges (2012).