{"product_id":"9781914979071","title":"Contested lands","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an accessible survey of the last century, 'Contested Lands' tells the story of the Middle East since the First World War: what happened, why, and what it all means today. With a focus on the many conflicts in the region over the last one hundred years, T.G. Fraser analyses the fault lines of the tension: the damaging legacies of imperialism; the creation of the State of Israel; the competition between secular, autocratic rulers and emerging democratic and theocratic forces; and the rise - and fall - of Arab Nationalism in the face of fraying regional alliances and the Islamic revival. Against this backdrop comes the twenty-first century, marked first by the tragedy of 9\/11, then the 'Arab Spring', the Syria's civil war and now the Israel-Hamas conflict. And amid it all, complex social and economic change have transformed the region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G. Fraser,T.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55329181794682,"sku":"9781914979071","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781914979071_be1efbee-a588-427c-af39-cee9148ee165.jpg?v=1746021105","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9781914979071","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}