Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle EastKingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East by Karl Ernest Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac
ISBN: 039306199X
on June 9th 2008
Genres: History, Middle East, General
Pages: 507

Len's Summary: A survey history of the evolution of the modern Middle East beginning in 1882, extending though two world wars and the Cold War, told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. A synthesis rather than original research, but nonetheless a good foundation for understanding the region today.

The Great War: Ju1y 1, 1916, the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

The Great War: Ju1y 1, 1916, the First Day of the Battle of the SommeThe Great War: Ju1y 1, 1916, the First Day of the Battle of the Somme by Joe Sacco, Adam Hochschild
ISBN: 9780393088809
Published by W. W. Norton on November 4th 2013
Genres: History, Military, World War I, Illustrated
Pages: 54

Len's Summary: A 24-foot long panorama presenting a wordless depiction of the horrors of the Somme by an accomplished cartoonist. A History Book Club selection packaged in a slipcase with a 16-page narrative by Adam Hochschild.