The Making of the Modern Middle East - A Personal History

Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Bowen is a journalist with a vast knowledge and experience of the Middle East. From 1995-2000, he was based in Jerusalem as the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent, winning awards from television festivals in New York and Monte Carlo, as well as a Best Breaking News report from the Royal Television Society on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. During the Kosovo crisis of 1999, he reported extensively from the region, often in dangerous conditions, which included being robbed at gunpoint by bandits whilst reporting from the Albanian border. He has been BBC Middle East Editor since 2005. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East and The Arab Uprisings. He lives in London. Klappentext A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC¿s long-serving correspondent in the region. Vorwort A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region. Zusammenfassung A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC's long-serving correspondent in the region.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Bowen, Bowen Jeremy
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2022
• EAN: 9781509890897
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-9089-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-), 21st Century, Middle East, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Middle Eastern history, True war and combat stories, Afghan War, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Gulf War, Iraq War