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'''''A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East''''' (also subtitled '''''Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922''''') is a 1989 history book written by [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist [[David Fromkin]], which describes the events leading to the dissolution of the [[Ottoman Empire]] during [[World War I]], and the drastic changes that took place in the [[Middle East]] as a result, which he claims led to a new world war that's still going on today. It has been widely praised. [[Richard Holbrooke]] wrote: “Without knowledge of its backstory, no policymaker will get the region right... Of the vast array of books on the region, none is more relevant than Fromkin’s sweeping epic, A Peace to End All Peace.” [[William Roger Louis]] reviewed it in ''The New York Times'', judging the book “excellent . . . Readers will come away... not only enlightened but challenged.” ''The London Times'' called the book “the truth and nothing but the truth.”
'''''A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East''''' (also subtitled '''''Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922''''') is a 1989 history book written by [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]] finalist [[David Fromkin]], which describes the events leading to the [[Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire|dissolution]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] during [[World War I]], and the drastic changes that took place in the [[Middle East]] as a result, which he believed led to a new world war that is still continuing. It has been widely praised. [[Richard Holbrooke]] wrote: “Without knowledge of its backstory, no policymaker will get the region right... Of the vast array of books on the region, none is more relevant than Fromkin’s sweeping epic, A Peace to End All Peace.” [[Wm. Roger Louis]] reviewed it in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/06/specials/fromkin-peace.html The Great Middle East Game, And Still No Winner], The New York Times, August 27, 1989</ref> judging the book "excellent ... Readers will come away... not only enlightened but challenged." ''[[The Times]]'' of London described the book as “the truth and nothing but the truth.”

==Controversy==
Fromkin has been accused of bias against Muslims, Arab and Turk, and in favor of [[Zionism]], and serious factual errors.
<ref>[http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/6840 www.intrepidreport.com]</ref>

==Quotations from the book==
"When the British armed forces occupied the Middle East at the end of the war, the region was passive." (Ch. 43)

"In retrospect, one sees Britain undergoing a time of troubles everywhere in the Middle East between 1919 and 1921; but it was not experienced that way, at least not in the beginning."

"The principal British fantasy about the Middle East – that it wanted to be governed by Britain, or with her assistance – ran up against a stone wall of reality. The Sultan and Egypt’s other leaders refused to accept mere autonomy or even nominal independence; they demanded full and complete independence, which Britain – dependent on the Suez Canal – would not grant."


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/12/bionic-mosquito/100-years-war/ The Hundred Years' War, Dec. 2015]
* [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/12/bionic-mosquito/100-years-war/ The Hundred Years' War, Dec. 2015]
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 1 November 2023

A Peace to End All Peace
First US edition
AuthorDavid Fromkin
LanguageEnglish
GenreMiddle East, History
PublisherHenry Holt (US)
Andre Deutsch (UK)
Publication date
1989
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages635
ISBN0-8050-6884-8
OCLC53814831
LC ClassDS63.2.G7 F76 2001

A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East (also subtitled Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914–1922) is a 1989 history book written by Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction finalist David Fromkin, which describes the events leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and the drastic changes that took place in the Middle East as a result, which he believed led to a new world war that is still continuing. It has been widely praised. Richard Holbrooke wrote: “Without knowledge of its backstory, no policymaker will get the region right... Of the vast array of books on the region, none is more relevant than Fromkin’s sweeping epic, A Peace to End All Peace.” Wm. Roger Louis reviewed it in The New York Times,[1] judging the book "excellent ... Readers will come away... not only enlightened but challenged." The Times of London described the book as “the truth and nothing but the truth.”

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  1. ^ The Great Middle East Game, And Still No Winner, The New York Times, August 27, 1989

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