A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of
the Ottoman Empire and the Creation
of the Modern Middle East by David
Fromkin
An Important Part Of The Past
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the
modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in
upheaval today
In our time the Middle East has proven a battleground of rival religions,
ideologies, nationalisms, and dynasties. All of these conflicts, including the
hostilities between Arabs and Israelis that have flared yet again, come
down, in a sense, to the extent to which the Middle East will continue to
live with its political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions
imposed upon the region by the Allies after the First World War.

In A Peace to End All Peace, David Fromkin reveals how and why the
Allies came to remake the geography and politics of the Middle East,
drawing lines on an empty map that eventually became the new countries
of Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon. Focusing on the formative years of
1914 to 1922, when all-even an alliance between Arab nationalism and
Zionism-seemed possible he raises questions about what might have been
done differently, and answers questions about why things were done as
they were. The current battle for a Palestinian homeland has its roots in
these events of 85 years ago.
Personal Review: A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the
Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by
David Fromkin
I picked up this book in preparation for reading T.E. Lawrence's "Seven
Pillars of Wisdom." I'd read that his work was somewhat fictional so I
wanted to get a true history of the era as well as learn more about the birth
of the Middle East as we know it today-both things I knew relatively little
about.
I was very impressed with this book. It is very complex but you don't
already have to have a great understanding of the subject to read it. It filled
in a lot of the blanks I had with this time period. Also, it is a very interesting
book even if your not necessarily interested with the period. I did go on the
read "Seven Pillars of Wisdom," and "A peace to End All Peace" was every
bit as interesting if not more so even know it is a straight history and not an
"adventure story." I say get it!
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