Rogan, Eugene <br/><br/>
The Arabs :  a history 
Eugene Rogan 
 - London :  Penguin Books,  c2012 
 - x, 713 p. :  col. ill. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>From Cairo to Istanbul --  The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule --  The perils of reform --  The first wave of colonialism : North Africa --  Divide and rule : World War I and the postwar settlement --  The British empire in the Middle East --  The French empire in the Middle East --  The Palestine disaster and its consequences --  The rise of Arab nationalism --  The decline of Arab nationalism --  The age of oil --  The power of Islam --  After the Cold War --  Epilogue --  Postscript: year one of the Arab revolutions. 
<br/><br/> "Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the 16th century, this book follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the superpower rivalries of the Cold War, to the present age of unipolar American power."--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780718196783 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization, Arab<br/>Arab nationalism<br/>Islam and politics--Arab countries<br/>Arab Spring, 2010-<br/>Arab countries--History<br/>Arabs<br/>Islam and politics<br/>Arab countries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arabs--History