โ Scribed by Dilip Hiro
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A comprehensive and accessible history of a region that is beginning to play a key role in the 21st Century, by a leading commentator.
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Historian Dilip Hiro offers us a narrative that places the modern politics, peoples, and cultural background of this region firmly into the context of current international focus.
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