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Two really good books to re that put this area into perspective are Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence books.google/books/about/Seven_Pillars_of_Wisdom.html?id=dIk0tzkVwZUC And The Rise and Fall if the Ottoman Empire. amazon/gp/aw/d/0688080936?cache=642b08a7e7dcbd6bb033ec2f4973db17&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1403700852&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1 These two books show how ALL the countries in the middle east (Syria, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc ) were carved out of the fallen Ottoman Empire after WWI with little to no regard to local tribes and their loyalties. Strong men and strong tribes were placed in power by the Allied Forces who best served the supposed interests of the West. These lines in the sand proved faulty. To look pack one hundred years to see where we stand now in history is not such a bad idea.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:00:32 +0000

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