The Arabs

Resumen del libro

Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark 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. Drawing on the writings and eyewitness accounts of those who lived through the tumultuous years of Arab history, The Arabs balances different voices - politicians, intellectuals, students, men and women, poets and novelists, famous, infamous and the completely unknown - to give a rich, complex sense of life over nearly five centuries.Rogan's book is remarkable for its geographical sweep, covering the Arab world from North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula, and for the depth in which it explores every facet of modern Arab history. Charting the evolution of Arab identity from Ottomanism to Arabism to Islamism, it covers themes including the conflict between national independence and foreign domination, the Arab-Israeli struggle and the peace process, Abdel Nasser and the rise of Arab Nationalism, the political and economic power of oil and the conflict between secular and Islamic values.This multilayered, fascinating and definitive work is the essential guide to understanding the history of the modern Arab world - and its future.

Biografía del autor

Eugene Rogan es profesor de Historia Moderna de Oriente Medio en la Universidad de Oxford y miembro de la Academia Británica. Su primer libro, Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire, ganó el Premio Albert Hourani y el Premio M. Fuad Köprülü. Los árabes. Del Imperio otomano a la actualidad (Crítica, 2010) se ha convertido en una obra de referencia, considerado uno de los mejores libros del año por The Financial Times, The Economist y The Atlantic Monthly. En Crítica también ha publicado La caída de los otomanos. La Gran Guerra en el Oriente Próximo (2016) y Los sucesos de Damasco. La masacre de 1860 y la formación del Oriente Medio moderno (2025).