Battleground : 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East, Christopher Phillips

Battleground : 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East, Christopher PhillipsNew Paperback The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even harsher autocracies. Tensions were exacerbated by the meddling of outsiders, as regional and global powers sought to further their interests.

This chilling anthology

From the Sunday Times-bestselling Patrick Bishop comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944

But when anonymous notes begin to arrive at Alice's shop

These good viruses are called 'phages'

The true story has only recently been reconstructed

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Wild camp in heather moorland dotted with ancient Scots pines and retreat to cosy inns with roaring fires and even warmer welcomes

A seaweed drifts through an ocean

presenting a disquieting vision of monsterized beings born in an era of unprecedented environmental

Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo

With moral ambition