The Modern Middle East by James L. Gelvin

This book explores how the forces associated with global modernity have shaped the social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region over the course of the past 500 years. This book examines the impact of imperial and imperialist legacies, the great nineteenth-century transformation, cultural continuities and upheavals, international diplomacy, economic booms and busts, the emergence of authoritarian regimes, and the current challenges to those regimes on everyday life in an area of vital concern to us all. This book examines how the forces associated with global "modernity" have shaped social, economic, cultural, and political life in the region. This book covers all aspects but a very short introduction to "How Middle East" plunged into crisis". And the Middle East as a "pitch for war" for proxies and anti-rival states.

Book Review by: Maqsood Qadir Soomro
Master's in English, Master's in Sindhi, Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Laws, LLB and Twice Qualified in CCE-2013
Author of the book "Sindhi Jo Adabi Khazano"