Margins on a century ago

The best-selling author according to "New York Times" tells his extraordinary life story! After September 11, Americans who did not think much about the Middle East turned to Bernard Lewis for an explanation, so they looked at his book "What Went Wrong"? Later, his book "The Crisis of Islam" became a bestseller. He was the first to warn of the coming "Clash of Civilizations," a term he coined in 1957. In these clever memoirs, Lewis reflects on the events that changed the region from World War II until the Arab Spring. Lewis was a pioneering researcher fluent in several languages. He advised American presidents and dined with politicians from Shah Iran to the Pope. Over the years, he drank tea at Buckingham Palace, befriended Golda Meir, and gained insight into the behind-the-scenes of politicians from Ted Kennedy to Dick Cheney. Some critics consider him the intellectual father of the Iraq War. We will read what he candidly wrote about his tenure at Princeton, the volatile Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and the eclipse of secularism in the Islamic world. Like the exceptional American historians and politicians; Arthur Schlesinger and Henry Kissinger, Lewis possesses an extraordinary intelligence, making his observations on the past century a fundamental read for anyone interested in the fate of the Middle East. Number of pages: 376 Year of publication: 2023 Publisher: Dar Al Rafdain for Publishing and Distribution