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The book provides a comprehensive account of Swansea's experiences during World War II, highlighting its strategic significance as a target for Nazi attacks. It details the town's preparations for war, including air-raid shelters and anti-aircraft defenses, and examines the effects of conscription, food rationing, and the plight of Jewish refugees and evacuated children. The narrative explores the impact of air raids, particularly the devastating February 1941 attacks, and the community's responses to emergencies, drawing on extensive archival research and personal stories.

With the departure of imperial powers--and on its own for the first time in almost two centuries--the Middle East must now resolve its political, economic, cultural, and societal problems in order to advance its civilization. In this volume, historian Bernard Lewis discusses the future of the region in this new era: will its nations face cooperation and progress or a vicious cycle of poverty and ignorance? The author examines the most critical issues in detail. Oil may be the Middle East's most important export, but technology will eventually make it obsolete, he warns, leaving those who depend on oil revenues with a bleak future. Water will become a contentious issue between nations. The role of Turkey, Israel, and women in the region are the most potentially transformative factors. If freedom fails and terror triumphs, says Lewis, the peoples of Islam will be the first and greatest victims.

The astonishing story of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913-89), who served in the British Army in World War II, escaping from a POW camp, joining Special Forces and aiding the French Resistance, before working for the British Secret Service in Baghdad and ending his days as a Benedictine monk!

Exploring Islamic political thought, this collection features 11 essays by Bernard Lewis, a prominent figure in Middle Eastern studies. Renowned for his accessible writing, Lewis engages a diverse audience, including scholars, politicians, and journalists, making complex historical insights approachable for the general public. The essays reflect his deep understanding of the subject, offering valuable perspectives on the interplay between Islam and politics.

There are few historians like Bernard Lewis, who end up as historical actors in their own right. When we think of the Middle East, we see it in terms that he defined and articulated. In this exceptional memoir, the bestselling author of What Went Wrong? shares stories of his wartime service in London and Cairo as an intelligence officer for MI6. After the war, he was the first Western scholar to enter the Ottoman archives. He explains how he coined the phrase "clash of civilizations" in the 1950s, long before anyone imagined that political Islam would one day pose more of a threat than communism. Then September 11 catapulted him onto the world stage. Notes on a Century chronicles a time of spectacular upheaval in the Middle East-from the Second World War and the founding of Israel to the Iranian Revolution and the Arab Spring. Book jacket.

OSANNA O CRUCIFIGE: sembra che, quando si parla di globalizzazione, non si riesca a sfuggire da questi opposti atteggiamenti. Opportunità infinite, crescita costante, emancipazione continua, da un lato, oppressione, degradazione, mercificazione, dall’altro. Perché? Che cosa ha di intrinsecamente buono o cattivo questo fenomeno tanto da dividere gli studiosi e i cittadini, da creare profeti di benessere e predicatori di sventure, da produrre speranze ottimistiche e contestazioni radicali? E che cosa ha di nuovo rispetto, ad esempio, ad alcuni suoi predecessori, come la rivoluzione scientifica, quella tecnologica, quella industriale? E se non è nuova, la globalizzazione, ma è una rinnovata sfida della conoscenza e del progresso, come affrontarla, affinché siamo noi, che consapevolmente o inintenzionalmente l’abbiamo creata e voluta, a goderne i maggiori benefici per il maggior numero di popoli e persone?Insomma: il mondo si allarga. Si allargano i commerci, i rapporti economici, le relazioni politiche, le integrazioni culturali, e, dietro a questo allargamento, i valori, i princìpi, i diritti, le aspirazioni, le visioni. Che cos’è che non va in questo processo? Che cosa c’è da correggere? Perché lo si dovrebbe fermare? Il mondo largo è da restringere o espandere ancora?Le lezioni sull’argomento tenute nella Sala Zuccari di Palazzo Giustiniani e qui raccolte in volume trattano esattamente queste questioni. Esse hanno autori di indiscusso prestigio: dal compianto Senatore Giovanni Agnelli a Henry Kissinger, da Václav Havel a Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, da Bill Gates a Bernard Lewis. A leggerle tutte assieme, si scopre che esse offrono un punto di vista prezioso e originale per la conoscenza del fenomeno, e ne forniscono una descrizione articolata e multidisciplinare, dall’economia alla politica alla cultura alla storia.

In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Elegantly written, scholarly yet accessible, The Middle East is the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world's foremost authority on the Middle East. In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Elegantly written, scholarly yet accessible, The Middle East is the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world's foremost authority on the Middle East.

"Over the course of his professional career, Bernard Lewis has proven himself as a scholar learned in a number of languages, who has interpreted Islam, the Ottoman Empire, and the modern Middle East for the West. Now, this respected authority has brought together his reflections on Middle Eastern history and foreign affairs written over six decades. The essays include such topics of pan-Arabism, the Mughal and Ottoman empires, the relationship between Western powers and the Middle East, travel in the region, food and feasts, and the problems and practice of writing Middle Eastern history. The pieces cover great events of twentieth-century history, such as the emergence of modern Israel, the Iranian Revolution, and the Gulf War. And they address urgent and compelling topics such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the significance of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The collection ranges from English originals of articles published before only in foreign languages, to previously unpublished writings, to his highly regarded essays from publications such as Foreign Affairs and The New York Review of Books. With more than fifty pieces in all prefaced by a new, personal memoir by Lewis, this is a valuable collection for everyone interested in the Middle East. Here then is a rich repository of wisdom on one of the key areas of the modern world - a wealth of profound reflections on Middle Eastern history, culture, politics, and current events."--Jacket