The Making of the Modern Middle East

Arresting . . . excellent, doom-freightedJustin Marozzi, The Sunday Times

Jeremy Bowen is one of the finest journalists and broadcasters of our age - qualities which shine through every page of this superb book. . . His judgements are invariably balanced but when they are due he does not shrink from scathing criticisms of the key actors. The result is an illuminating and riveting read.Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster, author and historian

[A] compelling blend of sweeping history and vivid memoir . . . Bowen paints in the historical background masterfully and manages to convey the pressure, euphoria and horror of war reporting as wellMail on Sunday

Bears witness to how lofty dreams of the post-Cold War period crashed and burned ... with deep empathy and understanding of the roots of the conflictEmma Sky, The New Statesman