T. E. Lawrence became world-famous as "Lawrence of Arabia" after helping Sherif Hussein of Mecca gain independence from Turkey during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. His achievements, however, would have been impossible without the unsung efforts of a forgotten band of fellow officers and spies. This groundbreaking account by Philip Walker interweaves the compelling stories of Colonel Cyril Wilson and a colorful supporting cast with the narrative of Lawrence and the desert campaign. These men's lost tales provide a remarkable and fresh perspective on Lawrence and the Arab Revolt. While Lawrence and others blew up trains in the desert, Wilson and his men carried out their shadowy intelligence and diplomatic work. His deputies rooted out anti-British soldiers who were trying to sabotage the revolt. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Lionel Gray, a cipher officer, provided a gateway into unknown aspects of the revolt through his previously unpublished photographs and eyewitness writings. Wilson's crucial influence underpinned all these missions and steadied the revolt on a number of occasions when it could have collapsed. Without Wilson and his circle there would have been no "Lawrence of Arabia." Wilson's band mostly fell through the cracks of history into obscurity. Behind the Lawrence Legend reveals their vital impact and puts Lawrence's efforts into context, helping to set the record straight for one of the most beguiling and iconic characters of the twentieth century.

Juin 1916. Les tribus bédouines du Hedjaz se soulèvent contre l'occupant turc. Cet ouvrage relate l'épopée d'officiers et soldats français qui luttèrent aux côtés des Arabes insurgés et du célèbre colonel britannique T.E. Lawrence. Au-delà des faits d'armes, l'auteur fait ici le récit de la confrontation politique entre la France et la Grande-Bretagne pour le contrôle du Proche-Orient. Il accorde une attention particulière au duel sans merci que se livrèrent le lieutenant-colonel Brémond, chef de la mission française, et T.E. Lawrence, pour rivaliser d'influence auprès des leaders de la révolte arabe.

Born in 1883, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of new Arab states, Faisal was a central player. His life traversed each of the important political, military, and intellectual developments of his times. This comprehensive biography is the first to provide a fully rounded picture of Faisal the man and Faisal the monarch. Ali A. Allawi recounts the dramatic events of his subject’s life and provides a reassessment of his crucial role in developments in the pre– and post–World War I Middle East and of his lasting but underappreciated influence in the region even 80 years after his death. A battle-hardened military leader who, with the help of Lawrence of Arabia, organized the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire; a leading representative of the Arab cause, alongside Gertrude Bell, at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; a founding father and king of the first independent state of Syria; the first king of Iraq—in his many roles Faisal overcame innumerable crises and opposing currents while striving to build the structures of a modern state. This book is the first to afford his contributions to Middle East history the attention they deserve.

荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜 全景式叙述第三次中东战争过程 重现改变中东乃至世界格局的六天 ◎ 编辑推荐 ☆荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜，曾获《洛杉矶时报》历史类图书奖、美国国家犹太图书奖 ☆权威作者迈克尔·B. 奥伦作品，援引大量珍贵档案，史料详实，学术价值高 ☆小说笔法，既 具张力，又不失节奏感，引人入胜 ☆配有多幅地图和极具现场感的黑白照片，重现战争过程 ◎ 内容简介 1967年6月5日，以色列空军先发制人，突袭了埃及的主要空军基地，随后掉转头来进攻约旦及叙利亚，在短短六天内大获全胜。这场闪电战在以色列和西方世界被称为“六日战争”，在阿拉伯世界则被称为“六月战争”。这场战争虽然只持续了六天，但从未真正结束。它改变了中东地区乃至整个世界的政治格局，也是中东战争极具历史意义的转折点，随后发生的赎罪日战争、黎巴嫩战争、巴勒斯坦大起义等冲突都是这六天激烈战斗的直接后果。 作者迈克尔•B.奥伦援引了大量绝密文件、俄语和阿拉伯语稀有论文及独家访谈，全面重现了当时的区域和国际环境背景，以小说家般的笔法将战争的始末娓娓道来。奥伦将以色列与美国、阿拉伯与苏联等各方势力置于聚光灯下，生动地勾画出诸多国家领袖的形象，并以交战双方的军事和外交行动为线索，自然流畅地串联起细碎的史实。奥伦为读者提供了重温这段战争史的不同视角，并以此为案例，从整体上探寻了国际危机的性质。 ◎ 媒体推荐 对于任何希望了解这个动荡地区历史的读者来说，本书乃必读之作。 ——《柯克斯书评》 本书是迄今为止有关1967年六日战争最完整的历史作品……此外，本书是对“后犹太复国主义”的抨击，这一政治和历史学派将以色列视为蓄意破坏巴勒斯坦独立实体和巴勒斯坦民族之政策的制定者。相比之下，奥伦在其引人入胜的叙述中令人信服地证实了，在冲突发生前及战争期间，以色列的政策本质上是被动、根据情况而制定的。 ——《出版人周刊》重点评论 富于感染力……本书对1967年冲突的叙述可读性极强，甚至可谓是扣人心弦……奥伦的描写将纷繁复杂的外交与军事发展线索完美地交织在一起。 ——《纽约时报》 有关六日战争的权威历史作品。奥伦的叙述精准，又写得极具文学性。没有哪项研究比本书更易于理解、更令人惊喜了。 ——《新共和》 奥伦成竹在胸，几乎阐明了冲突的各个方面……奥伦的作品始终是对战争的权威记叙。他身为作家和历史学家的成就令人赞叹。 ——《大西洋月刊》

With the Israeli-Palestinian crisis reaching wartime levels, where is the latest confrontation between these two old foes leading? Robert Fisk’s explosive Pity the Nation recounts Sharon and Arafat’s first deadly encounter in Lebanon in the early 1980s and explains why the Israel–Palestine relationship seems so intractable. A remarkable combination of war reporting and analysis by an author who has witnessed the carnage of Beirut for twenty-five years, Fisk, the first journalist to whom bin Laden announced his jihad against the U.S., is one of the world's most fearless and honored foreign correspondents. He spares no one in this saga of the civil war and subsequent Israeli invasion: the PLO, whose thuggish behavior alienated most Lebanese; the various Lebanese factions, whose appalling brutality spared no one; the Syrians, who supported first the Christians and then the Muslims in their attempt to control Lebanon; and the Israelis, who tried to install their own puppets and, with their 1982 invasion, committed massive war crimes of their own. It includes a moving finale that recounts the travails of Fisk’s friend Terry Anderson who was kidnapped by Hezbollah and spent 2,454 days in captivity. Fully updated to include the Israeli withdrawl from south Lebanon and Ariel Sharon's electoral victory over Ehud Barak, this edition has sixty pages of new material and a new preface. “Robert Fisk’s enormous book about Lebanon’s desperate travails is one of the most distinguished in recent times.”—Edward Said

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over thirty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution; from the American hostage crisis in Beirut to the Iran-Iraq War; from the 1991 Gulf War to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. A book of searing drama as well as lucid, incisive analysis, The Great War for Civilisation is a work of major importance for today's world.

中东千年古城巴格达的美丽与哀愁 开启伊斯兰文明黄金时代的和平之城，在历史中浮沉 饱尝历史风雨和残酷磨难的血腥之城，终将焕发新生 ◎ 编辑推荐 ☆近年来历经诸多战乱的屠宰场、人间炼狱巴格达为何曾经拥有和平之城的美誉？本书开创性地系统论述了巴格达的千年历史，打破了人们对于这座城市动荡混乱的固有印象，还原了它作为世界文明金顶明珠的璀璨一面，在这方面填补了中文世界的空白。 ☆为何巴格达被认为是伊斯兰世界逊尼、什叶两派分裂的中间点？为何千年以来巴格达大规模冲突不断？萨达姆带领逊尼派屠杀什叶派背后的真正目的是什么？本书详细解释了团城巴格达的建立以及由盛转衰的复杂过程，深刻挖掘了隐藏在无数流血事件表象下的生动真相。 ☆新锐历史学家贾斯廷·马罗齐关于征服者帖木儿的畅销传记，被《星期日电讯报》评为该年度图书。本书则是关于世界历史名城巴格达前世今生的历史著述，更是荣获了颇具分量的2015年度英国皇家文学学会翁达杰奖。 ◎ 内容简介 自阿拉伯帝国阿拔斯王朝哈里发曼苏尔于762年营建巴格达以来，这座城市就有“和平之城”的美誉，但从它不同寻常的历史来看，它也经历过十分血腥的统治年月。当美军于2003年进入巴格达城时，他们成了这座城市动荡历史的新参与者。 然而，巴格达的历史也有其血腥残酷的一面。这座城市经常遭受瘟疫、饥荒和洪水的侵袭；经历过大量恐怖的外敌入侵和军事占领；也时常需要忍受独裁者的残暴统治。因此，巴格达的历史也是其统治者和征服者的历史。 ◎ 媒体推荐 贾斯廷·马罗齐是新一代旅行作家-历史学家的出色代表。 ——《星期日电讯报》 从字里行间能看出贾斯廷·马罗齐对巴格达的无限爱意，同时也能看出他对这个不知何故从征服者的掠夺、居民的暴躁和统治者的欺骗中幸存之地的敬意。也许是纯粹的意志力让这座城市继续前进。要么就是这一点，要么就是努力回到自己辉煌往昔的雄心壮志。 ——《旁观者》 巴格达的历史表明它可能容易遭受侵略，但那些征服者从未声称能够长期拥有它。 ——《独立报》

Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia’s War, the author rewrites the history of T. E. Lawrence’s legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today’s divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.

This is the tragic story of the short-lived Iraqi monarchy. The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921. Faisal, who had led the Arab Revolt and fought alongside T.E. Lawrence, was a major player in the politics of the Middle East. He was also, most importantly, pro-British and thus 'suitable' to lead an independent Iraq. His son and successor, Ghazi, a strong pan-Arab nationalist, felt very differently. He supported the first military coup in the Arab world and was said to hold German sympathies. Ghazi's suspicious death in a car accident left his son, also named Faisal, King at the age of four. So Iraq was ruled by his uncle, Abdulillah, as regent until the boy came of age. Iraq's artificially-imposed monarchy came to an abrupt and bloody end in July 1958 when Faisal II and Abdulillah, along with the Prime Minister, Nuri al Said, and many members of Faisal's family, were gunned down and the country was declared a republic. Three Kings in Baghdad is a unique and timely account of this portentous moment in Iraq's history.

This volume charts the life of Harry St John Philby. For the most part of his career he was at odds with the British Government over broken promises to the Arabs, but it was out of admiration for the Arab king, Ibn Saud, that he chose to earn his living in Arabia.

巴勒斯坦的这片土地，是犹太人经卷上所指的应许之地，也是许多阿拉伯人世世代代的居所。1917年，奥斯曼帝国落败，结束在这里4个世纪的统治；英国外交大臣发表《贝尔福宣言》，支持犹太人在这片土地上建立民族家园。一个世纪的撕扯与动荡就此开启。 分歧从一开始就难以调和。从19世纪末首批犹太定居点的建立、20世纪30年代的阿拉伯起义，到以色列在1948年的建国、1967年的六日战争，再到1993年的《奥斯陆协议》，以及2002年以来修建的隔离墙……对于同样的事件，双方说法截然不同。犹太复国主义者眼中的公正和胜利，对巴勒斯坦人来说则是不公、失败、流亡和羞辱。 对于这片土地上两个民族百年难解的纷争，记者兼历史学家伊恩·布莱克意识到，只能通过关注他们如何看待自己、历史以及彼此来理解。于是，他借助文献资料、解密档案、口述历史，还有他自己的现场报道，寻求真相和对话。他留意历史的变迁、国家间的斡旋和博弈，因为那是冲突的肇因和驱动力；他更在意被卷入这百年动荡的普通人的生活，因为冲突的撕裂，他们在日常感受得至为真切。 一百年来，缓和的机会一再错失，促使这两个民族和平、自由、公平地作为邻居而不是敌人相处的协议从未达成。如今，没有任何迹象表明这场冲突即将落幕，而理解，是面向未来的开始。 --------------------- 1. 一片土地上两个民族的百年纷争，讲清最棘手地区冲突的来龙去脉 巴以冲突可以说是最棘手的地区纷争，牵动全球，却似乎始终无解。1917年英国政府《贝尔福宣言》发表已过去一个世纪，没有任何迹象表明这场冲突即将落幕，所以理解它比以往更加重要。 《敌人与邻居》从奥斯曼帝国末期，首批犹太复国主义者来到巴勒斯坦地区说起，一直讲到奥巴马卸任美国总统的2017年，从头梳理阿拉伯人和犹太人在这片土地的百年纠缠，透视地缘、国家格局的变化。 2． 以资深记者的切身观察、学者的挖掘反思，公正呈现历史全貌 作者伊恩·布莱克是《卫报》资深记者，伦敦政治经济学院政治学博士、资深研究员。他精通阿拉伯语、希伯来语，置身中东冲突现场36年，长期往来于中东北非地区。在新作《敌人与邻居》里，他依托解密档案、文献资料、口述历史、现场报道，既用政治和历史学者的视野，勾勒大国博弈下的上层决策过程，又以现场报道的视角，还描绘普通阿拉伯人、犹太人在冲突撕扯下的想法和生活。 3． 平衡呈现冲突双方观点，获得巴勒斯坦和以色列学者的共同认可 《贝尔福宣言》、《皮尔报告》、以色列建国、六天战争、联合国决议……百年历史上的所有大事，在冲突双方那里都有完全不同的解释。一方口中的英雄是另一方眼里的罪人；一方眼中的公正和胜利，对另一方来说则意味着不公、失败、流亡和羞辱。 巴以双方各说各话，对话难以展开。《敌人与邻居》平衡呈现双方的观点，讲述客观事实，在截然不同的说法之间找到了中间立场，获得巴勒斯坦和以色列学者的认可，让人看到，双方或许有希望基于共同认可历史展开对话。 4. 研究巴以冲突的里程碑式作品，赞誉奖项众多 因为分歧难以弥合，所以书写巴勒斯坦问题历史的作品往往侧重于其中一方的视角。《敌人与邻居》以其公正平衡获得巴以双方学者的认可，可以说是里程碑式的著作，也因此获得众多奖项赞誉。在《贝尔福宣言》发表一百周年的2017年，《金融时报》《经济学人》《星期日泰晤士报》《卫报》等众多主流媒体都将《敌人与邻居》列为年度好书。它的细腻、平衡、客观获得前英国驻联合国大使格林斯托克、著有《奥斯曼帝国的衰亡》的学者尤金·罗根、作家塞巴斯蒂安·福克斯等等的一致认可。

During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq-long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein-Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire, and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Traveling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicine and treating the sick. In this account of a nearly lost civilization, he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage, and endurance of the people, and describes their impressive reed houses, the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife, the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar, moments of tragedy, and moments of pure comedy in vivid, engaging detail.

Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.

This “richly textured biography” (Chicago Tribune) inspired the mesmerizing documentary, Letters from Baghdad, soon to air on public television. Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements–a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.

本书栩栩如生地重现了第一次世界大战的中东，描写奥斯曼帝国在第一次世界大战中扮演的角色。中东是地缘政治的关键，奥斯曼帝国得到德国金钱、武器和军事顾问的支持，向英法俄军队开战。土耳其人在加利波利、美索不达米亚和加沙，给协约国以决定性的打击，然而战局逆转。巴格达、耶路撒冷、大马士革相继陷落。战后胜利者瓜分奥斯曼帝国，种下了现代阿拉伯世界永无止境的冲突根源。