The Cauldron: Politics of the Middle East

by Amir Taheri (Author)

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  Paperback
  1988

  $3.47

  This handbook on Middle Eastern politics attempts to provide a comprehensible guide for the Western reader. The book deals with the Sunni - Shi'ite split, who the different sides are in the Gulf war and why, and Israel's role in the region. Amir Taheri is the author of The Spirit of Allah (a biography of Khomeini), Holy Terror and Nest of Spies .