books.google.co.uk - Empires of the Sand offers a bold and comprehensive reinterpretation of the struggle for mastery in the Middle East during the long nineteenth century (1789-1923). This book denies primacy to Western imperialism in the restructuring of the region and attributes equal responsibility to regional powers....http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Empires_of_the_Sand.html?id=1E_SATQRKjoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEmpires of the Sand
