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The Middle East in World Affairs (4th Ed.)

George Lenczowski
Reviewed by John C. Campbell
Fall 1980
The Middle East in World Affairs (4th Ed.)
George Lenczowski
Cornell University Press
1980
862 pp.
$29.50
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This new edition of a well-known survey is worth noting for the extensive additional material covering 18 years of kaleidoscopic events, and because it remains remarkably comprehensive and reliable both as an introduction to the region and as a reference work.

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