Ebook: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East

Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- BRING BACK THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; The Middle East a century ago; Ottomans exit, instability and strife enter; The secrets of Ottoman success; World War I could have skipped the Middle East; Gallipoli: Underestimating the Turks; Europe's "sick man" has some teeth; Chapter 2 -- THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT; The creation of Israel: An anti-Muslim U.S. conspiracy?; How it all began; The rise of Haj Amin al-Husseini; Churchill in Cairo: 1921; Emir Abdullah of Transjordan; Herbert Dowbiggin: Unlikely prophet;Examines the Middle East from the decline of the Ottoman Empire to the present, discussing such topics as the history of radical Islam, the conflicts between the Arabs and Israelis, and political movements in Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.