Lawrence Davidson is a professor of history at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He is the author ofAmerica's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood, Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest, and coauthor of A Concise History of the Middle East.
The ninth edition of this widely acclaimed text has been extensively revised to reflect the latest scholarship and the most recent events in the Middle East. As an introduction to the history of this turbulent region from the beginnings of Islam to the pr...[SEE MORE]