The New A‐Z of the Middle East Available to Purchase

“The Middle East dominates world affairs” is the bold claim on the back cover of this book, and it would be difficult to dispute its accuracy. It is well known that encyclopedias of this kind come in two varieties, those with many short articles and those with a comparatively small number of longer ones. The A‐Z is an example of the latter variety, having but 120 articles averaging about 1,500 words each. Of these, about 30 deal with the most prominent personalities, ten with organizations, 15 with events (mostly wars or peace treaties), 25 with countries or places and the...