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The
United States and the Arab World |
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963, 1969. 1975, 1980 and 1991 |
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“Dr. Polk maintains the detachment
of the scholar, the fairness of the judge.”
— Crane
Brinton
(professor of history,
Harvard University) |
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“Exactly that solid, illuminating synthesis
we have long lacked, and which men studying and
acting in public affairs ought to read first about
the Arab World.”
— Manfred Halpern
(professor of Middle Eastern History, Princeton
University)
“An
indispensable reference work for those interested
in the Arabs and the American view of them.”
— The
Washington Post |
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“It is the depth of Professor
Polk’s historical and cultural presentation
and the breadth of his economic, social, and political
analysis that distinguish this volume from the plethora
of journalistic commentary on the subject and make
of it a true ‘classic.’”
—Edwin Reischauer
(professor of history, Harvard University, and former
U.S. ambassador to Japan) |
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“Rarely
has so much been packed so tightly and yet
with ample fresh light and air..”
—Hal
Lehrman, The New Leader
“An authoritative and
lucid interpretative history.”
— Annals
of the American Academy of Political and
Social Sciences |
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William R. Polk © 2004-2007 |
