The State of the Middle East Atlas (Third Edition) by Dan Smith

An essential tool for understanding the Middle East and its pivotal role in global politics, this book lays bare the complexity of the region - its emergence from fallen empires, the shaping of its current contours by oil and outside intervention, the wave of change that broke in 2011, and the violence that has swept the region since.

With his customarily acute analysis Dan Smith uncovers the web of fault-lines that underlies the Middle East. Using maps and graphics, he demonstrates why recent events have occurred and why they have an impact on us all.

From the author of the bestselling State of the World Atlas, here is an essential tool for understanding the Middle East and its pivotal role in global politics.

Dan Smith is the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He is also a Professor at the University of Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. From 2003 – 2015 he was Secretary General of the London-based international peacekeeping organization, International Alert. As well as The State of the Middle East Atlas, Dan is author of successive editions of The State of the World Atlas and The Atlas of War and Peace. He was awarded the OBE in 2002 and blogs on international politics at http://www.dansmithsblog.com/.

'A brilliant, accessible up-to-date resource: Everything you need to know to fuel your understanding of this complex region.' - Jon Snow

'Dan Smith has been teaching me about geography for almost as long as I can remember - there is no one I would trust more to map the Middle East.' - Danny Dorling

'This book, with its combination of good maps, clever graphics and judicious text, will aid understanding of a part of the world which is even more pivotal today than it was in the past.' - Martin Woollacott

Paperback or eBook, 160 pages
Publisher: New Internationalist (Oct. 2015)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781780262314
Size: 24.5cm x 18.8cm