{"product_id":"the-eastern-question-ted-danforth-9780692308400","title":"The Eastern Question: A Geopolitical History in 108 Maps \u0026 Drawings","description":"The current conflicts in the Middle East are present-day manifestations of geopolitical dynamics that have been active in the historical process from its beginning. In 108 maps and drawings, The Eastern Question looks at these dynamics through a geopolitical lens with a scope of three millennia, from the days of the Persians and Alexander the Great to todays headlines. The drawings are historical political cartoons; the maps ground the reader in the geography of time and place. In the 19th century, the term the Eastern Question referred to the problem posed by the impending dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the fall of which in the second decade of the 20th engendered the modern muddle of the Middle East in the 21st. In a larger sense the East has always been a question for the West, for the simple reason thats where the trouble comes from: Huns, Goths, Arabs, Mongols, Turks, Russians, Sovietsto now a less well-defined, non-linear, and asymmetric trouble. As the West declines relatively and the East rises, seemingly new questions are asked that are in fact old ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Danforth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692308407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692308400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anekdota\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2015","brand":"Ted Danforth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50778796818687,"sku":"9780692308400","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-eastern-question-ted-danforth-9780692308400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}