Patrick Seale (1930–2014)
Autor(a) de Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East
About the Author
Patrick Seale was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on May 7, 1930. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Syria, where for 20 years his parents ran the Irish Presbyterian mission. After a national service commission, he studied philosophy and psychology at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked mostrar mais briefly for a cotton magnate, and then for Reuters news agency before returning to Oxford to pursue Middle East studies at St Antony's College. In the early 1960s, he worked in Beirut as a freelance contributor to the Economist and the Observer. In 1963, he became the Middle East correspondent for the Observer. He also served the Observer in Paris, where he wrote a book, French Revolution 1968, with Maureen McConville. His other books include Philby: The Long Road to Moscow, Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire, The Struggle for Syria, Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East, and The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East. He died from brain cancer on April 11, 2014 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Patrick Seale
The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the Modern Middle East (2010) 15 cópias
The Shaping of an Arab Statesman: Sharif Abd Al-Hamid Sharaf and the Modern Arab World (1983) 2 cópias
La lutte pour l'indndance arabe Riad El-Solh et la naissance du Moyen-Orient moderne (2010) 1 exemplar(es)
Revolution! Frankrike 1968 1 exemplar(es)
המהפכה הצרפתית 1968 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Seale, Patrick
- Nome de batismo
- Seale, Patrick Abraham
- Data de nascimento
- 1930-05-07
- Data de falecimento
- 2014-04-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Local de falecimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Damascus, Syria
Beirut, Lebanon - Educação
- Oxford University (Balliol College)
Oxford University (St. Antony's) - Ocupação
- journalist
historian - Relacionamentos
- Heath, Lamorna (wife)
Kabbani, Rana (wife - 2nd)
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 344
- Popularidade
- #69,365
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 25
- Idiomas
- 5
If it were a revolution, the demands seem to be unfocussed. Different groups all wanting something different and, as so often with the left, no one willing to compromise. The right aligned behind de Gaulle whilst the superior numbers fought for a bigger piece of the pie.
This book was written hot upon the heels of the revolt and asks the question as to whether it was a one off, or the beginning of Capitalism's demise. We now know the answer to that and, it sometimes feels, as if there will never be another great change in politics. Certainly, British politics is sewn up by blue and red Tories.
If change doesn't come - and quickly - Capitalism will have the pride of being civilisation's last ruling system. We will die out on an over heated planet... but, hey, some people will have very healthy bank accounts, so it's not all bad news!… (mais)