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A Peace To End All Peace: Creating The Modern Middle East 1914-1922
Classic · History, Nonfiction, Middle East

A Peace To End All Peace: Creating The Modern Middle East 1914-1922

by David Fromkin
1989 · 512 pages · Nonfiction
53 Classic ★ 4.22 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (1990). 4.22★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.

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53Must-Read Score
  • Readers79 out of 100 · counts 40%+36
  • Critics48 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+17
  • Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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