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| '''David Fromkin''' is a noted ], ], and ], most known for his definitive account of the creation of the modern ], '']'' (1989), in which he recounts the key role that European policy toward the Middle East between 1914 and 1922 played in the creation of the situation that exists there today. He has written seven books in total, with his most recent in 2004, ''Europe's Last Summer: Who Started The Great War in 1914?'' | '''David Fromkin''' is a noted ], ], and ], most known for his definitive account of the creation of the modern ], '']'' (1989), in which he recounts the key role that European policy toward the Middle East between 1914 and 1922 played in the creation of the situation that exists there today. He has written seven books in total, with his most recent in 2004, ''Europe's Last Summer: Who Started The Great War in 1914?'' | ||
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| Fromkin also sits on the editorial board of the ], a publication of the ] think tank. | Fromkin also sits on the editorial board of the ], a publication of the ] think tank. | ||
| ==Selected bibliography== | == Selected bibliography == | ||
| *''The Question of Government: An Inquiry into the Breakdown of Modern Political Systems'' (1975) | *''The Question of Government: An Inquiry into the Breakdown of Modern Political Systems'' (1975) | ||
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David Fromkin is a noted author, lawyer, and historian, most known for his definitive account of the creation of the modern Middle East, A Peace to End All Peace (1989), in which he recounts the key role that European policy toward the Middle East between 1914 and 1922 played in the creation of the situation that exists there today. He has written seven books in total, with his most recent in 2004, Europe's Last Summer: Who Started The Great War in 1914?
A graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Law School, he is University Professor, Professor of history, international relations, and Law at Boston University, where he is also the Director of The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Long-Range Future.
Fromkin also sits on the editorial board of the Middle East Quarterly, a publication of the Middle East Forum think tank.
Selected bibliography
- The Question of Government: An Inquiry into the Breakdown of Modern Political Systems (1975)
- The Independence of Nations (1981)
- A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East 1914-1922 (1989) ISBN 0-8050-0857-8, ISBN 0-8050-6884-8 (paperback)
- In the Time of the Americans: FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Marhsall, MacArthur, The Generation that Changed America's Role in the World (1995) ISBN 0-394-58901-7, ISBN 0-679-76728-2 (paperback)
- Europe's Last Summer: Who started the Great War in 1914? (2004) ISBN 0-375-41156-9, ISBN 0-375-72575-X (paperback)
Trivia
- David Fromkin has a dog named after him, a Norfolk Terrier named frmkn (pictured right), with the vowels removed to distinguish him from the eponymous professor. The two have met on several occasions, and apparently the dog is more fond of Professor Fromkin than the other way around.
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