Middle East Perspectives

Middle East Perspectives is the first book
of a trilogy about the Middle East and it addresses the
period from 1947 to 1967. The author seeks to portray
personal recollections of events that occurred mainly in
Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria, over a span of twenty
years. Decisions made by key political players have
influenced their lives, and many readers can offer a concise
preliminary account of their experiences in the Middle East
and provide a dramatic journal of observations.
Contributions in terms of personal perspectives and
interpretations focus on international affairs not personal
minutiae. The author talked with many people from Egypt and
the Levant, who left there but who voluntarily allowed him
to draw on their knowledge and experiences. He kept diaries
from his high school days as well as personal memoirs to
which he often referred to look up particular dates, for
instance, the demonstrations that were started during his
high school days for the causes of Algeria and Patrice
Lumumba and the launching of Lebanon's first rockets. As
the realm flounders in inflation, the intellectual elite and
upper-middle classes leave their home countries, which can
no longer satisfy their needs. Thus begins the influx of
immigrants arriving in Australia, Europe, and America.