Author: GORDON, CYRUS H.
Title: Lands of the Cross and Crescent - Aspects of Middle Eastern and Occidental Affairs
Description: Ventnor, NJ, Ventnor Publishers, 1948, First Edition. 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, 267 pages, VG to VG+ in G dj (dj in mylar). Lower corners bumped, head of spine dimpled, immaculate interior incl no names, no writing. DJ white titling on black bkg, nice interior flaps w/ price corner intact but chipped corners & ends (worst being 1 inch head of spine. Author published a Ugaritic grammar in 1940, taught colloquial Arabic and Persian for the Army during World War II. Eighteen chapters: Arabs and Muslims, Saudi Arabia, The Western Arab World, Egypt, Transjordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Iran; Europe and Christendom, Italy, Vatican City, Germany, France, The British Isles, Sweden, The USA + Epilogue. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: World History Religion Philosophy Political Science Middle East Mideast