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A military history of the modern Middle East
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign and the decline of the Ottoman Empire -- The First World War and the Ottoman succession -- The Second World War -- The Cold War and the establishment of Israel -- Arab-Israeli conventional operations, 1967-1973 -- British military withdrawal, the Iranian Revolution, and the Iran-Iraq War -- The establishment of USCENTCOM, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, and Operation Desert Storm -- Containing Saddam, jihad in Afghanistan, and the terrorist attacks -- On the U.S. homeland -- The Iraq War and the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East -- Summary