Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad and grew up in Israel. He is now a Professor of International Relations at St Antony's College, Oxford. His previous books include the critically acclaimed The Iron Wall and he writes regularly for the Guardian, Middle East Eye and other outlets.
'Strikingly fair-minded, scholarly, cogently reasoned.' -- <i>Daily Telegraph</i> on <i>The Iron Wall</i> 'A milestone in the modern scholarship of the Middle East.' -- Edward Said on <i>The Iron Wall</i>