Article by Patrick Seale
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Patrick Seale is a leading British writer on the Middle East, and
the author of The Struggle for Syria; also, Asad of Syria: The Struggle
for the Middle East; and Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire. His latest book is
The Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh and the Makers of the
Modern Middle East (Cambridge). Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he
was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and read Middle East history at
St. Antony's College.