Notes on a century [Texte imprimé] : reflections of a Middle East historian / Bernard Lewis ; with Buntzie Ellis Churchill

Notes bibliogr.

Early days -- The war years -- In the Ottoman archives -- Cultural diplomacy -- Why study history? -- Episodes in an academic life -- Crossing the Atlantic -- The neighborhood -- The clash of civilizations -- Orientalism and the cult of right thinking -- Judgment in Paris -- Writing and rewriting history -- Politics and the Iraq War