The Eastern Question follows a 9-11 trail of hatred going back thousands of years

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After the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Ted Danforth, the owner of a print shop in lower Manhattan, wondered why. Why did these attacks happen? Who is Osama bin Laden and why did he hate America? What was the history leading up to this tragedy and what about the future of the world as we know it? Through extensive research, Danforth discovered the answers were not so simple. One answer led to many more questions and Danforth soon discovered that the trail of hate, revenge, partnerships, mistrust, conquests and cultural differences went back thousands of years.

To try to make some sense of this long history of conflict, Danforth created The Eastern Question, a soft cover coffee table sized book containing text and over 108 hand-drawn watercolor maps and illustrations. The information is dense but Danforth uses metaphors and easy-to-follow stories that help explain the "Geopolitical Dynamics of Eastern and Western history starting from AD 565.

The Eastern Question will no doubt appeal to the historian, but with drawings and maps reminiscent of cartoons from The New Yorker, non-historians can pick up some great information too. Carole Rosner

The Eastern Question
by Ted Danforth
Anekdota
2015, 264 pages, 8.4 x 11 x 1 inches (softcover)
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