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Sidney Nettleton Fisher. The Middle East: A History . 3rd Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. 772 pp., notes, indexes, maps.

An obvious criterion for assessing the effectiveness of a textbook might be its implicit expectations, intentional or otherwise, of the classroom teacher. Is a strong complementary relationship between text and teacher possible, or will the textbook's shortcomings reveal to the student a continuing tension, not of interpretation—for that can be healthy—but of mechanics among the supposed members of the team?