After Saddam Hussein seized neighboring Kuwait in 1990 , the historian David Fromkin published an essay in the Smithsonian journal recalling how the modern Middle East was formed , in which he wrote : '' In 1922 , Churchill succeeded in mapping out the Arab Middle East along lines suitable to the needs of the British civilian and military administrations .
Middle East
Kuwait
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Saddam Hussein
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Kuwait
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David Fromkin
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Smithsonian
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Middle East
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Churchill