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Book SynopsisChronicles the long and bloody history of Western intervention in Arab lands. This book examines the major events that have shaped the region - ranging from the French in Algeria and the British in Egypt in the nineteenth century to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to the war in Iraq.
Trade Review"Should be mandatory reading for all Western policy makers, academics and intelligent lay public thinking about yet another invasion of any Middle Eastern state." Cookeville Herald-Citizen "A general history that will give newspaper readers an alternative account of the major political events in the modern Middle East." The Historian
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. "WHY DO THEY HATE US?" 1. Civilization and Its Contradictions 2. Science and Barbarism PART II: SACRED TRUSTS 3. Ottoman Breakdown 4. Exit the Sharif 5. Small Wars in Iraq 6. Double Colonialism in Palestine 7. Civil War along the Potomac PART III. THE AMERICAN ASCENDANCY 8. The "Tripartite Aggression" 9. My Enemy's Special Friend 10: LBJ's Other War 11. Disabling Lebanon PART IV. THE BUSH WARS 12 . Into the Gulf 13. George the Son 14. The Long Campaign Notes Bibliography Index
