by Gilbert Achcar (Author), Gilbert Achcar (Author), Stephen R. Shalom (Editor), Noam Chomsky (Author)
The volatile Middle East is a region of vast resources, frequent crises and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention.Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic on US foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading Middle East specialist, bring a keen understanding of the Middle East and the role of the US, covering such key topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, oil and democracy, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the origins of US foreign policy.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 29 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0241143683
ISBN 13: 9780241143681