Celsius 7/7

Celsius 7/7

by Rt Hon Michael Gove MP (Author)

Synopsis

In his column which appeared in the Times on the morning of 9/11, Michael Gove prophetically argued that the West's policy of appeasement towards terror was destined to provoke yet greater atrocities. In Celsius 7/7, Gove explores the roots of Islamic rage, the historical factors which culminated in the current terrorist campaign and the Moslem world's troubled accommodation with modernity. He also analyses the intellectual roots and political appeal of Islamism, explains the factors behind Jihadi violence and places the current fundamentalist challenge in context. Combining a broad historical sweep with character sketches of key figures such as Michel Aflaq, Charles de Gaulle, Sayyhid Qutb, Donald Rumsfeld, Abu Musab al_Zarqawi, Henry Kissinger and Osama bin Laden, as well as a detailed survey of Western political failures, Gove's account is a shrewd and detached analysis that provides powerfully convincing recommendations for future action.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Revised, Updated
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 18 Apr 2007

ISBN 10: 0753821958
ISBN 13: 9780753821954
Book Overview: Michael Gove is writing new material for the paperback edition Times columnist Michael Gove, is one of Britain's leading writers and thinkers on terrorism and foreign affairs Subtitled 'How the West's policy of appeasement has provoked yet more fundamentalist terror - and what has to be done NOW', Celsius 7/7 is a powerfully eloquent blueprint for future action 'brilliant, essential and terrifying... lucid, unhysterical, informed - the landmark book that ... finally acknowledges the scale of the problem before us... Gove's book has arrived not a moment too soon' Mail on Sunday 'I have never seen the argument for a robust response to the threat spelt out so clearly and succinctly as in Gove's book... Best of all is his analysis of the role that the Israel issue has played in the debate about terrorism and Middle Eastern policy' Spectator 'This title apes Michael Moore's polemical Fahrenheit 9/11, but this is not a bombastic broadside. Gove - a Tory MP and Times columnist - denies that the war has made Britain a target, arguing that we have not done enough to punish regimes that sponsor terrorism' The Times 'The political book of the year so far' Irish Independent

Author Bio
Michael Gove is a columnist on The Times, and as of the 2005 General Election he is Conservative MP for Surrey Heath. He has been a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Newsnight Review.