| Description |
xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Terrorism and conspiracies -- Defining terrorism -- The terrorist threat -- Responding to terrorism -- 9/11 conspiracies -- Saddam's invasion of Kuwait -- Fundamentalism and democracy -- Fundamentalism -- The Saudi Kingdom -- Democracy in the Middle East -- Fundamentalism and democracy -- Democracy since the Iraq invasion -- Sources of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East -- Oil -- Israel, the Israel lobby, and U.S. policy -- Israel and U.S. interests -- Wars in the greater Middle East -- Afghanistan -- Responding to 9/11 -- Afghanistan today -- The United States and Iraq, 2003 -- Assessing france and other opponents of the U.S. war -- The current situation in Iraq -- The Iraqi insurgency -- U.S. policy in Iraq today -- What should the antiwar movement be calling for? -- Will withdrawal lead to civil war? -- The Kurds in Iraq -- The Kurds in Turkey -- Secession, self-determination, and justice -- Syria -- Iran -- The Israel-Palestine conflict -- The legitimacy of Israel -- Palestinian say in any settlement -- A settlement versus lasting peace -- The Palestinians in Israel -- The Palestinian refugees -- How the United States and Israel have blocked a settlement -- The Palestinian view of a settlement -- Zionism and the Palestinians -- Israeli politics -- Palestinian politics -- How can we support justice in Israel/Palestine? -- Boycotts, divestment, and other tactics -- Anti-semitism -- Anti-semitism in Western Europe -- Anti-arab racism and islamophobia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Protest movements -- United States.
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Insurgency -- Iraq.
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Democracy -- Middle East.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002448
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002449
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| Author |
Achcar, Gilbert.
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Shalom, Stephen Rosskamm, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2006021980 |
| ISBN |
9781594513121 hardcover |
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1594513120 hardcover |
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