| Description |
xxii, 1107 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. "One of our brothers had a dream ..." -- 2. "They shoot Russians" -- 3. The choirs of Kandahar -- 4. The carpet-weavers -- 5. The path to war -- 6. "The whirlwind war" -- 7. "War against war" and the fast train to paradise -- 8. Drinking the poisoned chalice -- 9. "Sentenced to suffer death" -- 10. The first holocaust -- 11. Fifty thousand miles from Palestine -- 12. The last colonial war -- 13. The girl and the child and love -- 14. "Anything to wipe out a devil ..." -- 15. Planet damnation -- 16. Betrayal -- 17. The land of graves -- 18. The plague -- 19. Now thrive the armourers ... -- 20. Even to kings, he comes ... -- 21. Why? -- 22. The die is cast -- 23. Atomic dog, annihilator, arsonist, anthrax, anguish and Agamemnon -- 24. Into the wilderness |
| Summary |
"Reaching back into the long history of invasion, occupation and colonization in the region, Robert Fisk sets forth information in a way that makes clear how a history of injustice "has condemned the Middle East to war." He lays open the role of the West in the seemingly endless strife and warfare in the region, traces the growth of the West's involvement and influence there over the past one hundred years, and outlines the West's record of support for some of the most ruthless leaders in the Middle East. He chronicles the ever-more-powerful military presence of the United States and tracks the consequent, increasingly virulent anti-Western - and particularly anti-American - sentiment among the region's Muslim populations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages [1061]-1067 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Fisk, Robert.
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Foreign correspondents -- Middle East.
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War correspondents -- Middle East.
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War and society -- Middle East.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090513
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- History, Military -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006117
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115889
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United States -- Relations -- Middle East.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100011
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- History, Military -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006117
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United States -- Relations -- Middle East.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100011
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Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115889
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Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006110
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| Genre/Form |
Military history.
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| LC no. |
2005049813 |
| ISBN |
1400041511 hbk., alk. paper |
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9781400041510 hbk., alk. paper |
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