| Description |
xix, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The colonial present -- 2. Architectures of enmity -- 3. "The land where red tulips grew" -- 4. "Civilization" and "barbarism" -- 5. Barbed boundaries -- 6. Defiled cities -- 7. The tyranny of strangers -- 8. Boundless war -- 9. Gravity's rainbows |
| Summary |
"In this critique of the "war on terror" in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq, Derek Gregory traces the long history of British and American involvements in the Middle East. He argues that the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 activated a series of political and cultural responses that mapped a profoundly colonial perimeter of power. The Colonial Present traces the connections between political, military, and economic power - the grand strategies of geopolitics - and the spatial stories told by the lives of ordinary people. It also shows the intimate connections between events in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-357) and index |
| Subject |
Imperialism.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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| SUBJECT |
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 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- Middle East.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501
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| LC no. |
2003026672 |
| ISBN |
1577180909 paperback alkaline paper |
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1577180895 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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