Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice
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.
Political ScienceInternational RelationsHistory & TheoryAmerican GovernmentHuman RightsPolitical Ideologies
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERPenguin Books Limited
LENGTH288
LANGUAGEEN
American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturer
Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice
by Gilbert Achcar, Noam Chomsky
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.
Political ScienceInternational RelationsHistory & TheoryAmerican GovernmentHuman RightsPolitical IdeologiesDemocracyReligion
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERPenguin Books Limited
LENGTH288
LANGUAGEEN
American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturer
