Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy by Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar
The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention.
Two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the pre-eminent critic of U.S, foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who lived in that region for many years. In their new book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, conspiracies, oil, democracy, self determination, anti-Semitism, and anti-Arab racism, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy.
Paperback | 224 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.9 x 14.0 x 2.1 | 209g
02 Nov 2006
Penguin Books Ltd
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
London, United Kingdom
0241143721
9780241143728
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal (barely visible) creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.