Perilous power

Description:

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.

subjects: Protest movements,  Government policy,  Democracy,  Insurgency,  Foreign relations,  Terrorism,  Iraq War, 2003-2011,  Iraq War, 2003-,  Terrorism, government policy,  Middle east, foreign relations, united states,  United states, foreign relations, middle east,  Diplomatic relations,  Außenpolitik,  Nonfiction,  Politics,  Terrorism, united states,  United States of America,  Middle East,  Foreign policy,  Relations extérieures,  Terrorisme,  Politique gouvernementale,  Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011,  Contestation,  Révoltes,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Places: United States,  Middle East,  Iraq