Perilous Power - Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar, Stephen R. Shalom

Perilous Power

The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy
Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2024 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-87267-4 (ISBN)
23,65 inkl. MwSt
Updated with a new preface by Gilbert Achar, covering events since 2007 including the late-2023 renewal of military conflict between Israel and Hamas, this new edition provides readers with an essential critical perspective on the US role in the Middle East.

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 preeminent critic of U.S. foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who has lived in that region for many years. In this 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, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy.

This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice.

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. He has authored numerous books on linguistics, history and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. Gilbert Achcar teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Stephen R. Shalom, author of the preface, is a professor at William Paterson University.

Preface to the 2024 edition Preface to the 2007 edition 1. Terrorism and Conspiracies 2. Fundamentalism and Democracy 3. Sources of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East 4. Wars in the “Greater Middle East” 5. The Israel-Palestine Conflict Epilogue Postscript: Two More Years of Crisis

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Chomsky from Routledge
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 560 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-032-87267-5 / 1032872675
ISBN-13 978-1-032-87267-4 / 9781032872674
Zustand Neuware
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