Brutal truths, fragile myths : power politics and Western adventurism in the Arab world / Mark Huband

Author:: Huband, Mark
Published:: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2004]
Copyright Date:: ©2004
Physical Description:: xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Soldier-kings and potentates : rule and misrule in the Arab world -- Sea breeze, desert wind : culture, identity, and Arabism -- God and the maverick : Osama Bin Laden and the Islamist challenge -- Al-Qaeda : the Arab world and global terror -- By the rivers of Babylon : Arabs, Muslims, and the invasion of Iraq -- Brutal truths, fragile myths : human rights and the legacies of terror -- Diamonds and rust : the new economics of the Arab world -- Roads to Jerusalem : Israel and Palestine -- A crossroads on Arab street : American power and the Middle East.

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0813337534 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and index.

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