Noam Chomsky & Gilbert Achcar - Perilous Power

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Hardback - As new

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4.0/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
The volatile Middle East is a region 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 on this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the pre-eminent critic of US foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist on 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 and anti-Arab racism, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the origins of US foreign policy. Timely, erudite and incisive, Perilous Power 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.

"Anyone who thinks about US foreign policy has to read and contemplate Hegemony or Survival" - Independent
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"Clear, sharp, wounding... Chomsky writes about politics with deceptive simplicity, and talks with clarity... And he is always an optimist, even post 9/11" - Herald