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Achcar, Gilbert (2006) The Clash of Barbarisms. The Making of the New World Disorder. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers; London: Saqi.

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"This inquiry into the probable shape of things to come is sober, uncompromising, deeply informed, and full of provocative insights and judicious analyses." Noam Chomsky "The most forceful, most rigorous text that there is to read on this war." Le Monde Diplomatique 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 U.S. 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 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. 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.

Item Type: Authored Books
Additional Information: - Italian: Edizioni Alegre, Rome, 2006 - Greek: Polytropon, Athens, 2006 - Spanish: Icaria, Madrid, 2007 - Spanish: Capital Intelectual, Buenos Aires, 2009 - Turkish: Ithaki, Istanbul, 2012 -French: 3rd edition, Syllepse, Paris, 2017
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > Department of Development Studies
ISBN: 9780863569197
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315635552
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2008 15:53
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/3729

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