The foreigner's gift : the Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq

The foreigner's gift : the Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq /

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An analysis of the turmoil in the Middle East journeys behind the familiar facade of Iraq to argue that troubles in the Arab world can be linked to America's limited understanding of the region, thirst for oil, and need to deal with terrorism.

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Main Author: Ajami, Fouad
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Since 2003
2000-2010.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
89.40 internal relations of the state: general.
Military relations.
Politics and government
Militärpolitik.
Golfkrieg > 2003
Political development.
Gulf War (2003)
Irakkrieg.
Militärpolitik.
Iraq > Politics and government > 2003-
United States > Military relations > Iraq.
Iraq > Military relations > United States.
Iraq.
United States.
Irak.
USA.
Nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : on the abandoned lover's bridge : the sorrow of Mussayib
  • 1. "Tell me how this ends"
  • 2. Chronicle of a war foretold
  • 3. In the shadow of the martyrs
  • 4. States of mind : the liberators' bewilderment
  • 5. The old regime's afterlife
  • 6. The false history
  • 7. After innocence
  • 8. Waiting for rain
  • Appendix A. Turning points in the American war in Iraq.

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