Us Foreign Policy in the Middle East - The Roots of Anti-Americanism

Informationen zum Autor Dr Kylie Baxter is Deputy Director of the Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on Islamic politics and conflict in the Middle East. She is also the author of British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad (Melbourne: Monash Asia Institute Press: 2007). Associate Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh is Director of the Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on Australian Muslims, international relations and Islamic politics. He is also the author of Uzbekistan and the United States: Islamism, Authoritarianism and Washington's Security Agenda (London: Zed Books, 2005). Klappentext User friendly and easy to follow, this book is designed to provide a clear and concise overview of the links between US policy and popular distrust of the United States in the Middle East. Zusammenfassung User friendly and easy to follow, this book is designed to provide a clear and concise overview of the links between US policy and popular distrust of the United States in the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Middle East in the Colonial Period 2. Great Power Influences, Zionism and the Middle East 3. Israel and the Arabs at War: Superpower Dimensions and the Israeli-US Alliance 4. Islamism and the Iranian Revolution 5. Proxy War: The Superpowers in Afghanistan 6. Wars in the Persian Gulf 7. Israel and Palestine: The Failure to Find Peace & the Role of the US 8. The Iraq 'Adventure' and Arab Perceptions of the US. Conclusion

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• Authors: Shahram Akbarzadeh, Akbarzadeh Shahram, Kylie Baxter, Kylie (Australian Agency for Education and Baxter, Kylie Akbarzadeh Baxter, Baxter Kylie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415410489
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41048-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Middle East, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general