Description |
xxii, 1107 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1061-1067) and index. |
Contents |
"One of our brothers had a dream ..." -- "They shoot Russians" -- The choirs of Kandahar -- The carpet-weavers -- The path to war -- "The whirlwind war" -- "War against war" and the fast train to paradise -- Drinking the poisoned chalice -- "Sentenced to suffer death" -- The first Holocaust -- Fifty thousand miles from Palestine -- The last colonial war -- The girl and the child and love -- "Anything to wipe out a devil ..." -- Planet damnation -- Betrayal -- The land of graves -- The plague -- Now thrive the armourers ... -- Even to kings, he comes ... -- Why? -- The die is cast -- Atomic dog, annihilator. arsonist, anthrax, anguish and agamemnon -- Into the wilderness. |
Summary |
A journalist in the Middle East for more than thirty years brings his intimate knowledge of the region to address the recent historical and political events in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Israel, and Lebanon. |
Subject |
Middle East -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Middle East -- History, Military -- 21st century.
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War and society -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Colonization.
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United States -- Relations -- Middle East.
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Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
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Middle East -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Middle East -- History, Military -- 21st century.
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Middle East -- Colonization.
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Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Middle East.
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Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
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International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
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War and society. (OCoLC)fst01170447
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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Genre/Form |
Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
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ISBN |
1400041511 (alk. paper) |
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9781400041510 (alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
9781400041510 |
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