Publication

2003 - Beacon Press·, Boston· MA

Language

English

Word Count

55,750 words, Guess

Page Count

223 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003023161
  • Goodreads1377081
  • LibraryThing1376710

Classifications

  • LCCDS

Description

Desecribes the history of Western involvement in the Middle East and argues that the United States ignores history and is blindly committed to a path that is doomed for failure.

First Sentence

In the seemingly interminable political buildup to the United States' second war on Iraq in twelve years, many reasons, some of them contradictory, were advanced for an enterprise that even its proponents admitted was a novel departure for the United States.

Excerpt

In the seemingly interminable political buildup to the United States' second war on Iraq in twelve years, many reasons, some of them contradictory, were advanced for an enterprise that even its proponents admitted was a novel departure for the United States.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Resurrecting Empire: Western footprints and America's perilous path in the Middle EastBeacon Press·2003-01-01

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