Introduction -- Pt. 1: "Why do they hate us?" -- Civilisation and its contradictions -- Science and barbarism -- Pt. 2: Sacred trusts -- Collision and partition -- Exit the Sharif -- Small wars in Iraq -- Double colonialism in Palestine -- "Civil war along the Potomac" -- Pt. 3: The American ascendancy -- The "tripartite aggression" -- My enemys special friend -- LBJ's other war -- Disabling Lebanon -- Pt. 4: The Bush wars -- Into the Gulf -- George the son -- The long campaign
Summary
"Jeremy Salt offers the background essential for understanding the Middle East today by chronicling the long and bloody history of Western intervention in Arab lands. He examines the major events that have shaped the region - ranging from the French in Algeria and the British in Egypt in the nineteenth century to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to the continuing war in Iraq. Making use of extensive research in U.S. and British archives to reveal what politicians were deciding behind closed doors, and why, this book will change the way we see the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-441) and index
