Written for those who want to know more about the Middle East than
the mainstream media is willing or able to tell, this book begins
by examining a question that has been asked by numerous
commentators since September 11, 2001: 'Why do they hate us?'
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. In lucid detail, 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. Linking all of these together, Salt paints a damning
picture of a sustained campaign by Western powers to dominate the
Middle East by whatever means necessary. Throughout, he emphasizes
the human cost of the policies put in place to preserve 'Western
interests' or in the name of bringing civilization, democracy, or
freedom to the region. Making use of extensive research in U.S. and
British archives that reveals what politicians were deciding behind
closed doors, and why, this is a book that will change the way we
see the Middle East.
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