Olivier Roy argues that the unintended and unforeseen consequences of the 'war on terror' have artificially conflated conflicts in the Middle East such that they appear to be the expression of a widespread 'Muslim anger' against the West. In this new book he seeks to restore the individual logic and dynamics of each of these conflicts, the better to understand the widespread political discontent that sustains them. Instead of two opposed sides, an 'us' and a 'them', he warns that the West faces an array of 'reverse ...
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Olivier Roy argues that the unintended and unforeseen consequences of the 'war on terror' have artificially conflated conflicts in the Middle East such that they appear to be the expression of a widespread 'Muslim anger' against the West. In this new book he seeks to restore the individual logic and dynamics of each of these conflicts, the better to understand the widespread political discontent that sustains them. Instead of two opposed sides, an 'us' and a 'them', he warns that the West faces an array of 'reverse alliances': in Pakistan the West backs General Musharraf, whose military intelligence services support the Taliban; in Iraq the United States shores up a government that has close links to its arch-enemy, Iran; the Iraqi Kurds, allies of the Americans, give sanctuary to an adversary (the PKK) of a fellow NATO member, Turkey; while the Saudis support the Iraqi Sunnis who are fighting Coalition forces.If these issues were not enough to contend with, the Shia-Sunni divide has emerged as one of the leading strategic factors in the Middle East. But the 'war on terror' is not merely the geopolitical blunder of a lunatic neo-conservative fringe in Washington; it is also deeply rooted in Western perceptions of the Middle East. Chief among these is the belief that Islam, rather than politics, is the overarching factor in all such conflicts, which in turn explains the West's support for either would be secular democrats or more or less benign dictators. Roy concludes by arguing that the West has no alternative but to engage in a dialogue with the political forces that count, namely the Islamo-nationalists of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 167 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2007044187 Type of material Book Personal name Roy, Olivier, 1949-Uniform title Croissant et le chaos. English Main title The politics of chaos in the Middle East / Olivier Roy; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz. Published/Created New York: Columbia University Press: In association with the Centre d'e?tudes et de recherches internationales, Paris, c2008. Description 167 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 9780231700320 (cloth: alk. paper) 0231700326 (cloth: alk. paper) LC classification DS63.1. R6913 2008 Contents Who is the enemy? where is the enemy? --The Middle East: fragmentation of conflicts and new fault lines--Iran poised between the nuclear bomb and bombardment--In the meantime, al-Qaeda--. LC Subjects Islam and politics--Middle East. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Iraq War, 2003-2011. World politics. Middle East--Politics and government--21st century. United States--Politics and government--2001-2009. Middle East--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations--Middle East. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Series The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies Dewey class no. 956.05/4 Language code eng fre Geographic area code aw-----n-us---Other class no. 89.75 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn176861848 (OCoLC)176861848
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