Eastern cauldron
Subtitle: Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq in a Marxist mirror
By: Gilbert Achcar.
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism -- Middle East; Iraq War, 2003-; Arab-Israeli conflict; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East; Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001; Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Eleven theses on the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism; title: The swan song of Khomeinism; title: The absence of democracy; title: Afghanistan : the dilemma of the super powers; title: The Soviet intervention; title: Afghanistan : eight years on from Soviet intervention; title: The implications of the Soviet troop withdrawal; title: After the fall of Najibullah : the Lebanonization of Afghanistan; title: Palestine : another uprising; title: Self-determination of the Palestinian people; title: Four months of uprising : rebellion continues against Israel's "apartheid"; title: The PLO : the long march backwards; title: The PLO : questions of practical politics; title: The dynamic of the Intifada; title: Washington accords : a retreat under pressure; title: Zionism and peace : from the Allon plan to the Washington accords; title: The Hizbollah victory; title: Israel's military onslaught and U.S. interests in the Middle East; title: Iraq : from one war to another; title: The tragedy of the Iraqi people; title: Operation oil : why the United States wants war; title: War drive : against the machine; title: Washington and London : the problems have only just begun; title: The war in Iraq and the establishment of a new imperial order; title: Letter to a slightly depressed antiwar activist.