The foreigner's gift
Subtitle: the Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
By: Fouad Ajami
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780743236676
Subjects: Politics and government; Militärpolitik; Irakkrieg; Military relations; Iraq War, 2003-
Description: An analysis of the turmoil in the Middle East journeys behind the familiar facade of Iraq to argue that troubles in the Arab world can be linked to America's limited understanding of the region, thirst for oil, and need to deal with terrorism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : on the abandoned lover's bridge : the sorrow of Mussayib; title: 1. "Tell me how this ends"; title: 2. Chronicle of a war foretold; title: 3. In the shadow of the martyrs; title: 4. States of mind : the liberators' bewilderment; title: 5. The old regime's afterlife; title: 6. The false history; title: 7. After innocence; title: 8. Waiting for rain; title: Appendix A. Turning points in the American war in Iraq.