Best of enemies
Subtitle: a history of US and Middle East relations
By: Jean-Pierre Filiu & David B.
Contributors: B., David, 1959-
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781906838454; 9781906838843; 9781910593455
Subjects: Foreign relations; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Meilleurs ennemis
Description: It was an American who first described the "Barbary" lands of the Mediterranean basin as "the Middle East" - a region by which America, ever since its own revolutionary foundation, has always measured its power. Acclaimed historian Jean-Pierre Filiu and award-winning artist David B. tell the story of the blockades, broadsides, and betrayals of this foreign affair - a wary co-dependency that, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Eisenhower era, and from gold to oil, has continued to define our modern world.
Notes: Translated from the French.

"First published in French by Futuropolis in Paris, 2011.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. 1783-1953; title: pt. 2. 1953-1984; title: pt. 3. 1984-2013