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Brutal truths, fragile myths : power politics and Western adventurism in the Arab world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Huband, Mark
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2004]
Subjects:	Qaida (Organization) Nationalism > Arab countries. Islam and politics > Arab countries. Iraq War, 2003-2011. Arab countries > Politics and government > 1945-

Table of Contents:

Soldier-kings and potentates : rule and misrule in the Arab world
Sea breeze, desert wind : culture, identity, and Arabism
God and the maverick : Osama Bin Laden and the Islamist challenge
Al-Qaeda : the Arab world and global terror
By the rivers of Babylon : Arabs, Muslims, and the invasion of Iraq
Brutal truths, fragile myths : human rights and the legacies of terror
Diamonds and rust : the new economics of the Arab world
Roads to Jerusalem : Israel and Palestine
A crossroads on Arab street : American power and the Middle East.