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Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder
Gilbert Achcar
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Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSR2; JPF; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Traces the rise of militant and anti-western Islamic fundalmentalism to its roots in U.S. policies aimed at control of the oil reserves in the Middle East, and above all, Saudi Arabia. Achcar examines the political premises of osama bin-Laden's al-Qaeda to show how these led to the massive miscalculation of the September 11 attacks, with results both politically counterproductive and morally reprehensible.
Traces the rise of militant and anti-western Islamic fundalmentalism to its roots in U.S. policies aimed at control of the oil reserves in the Middle East, and above all, Saudi Arabia. Achcar examines the political premises of osama bin-Laden's al-Qaeda to show how these led to the massive miscalculation of the September 11 attacks, with results both politically counterproductive and morally reprehensible.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Monthly Review Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781583670811
SKU
V9781583670811
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About Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar teaches politics and international relations at the University of Paris-VIII. He is a frequent contributor to Le Monde diplomatique and the author of several books on contemporary politics published in French. He is also editor of The Legacy of Ernest Mandel (1999).
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