American Raj; America and the Muslim World

by Eric S. Margolis

• ISBN13: 9781554702213
• ISBN10: 1554702216
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-11-24
• Publisher: Key Porter Books

Summary

Shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction Revised with new materials for this edition! "Covers all the main themes, ideas, places, and personalities that have shaped the area over the last century... Comprehensive, clearly written, with a strong perspective from years of experience comparing reality with rhetoric, American Raj is an excellent start for anyone wishing to understand the many inter-related ideas and forces that shape the US empire's actions in the Muslim World." -- Political Affairs "[T]he culmination of veteran journalist and foreign policy expert Eric S. Margolis' years of feet-on-the-ground reporting and analysis in the Middle East and Asia. Margolis brings the weight of his authority on the Middle East to answer the question, 'How did we get to this place in history and this ancient conflict be resolved?'" -- The Hill Times From the veteran journalist, Middle East policy expert and author of War at the Top of the World , comes a bluntly honest, provocative and timely book about how to resolve the conflict between the West and the Muslim world. American Raj takes the reader into the thinking and worldview of anti-Western Islamic radicals, identifies the historical, political and religious factors that have played such a huge role in generating mutual hostilities, and offers a blue print for resolution.

Author Biography

Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is a regular columnist with North American, Mid-Eastern and Asian newspapers and a weekly contributor to The Huffington Post. He appears frequently as an expert on foreign affairs on CNN, CNN International, BBC, France 2, France 24, Fox News, CBC, and recently as a senior contributor to CNN's International Connect the World. His internet column www.ericmargolis.com reaches global readers on a daily basis. A native New Yorker, Margolis maintains residences in Paris and Toronto but spends much of his time traveling the globe on assignment.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. 8
Preface	p. 15
The Arc of Anger	p. 23
The Muslim World in Chains	p. 56
The Great Muslim Revolts	p. 67
The Mirage of Independence	p. 93
Dawn of the American Raj	p. 102
The Sun Never Sets on the American Raj	p. 113
Palestine: The Fountains of Rage	p. 135
Osama bin Laden	p. 166
The Long Agony of Afghanistan	p. 194
Debacle in the Garden of Eden	p. 220
Iran: Revenge of the Mullahs	p. 248
Chechnya: Genocide in the Caucasus	p. 275
Final Solution in the Balkans	p. 296
The Curse of Lebanon	p. 314
Fightin the Fires	p. 341
Epilogue	p. 383
Bibliog	p. 415
Index	p. 420
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