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Author Khalidi, Rashid.

Title Resurrecting Empire : western footprints and America's perilous path in the Middle East / Rashid Khalidi.

Imprint Boston : Beacon Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  DS63.2.U5 K49 2004    Available
Edition 1st cloth ed.
Description xvi, 223 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-211) and index.
Contents The perils of ignoring history -- The legacy of the Western encounter with the Middle East -- America, the West and democracy in the Middle East -- The Middle East : geostrategy and oil -- The United States and Palestine -- Raising the ghosts of empire.
Summary Desecribes the history of Western involvement in the Middle East and argues that the United States ignores history and is blindly committed to a path that is doomed for failure.
Subject Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Middle East.
Democracy -- Middle East.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Added Title Western footprints and America's perilous path in the Middle East
Other Form: Online version: Khalidi, Rashid. Resurrecting Empire. 1st cloth ed. Boston : Beacon Press, c2004 (OCoLC)637319852
ISBN 9780807002353
9780807002346 (cloth : alk. paper)