Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy:... - Achcar, Gilbert

Perilous Power:The Middle East and U.S. Foreign PolicyDialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice\nAuthor(s): Gilbert Achcar, Noam Chomsky, Stephen R. Shalom\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Penguin Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780141029726, 978-0141029726\nSynopsis\nThe volatile Middle East is a site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention.\n\nTwo of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the pre-eminent critic of US foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who lived in that region for many years. In their new book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fun.