Israel and the clash of civilisations : Iraq, Iran and the plan to remake the Middle East / Jonathan Cook.

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Cook, Jonathan [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 204 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN:

9780745327556
9780745327549

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DDC classification:

327.56073 COI

Contents:

Regime overthrow in Iraq The body count keeps growing A war for oil US policy in the Gulf Containing Saddam The neocon vision of the Middle East Finding a pretext to invade Israel's role behind the scenes The long campaign against Iran The propaganda war Israel's fear of a nuclear rival US readies for a military strike Turning the clock back 20 years in Lebanon Evidence the war was planned Syria was supposed to be next A power struggle in Washington Ahmadinejad : the new Hitler End of the strongmen Who controls American foreign policy? The dog and tail wag each other Israel's relations with its patrons Sharon's doctrine of empire Making the Middle East collapse Remaking the Middle East Neocon motives in backing Israel's vision The occupied territories as a laboratory Over the precipice and into civil war Iraq : a model for the region?

Summary: Journalist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel's desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East has shaped the Bush administration's objectives in the 'war on terror'. Cook argues that chaos in the Middle East, far from being unintended, is actually the true goal of the Bush administration.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KU Central Library	Rack No. : 02 Shelve No. : B-03	Non-Academic Book (Non Issuable Books)	327.56073 COI 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1 (NI)	Not For Loan		52600

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188) and index.

Regime overthrow in Iraq
The body count keeps growing
A war for oil
US policy in the Gulf
Containing Saddam
The neocon vision of the Middle East
Finding a pretext to invade
Israel's role behind the scenes
The long campaign against Iran
The propaganda war
Israel's fear of a nuclear rival
US readies for a military strike
Turning the clock back 20 years in Lebanon
Evidence the war was planned
Syria was supposed to be next
A power struggle in Washington
Ahmadinejad : the new Hitler
End of the strongmen
Who controls American foreign policy?
The dog and tail wag each other
Israel's relations with its patrons
Sharon's doctrine of empire
Making the Middle East collapse
Remaking the Middle East
Neocon motives in backing Israel's vision
The occupied territories as a laboratory
Over the precipice and into civil war
Iraq : a model for the region?

Journalist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel's desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East has shaped the Bush administration's objectives in the 'war on terror'. Cook argues that chaos in the Middle East, far from being unintended, is actually the true goal of the Bush administration.

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