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The next founders : voices of democracy in the Middle East /
Before September 11, 2001, we Americans did not think much about freedom or democracy in the Middle East. U.S. policy toward the region aimed to assure a reliable flow of oil, to encourage peace between the Arabs and Israel, and above all, during the Cold War, to prevent our rival from gaining any s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 1st American ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Before September 11, 2001, we Americans did not think much about freedom or democracy in the Middle East. U.S. policy toward the region aimed to assure a reliable flow of oil, to encourage peace between the Arabs and Israel, and above all, during the Cold War, to prevent our rival from gaining any strategic advantage over us. 9/11 impelled us to reconsider. Now, as we are entangled in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Mid-East's political and social quandaries lie at the very core of our foreign policy objectives. And yet, after years of blood and fortune spent on the democratization of t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594034022 1594034028 1282488031 9781282488038 9786612488030 6612488034 |