Imperial Designs : War, Humiliation & the Making of History /

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Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation and humiliation of war, espec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tripathi, Deepak
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Diplomatic relations.
Colonization.
Western countries.
Middle East.
Moyen-Orient > Relations exterieures > Occident.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Middle East > Colonization.
Western countries > Foreign relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Foreign relations > Western countries.
Middle East > History, Military > 21st century.
Middle East > History, Military > 20th century.
Middle East > History > 21st century.
Middle East > History > 20th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Dynamic of imperialism
  • A question of sanity
  • The axis of evil and the great satan
  • Iran's dialectic of anti-Americanism
  • American empire in chaos
  • Arabia and the West
  • Iraq under occupation and dictatorship
  • The betrayal of Palestinians
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  • Appendix B: President Barack Obama's Cairo speech : remarks on a new beginning, June 4, 2009
  • Appendix C: President Obama's acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, December 10, 2009
  • Appendix D: The Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916
  • Appendix E: Balfour Declaration, 1917
  • Appendix F: U.s. recognition of Israel : proclamation signed by Harry Truman, May 14, 1948
  • Appendix G: Excepts from Pentagon's plan : "Prevent the re-emergence of a new rival."

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