Tinderbox: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Roots of Terrorism by Stephen Zunes, Richard Falk (With), Richard Falk (Foreword by)
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- 332pp
- Sales Rank: 467,054
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- ISBN-13: 9781567512267
- Edition Description: New Edition
- Edition Number: 1
- Pub. Date: November 2002
- Publisher: Common Courage Press
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: November 2002
- Publisher: Common Courage Press
- Format: Textbook Paperback, 332pp
- Sales Rank: 467,054
- ISBN-13: 9781567512267
- ISBN: 1567512267
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: New Edition
Synopsis
Will our democracy be defined by dominance? Or by the higher values we constantly espouse? This is the central question facing us in the wake of 9/11, and Stephen Zunes shows the prospects are not promising.
Biography
A plenary speaker at recent Tikkun conferences, Stephen Zunes is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and Roots of Terrorism (2002). He has been given the seal of disapproval by the right-wing organization Campus Watch for his principled views on the U.S. and the Middle East. He is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco.
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February 17, 2003: Even though this book is emotionally painful to read, I feel it is a must-read book for all Americans who want to understand what our government has been doing -- and continues to do -- in the Middle East (and other parts of the world) in our name and with our tax dollars. It is a clear, concise, well-documented (30 pages of endnotes) and convincing exposition of U.S. foreign policy, particularly vis-a-vis the Middle East. It is not a difficult read at all. I think anyone of third-year high school (and certainly college) age or older would do fine with this book. You don't need a whole lot of background knowledge on the subject in order to understand what Zunes writes. If you want to know "why they hate us" (although Zunes points out that most people abroad don't hate Americans per se; they hate the policies of our government), this is the book to read. I highly recommend it.
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