Rethinking the Middle East

by Efraim Karsh

Book Overview

Rethinking the Middle East runs counter to the received wisdom in modern Middle East studies. This discipline has been dominated by what may be termed a culture of victimization; it views the local populations of the Middle East Arabs in particular as the hapless victims of alien encroachment, and blames the region's endemic malaise on Western political and cultural imperialism. The author contends that the influence of the Great Powers has not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714654183
• ISBN13: 9780714654188
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"