The Tail Wags the Dog: International Politics and the Middle East

by Efraim Karsh

Book Overview

The continuing crisis in Syria has raised questions over the common perception of Middle Eastern affairs as an offshoot of global power politics. To Western intellectuals, foreign policy experts, and politicians, empire and imperialism are categories that apply exclusively to Europe and more recently to the United States of America. As they see it, Middle Eastern history is the product of its unhappy interaction with these powers. Forming the basis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632861186
• ISBN13: 9781632861184
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"