A Brutal Friendship: The West and the Arab Elite Tapa dura - 1998

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St Martin's Press, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/As New. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 414 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. In A Brutal Friendship, Said K. Aburish traces the true origins of the region's present turmoil to the manner in which corrupt Arab rulers have subordinated the welfare of their subjects to their cultivation of cozy relationships with the West. Using direct evidence from his unrivaled range of Arab sources, he describes how the West - mostly the CIA - sponsored Islamic fundamentalism in the 1950s and '60s in an effort to contain Nasser and thwart Soviet designs on the region, how American and British leaders have turned a blind eye to repressive governments when they suit their interests (and toppled them when they do not), and how it is these… Leer más

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