Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 299
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143030019
Description
This latest work includes chapters written by Chomsky just before the 2000 Intifada and up through October 2002. As 9-11 and the US campaign against Iraq have added new pressures to long-standing conflicts, Chomsky's voice should be heard now more than ever.
How are the dynamics of the Israel-Palestinian conflict changing today? What are the responsibilities of the United States and Europe, especially in a post 9-11 era? How do we define terror? How do misperceptions define current policy and how can we look beyond them to find more viable solutions? These are among the many current and divisive question Noam Chomsky takes up in his newest book Middle East Illusions.
The book also includes the full text of Chomsky's earlier release, Pace in the Middle East? Reflections on Justice and Nationhood written during the crucial period spanning the Six-Day and 1973 wars which continue to define and deeply influence events today.
Contents
Preface
PART I
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST? THE 1967 WAR AND THE 1970S
Introduction
Nationalism and Conflict in Palestine
A Radical Perspective
Reflections on a National Conflict
The Fourth Round
The Pace Movement and the Middle East
PART II: THE INTIFADA, ISRAEL, AND THE US AT THR TURN OF MILLENNIUM
The Peace Process in US Global Strategy
Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
Al-Aqasa Intifada
United States-Israel-Palestine
PART III: AFTER 9/11: THE WAR ON TERROR REDECLARED
A Changed World? Terrorism Reconsidered
Notes
Index
About the Author