Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East

by Jonathan Cook

Overview

Journalist Jonathan Cook explores Israel's key role in persuading the Bush administration to invade Iraq, as part of a plan to remake the Middle East, and their joint determination to isolate Iran and prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons that might rival Israel's own.

This concise and clearly argued book makes the case that Israel's desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East neatly chimed with Bush's objectives in the 'war on terror'.

Examining a host of related issues, from the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to the role of Big Oil and the demonisation of the Arab world, Cook argues that the current chaos in the Middle East is the objective of the Bush administration - a policy that is equally beneficial to Israel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745327549
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	03/20/2008
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Cook is a former staff journalist for the Guardian and Observer newspapers. He has also written for The Times, Le Monde diplomatique, International Herald Tribune, Al-Ahram Weekly and Aljazeera.net. He is based in Nazareth.

Table of Contents

Preface
1: Regime overthrow in Iraq
2: The Campaign against Iran
3: End of the Strongmen
4: Remaking the Middle East
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

'One of the most cogent understandings of the modern Middle East I have read. It is superb, because the author himself is a unique witness who blows away the media debris' John Pilger, author of Freedom Next Time (2006) and The New Rulers of the World (2003)

'A compelling account of the recent wars for Middle East oil, untangling a complex web of interests shared by the neocons, Israel and the Bush White House' David Hirst, author of The Gun and the Olive Branch

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