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Author:

Smith, Lee, 1962-

Title:

The strong horse : power, politics and the clash of Arab civilizations / Lee Smith.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 239 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Arab nationalism.
Civilization, Arab--20th century.
Civilization, Arab--21st century.
Nationalism--Arab countries.
Group identity--Arab countries.
United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.
Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.
Lebanon--Politics and government--1975-
Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990.
Lebanon--History--1990-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index.

Contents:

The strong horse: tribes -- "An Arab regardless of his own wishes": Arab Nationalism and anti-Americanism -- The Muslim Reformation -- "The regime made us violent": The Islamists' war against the Muslims -- Bin Laden, the Father of Arab Democracy -- The Schizophrenic Gulf -- The battle of ideas: the conqueror of darkness and the Arab Voltaires -- "Your children or your guns": the Cedar Revolution and the fight for the future of Lebanon -- The capital of Arab resistance: Damascus's Regime of Terror -- Middle East Cold War and the Israeli strong horse.

Summary:

In a provocative, timely book, an expert on Arab-American affairs overturns long-held Western myths about the Arab world, and offers a doctrine to help the United States correct its assumptions concerning the region.

ISBN:

0385516118
9780385516112

OCLC:

(OCoLC)299707257

LCCN:

2009012688

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)