Imperial designs : war, humiliation & the making of history / Deepak Tripathi ; foreword by Johan Galtung.
Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation and humiliation of war, espec...
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| Published: | Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Dynamic of imperialism -- A question of sanity -- The axis of evil and the great satan -- Iran's dialectic of anti-Americanism -- American empire in chaos -- Arabia and the West -- Iraq under occupation and dictatorship -- The betrayal of Palestinians -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 -- Appendix B: President Barack Obama's Cairo speech : remarks on a new beginning, June 4, 2009 -- Appendix C: President Obama's acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, December 10, 2009 -- Appendix D: The Sykes-Picot agreement, 1916 -- Appendix E: Balfour Declaration, 1917 -- Appendix F: U.s. recognition of Israel : proclamation signed by Harry Truman, May 14, 1948 -- Appendix G: Excepts from Pentagon's plan : "Prevent the re-emergence of a new rival." | |
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| 520 | |a Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation and humiliation of war, especially since World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. He argues that these foreign invasions and the consequent ignominy of the defeated peoples of the regions have had far reaching consequences. Over the centuries, again and again, the conquered peoples have been left helpless, their shame o. | ||
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| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x History, Military |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x History, Military |y 21st century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x Foreign relations |z Western countries. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Western countries |x Foreign relations |z Middle East. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Middle East |x Colonization. | |
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