Imperial designs : war, humiliation & the making of history / Deepak Tripathi ; foreword by Johan Galtung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tripathi, Deepak.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonization.

International relations.

History, Military.

History.

Middle East--History--20th century.

Middle East.

Middle East--History--21st century.

Middle East--History, Military--20th century.

Middle East--History, Military--21st century.

Middle East--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Western countries.

Middle East--Colonization.

Middle East Region.

Physical Description:

xxix, 175 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]

Contents:

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."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612346243

1612346243

OCLC:

816028181