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The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
by Smith, Lee
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0385516118
- ISBN 13
- 9780385516112
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About This Item
Doubleday, 2010. Hardcover. New. 239 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.
Synopsis
In a provocative, timely book, a noted journalist and 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.Wanting to know why September 11 happened, journalist Lee Smith moved to Cairo. There, he discovered that the standard explanation-a clash of East and West led to the attacks-was simply not the case. As Smith outlines in The Strong Horse, the problems of the Middle East have little to do with Israel, the United States, or the West in general. The strife exists within the Arab world itself. Through clear-eyed analysis, Smith explodes the many myths permeating Americans' understanding of the Arab world: colonialism spurred the region's ongoing turmoil; Arab liberalism is waiting for U.S. intervention; technology and democracy can be transforming. In response to these untruths, Smith offers what he terms the "Strong Horse Doctrine"-that Arabs want to align themselves with strength, power, and violence. Given America's ongoing interest in the Middle East, Smith says America needs to be the strong horse in order to reclaim its role there, and only by understanding the nature of the region's ancient conflict can we succeed.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title
- The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
- Author
- Smith, Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385516118
- ISBN 13
- 9780385516112
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
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