The Colonial Present: Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq
By Derek Gregory.
Description
In this powerful and passionate critique of the 'war on terror' inAfghanistan and its extensions into Palestine and Iraq, DerekGregory traces the long history of British and Americaninvolvements in the Middle East and shows how colonial powercontinues to cast long shadows over our own present.Argues the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagonon September 11 activated a series of political and culturalresponses that were profoundly colonial in nature.The first analysis of the “war on terror” toconnect events in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq.Traces the conn...
ISBN(s)
1577180909, 9781577180906
