Perilous Power
By Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar
The volatile Middle East is a region of vast resources, frequent crises and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention.
Noam Chomsky, the pre-eminent critic on US foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading Middle East specialist, bring a keen understanding of the Middle East and the role of the US, covering such key topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, oil and democracy, as well as the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the origins of US foreign policy.
‘Noam Chomsky’s arguments are at once terrifying and terrifyingly logical… The remarkable synthesis of knowledge, current affairs and analysis Perilous Power represents make it an unconventional page-turner… For those of us who keep up with ‘the news’ without really understanding the motivations and machinations behind the scenes, this is priceless stuff’
Irish Examiner Weekend