By Milton Viorst

current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century. Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to free the Arab peoples from political oppression and create a democratic Iraq. So why are Arabs, and Iraqis in particular, so suspicious of our efforts? The explanation, Viorst says, is simple: “What the American leadership has miscalculated, or simply dismissed, is Arab nationalism.” In Storm from the East, Viorst offers a balanced, lucid, and vital history of America’s uneasy relationship with the Arab world and argues that brutal conflict in the region will continue until the West, with the United States taking the lead, honors the Arabs’ insistence on deciding their own destiny.

Published Date: 27/04/2006 Format: HardCover ISBN: 0-679-64330-3 Publisher: Random House Rating: Retail price: US Dollar $ 21.95 (Rs. 1,570.30) Our price: Rs. 1,165.00 You Save: Rs. 405.30 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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