Faith Misplaced
The Broken Promise of U.S.- Arab Relations: 1820-2001
Published on 28. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-58648-961-8 (ISBN)
Description
The two-hundred-year-long relationship between the Arab world and United States has been fraught with tension and resentment. What began in the nineteenth century as a favourable exchange of cultural understanding and economic opportunity deteriorated with America's increasing interest in oil, and finally collapsed when America's pushed for the legitimization of the State of Israel. In this provocative new book, Lebanese-American historian Ussama Makdisi explores America's fractured relationship with the Arab world, and offers policy recommendations that can lead to its repair.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58648-961-8 (9781586489618)
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06/2010
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Person
Ussama Makdisi is Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies and professor of history at Rice University. In April 2009, the Carnegie Corporation named Makdisi a 2009 Carnegie Scholar for his contributions to enriching the country's discourse on Islam. His previous book, Artillery of Heaven, won the 2009 John Hope Franklin Prize.