Surprise Castle
Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam

Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam - Paperback

1 Sold
$20.99
$28.00
-25%
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Robert DreyfussSeries:American Empire ProjectPublish date:2006-10-03Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Metropolitan BooksISBN-13:9780805081374ISBN-10:805081372UPC:9780805081374Book Category:Political Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:International Relations, Comparative Religion, American GovernmentBook Topic:DiplomacySize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC1Z5F3TDV

"The most clear and engaging history of the deadly, historic partnership between Western powers and political Islam."--Salon.com

Devil's Game is the first comprehensive account of America's misguided efforts, stretching across decades, to dominate the strategically vital Middle East by courting and cultivating Islamic fundamentalism.

Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with dozens of policy makers and CIA, Pentagon, and foreign service officials, Robert Dreyfuss follows the trail of American collusion from support for the Muslim Brotherhood in 1950s Egypt, to links with Khomeini and Afghani jihadists, to longstanding ties between radical Islamists and the leading banks of the West. The result is as tragic as it is paradoxical: originally deployed as pawns to foil nationalism and communism, extremist mullahs and ayatollahs now dominate the landscape, thundering against freedom of thought, science, women's rights, secularism--and their former patron.
Chronicling a history of double-dealing, cynical exploitation, and humiliating embarrassment that continues to this day, Devil's Game reveals a pattern that, far from furthering democracy or security, ensures a future of blunders and blowback.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Metropolitan BooksISBN-13:9780805081374ISBN-10:805081372UPC:9780805081374Book Category:Political Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:International Relations, Comparative Religion, American GovernmentBook Topic:DiplomacySize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC1Z5F3TDV

Robert Dreyfuss, who covers national security for Rolling Stone, has written extensively on Iraq and the war on terrorism for The Nation, The American Prospect, and Mother Jones. A frequent contributor to NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and many other broadcast outlets, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia.


Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Contributor(s)

Robert Dreyfuss

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All