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040 _cCUS
082 _a327
_bACH/E
100 _aAchcar, Gilbert
245 0 _aEastern cauldron: Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq in a marxist mirror/
_cGilbert Achcar
260 _aLondon:
_bPluto Press,
_c2004.
300 _a287 p.
505 _a Part 1: The resurgence of Islamic Fundamentalism1. Eleven theses on the resurgence of Islamic Fundamentalism2. The swan song of Khomeinism3. The absence of democracyPart 2: Afghanistan: The dilemma of the super powers4. The Soviet Intervention5. Afghanistan: eight years on from Soviet intervention6. The implications of the Soviet troop withdrawal7. After the fall of Najibullah: The Lebanonization of AfghanistanPart 3: Palestine: Another uprising8. Self-determination of the Palestinian people9. Four months of the uprising: Rebellion continues against Israel's "Apartheid"10. The PLO: The long march backwards11. The PLO: Questions of practical politics12. The dynamic of the intifada13. Washington accords: A retreat under pressure14. Zionism and peace: From the Allon plan to the Washington accords15. The Hizbollah victory16. Israel's military onslaught and U.S interests in the Middle EastAfterword: After the U.S invasion of IraqNotesIndex
650 _a Middle East -- Foreign relations.
650 _aDiplomatic relations.
650 _aMiddle East -- Politics and government -- 1945
942 _cWB16