Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion With Radical Islam - Brossura

Curtis, Mark

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ISBN 10: 1846687632 ISBN 13: 9781846687631

Casa editrice: Serpents Tail, 2010

Riassunto

"Unearthing this largely hidden history is a contribution of the highest significance, and could hardly be more timely."Noam Chomsky

In this groundbreaking book, Mark Curtis reveals the covert history of British collusion with radical Islamic and terrorist groups.Secret Affairs shows how governments since the 1940s have used militant forces to control oil resources and overthrow governments. The story of how Britain has helped nurture the rise of global terrorism has never before been told.

Mark Curtis is an author, journalist, and consultant. His previous books includeWeb of Deceit and Unpeople.

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Recensione

As much of history is appropriated by the media and we are beckoned into an era of endless war, this superb book could not be more timely. Sensational in the best sense, it examines the darkest corners of the imperial past to reveal the truth behind today's news (John Pilger)

This latest contribution to the remarkable record of post-World War II British foreign policy that Mark Curtis has been compiling presents often startling and deeply disturbing evidence about how, in an effort to preserve
declining influence in the world's oil-producing regions, the government has lent frequent and critical support to the states that have been the primary sponsors of radical Islam and the terrorism that it spawns, and even to the
groups that have emerged. Unearthing this largely hidden history is a contribution of the highest significance, and could hardly be more timely.

(Noam Chomsky)

This valuable and important book by Mark Curtis, the result of painstaking and extensive research into declassified files on British policy towards the Islamic world over the last half century, presents a far more accurate and balanced picture than the shallow simplicities fed by Bush?s so-called war on terror.

It shows in extensive detail how Britain and the US have repeatedly sided with radical Islamic forces in the Middle East and elsewhere as counterweights to check the rise of nationalism, as shock troops to bring about pro-Western regime change, and as proxies to fight wars against the West?s enemies. There is no war between civilizations (Bush), no Manichaean struggle between the good and evil forces of Islam (Blair), rather the ever-present serpentine thread of shifting alliances to maintain British control of key energy resources and Britain?s place in a pro-Western global financial order centred on Saudi Arabia.

This is a fascinating account which can change outlooks and deepen comprehension of a hugely misunderstood drama, and it should be compelling reading before any further Middle East wars are set in train.

(Michael Meacher, MP)

Descrizione del libro

Revelatory investigation into Britain's secret collaboration with radical islam

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• Editore: Serpents Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846687632
• ISBN 13: 9781846687631
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 430