After Iraq : where next for the Middle East? by Dyer, Gwynne instant download

After Iraq : where next for the Middle East? by Dyer, Gwynne instant download

277 pages ; 23 cm, \"American and British troops are not going to stay in Iraq for ever. But what will happen when they start to leave? In this lucid and enormously readable book, acclaimed analyst Gwynne Dyer predicts that the Middle East will go through the biggest shake-up since the region became part of the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago - and argues that the rest of the world should stand back and leave them to it.\" \"Taking a step back from issues of blame and ideology, Dyer looks at what motivates the key players in the Middle East, from the various Iraqi factions through Iran, Lebanon and Syria to Israel and the Palestinians - not to mention the United States and the United Kingdom. Along the way, he shatters many myths and identifies the real threats to the status quo - such as the enormous Iraqi refugee problem, and the demographic and political forces that mean that Israel may be running out of time.\"--Jacket, Rev. and updated ed. of The mess they made, Toronto, Ontario : McClelland and Stewart, 2007, Includes index, 1. Heart of the Mess -- 2. Why Iraq? -- 3. Threat to the Old Order -- 4. Future of Iraq -- 5. Terrorist Bandwagon -- 6. Iran's Putative Bomb -- 7. Not the Shia Crescent, the Islamist Revolutionaries -- 8. Israel's Dilemma -- 9. Crawling from the Wreckage