[PDF] Critical Perspectives On Us Engagement In The Middle East eBook

Author : Anne C. Cunningham
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 076608129X

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The Middle East is almost always in the American news, and US forces—whether on the ground or in the air—have been involved in the region almost consistently for generations. Yet many people don’t fully understand the intricacies of US military engagement in the Middle East. This text includes primary source evidence, including experts’ opinions and scientific data, political rhetoric, and court decisions, in order to show students the issue from all sides. Students will evaluate the evidence included in this text to reach their own conclusions on one of the most important issues of our time.

Author : Anne C. Cunningham
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766081303

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The Middle East is almost always in the American news, and US forces—whether on the ground or in the air—have been involved in the region almost consistently for generations. Yet many people don’t fully understand the intricacies of US military engagement in the Middle East. This text includes primary source evidence, including experts’ opinions and scientific data, political rhetoric, and court decisions, in order to show students the issue from all sides. Students will evaluate the evidence included in this text to reach their own conclusions on one of the most important issues of our time.

Author : Matthew F. Jacobs
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0807834882

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As its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Ameri

Author : Pratik Chougule
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9004521623

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Using prominent American-style universities as case studies, American Universities in the Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy explores how these institutions relate to U.S. foreign policy interests and how this relationship has evolved from the mid-19th century to today.

Author : Joel Beinin
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1503614484

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This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy debates from the vantage point of the Middle East. Leading scholars, representing several disciplines, contribute both thematic and country-specific analyses. Their writings critically examine major issues in political economy—notably, the mutual constitution of states, markets, and classes; the co-constitution of class, race, gender, and other forms of identity; varying modes of capital accumulation and the legal, political, and cultural forms of their regulation; relations among local, national, and global forms of capital, class, and culture; technopolitics; the role of war in the constitution of states and classes; and practices and cultures of domination and resistance. Visit politicaleconomyproject.org for additional media and learning resources.

Author : Hooshang Amirahmadi
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791412251

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This book advances a critical analysis of U. S. Middle East policy and offers alternative perspectives. It highlights areas of policy shortcomings in the wake of ongoing global and domestic changes and draws attention to the need for a new and more plausible U. S. policy. The United States and the Middle East evaluates the roots and consequences of post-World War II diplomatic and military initiatives, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian question, United States relations with Iran following the Iranian revolution, Irangate, the reflagging of Kuwaiti tankers, and the war led by the United States against Iraq. The important roles of U. S. media and Middle East studies and education in influencing U. S. foreign policy are also emphasized. A concluding chapter focuses on the ongoing global restructuring and the U. S. quest for world leadership in the wake of the Persian Gulf War.

Author : Anne C. Cunningham
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766081311

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Renewable energy is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the global economy as climate scientists and environmentalists give voice to the detrimental effects of fossil fuels. But how far have we gotten in developing efficient and sustainable energy, including solar, wind, and geothermal power, and what are the benefits of these renewable energy sources compared to fossil fuels? This text examines the issue from diverse viewpoints, allowing students to analyze key ideas in energy production through primary source evidence.

Author : Andy Blackadar
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2002
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781891306457

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This teacher's resource book and student text are part of a continuing series on current and historical international issues, placing special emphasis on the importance of educating students in their participatory role as citizens. For the U.S. population, the oil resources of the Persian Gulf, attachment to Israel, and fears about terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction have made the Middle East an increasingly critical area of U.S. involvement. This curriculum unit analyzes the mix of interests and values that have drawn the U.S. into the Middle East. Students are asked to consider the principles and assumptions driving the U.S.'s presence there. At the core of the unit is a framework of four distinct options for U.S. policy toward the Middle East. The background reading prepares students to consider the complexities of the U.S.'s relationship with the Middle East. Part one surveys the history of the nation's involvement in the Middle East up to the Persian Gulf War. Part two examines the rise of political Islam and the critical issues that surfaced after the Persian Gulf War. The teacher's resource book contains a day-by-day lesson plan and student activities. It includes a study of U.S. policy during the final weeks of the Shah's rule over Iran; calls on students to assume the roles of key Middle Eastern leaders in evaluating U.S. impact on the Middle East; engages students in a simulation where they act as advocates for the four options; and has students apply their own recommendations for U.S. policy to three hypothetical regional crises. An alternative three-day lesson plan is also included. The student unit is divided into two parts: (1) "America's Role in the Middle East"; and (2) "Weighing U.S. Priorities in the Middle East." Four options are offered for students to explore in the unit: (1) "Police a Rough Neighborhood"; (2) "Keep Our Eye on the Prize"; (3) "Promote Western Values"; and (4) "Break Free of Entanglements." A supplementary reading and a list of nine other readings are attached. (BT)

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 104015199X

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Updated with a new preface by Gilbert Achar, covering events since 2007 including the late-2023 renewal of military conflict between Israel and Hamas, this new edition provides readers with an essential critical perspective on the US role in the Middle East. The volatile Middle East is the site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts, as well as a major source of international tensions and a key site of direct US intervention. Two of the most astute analysts of this part of the world are Noam Chomsky, the preeminent critic of U.S. foreign policy, and Gilbert Achcar, a leading specialist of the Middle East who has lived in that region for many years. In this book, Chomsky and Achcar bring a keen understanding of the internal dynamics of the Middle East and of the role of the United States, taking up all the key questions of interest to concerned citizens, including such topics as terrorism, fundamentalism, conspiracies, oil, democracy, self-determination, anti-Semitism, and anti-Arab racism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the sources of U.S. foreign policy. This book provides the best readable introduction for all who wish to understand the complex issues related to the Middle East from a perspective dedicated to peace and justice.