God Has Ninety-Nine Names: A Reporter's Journey Through a Militant Middle East - Hardcover

Miller, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684809737 ISBN 13: 9780684809731

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1996

Synopsis

A country-by-country account of the struggles for power and identity in the Middle East travels from the terrorist headquarters of Hezbollah in Lebanon to the royal palace in Amman to an Israeli interrogation cell. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

A comprehensive survey of militant Islam, or Islamism, from Judith Miller, former bureau chief for The New York Times in Cairo. She covers eight Arab countries, plus Iran and Israel, in providing a complete, if bleak, picture for Western readers: from poverty-stricken Egypt to rich Saudi Arabia, she believes Islamists are threatening Middle Eastern stability. Whether floundering under incompetent government, corruption, and repression, or, as in the case of Jordan, too dependent on one ruler, the states close to the West are weak, and vulnerable to a movement that promises social justice and moral righteousness. Miller is forthright in her condemnation of the intolerance and sexism of Islamic movements she sees as largely antithetical to Western democracy. A provocative and daring book.

About the Author:

Judith Miller is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter formerly with the New York Times. She won an Emmy for her work on a Nova/New York Times documentary based on articles for her book Germs. Miller is the author of four books, two #1 bestsellers. She is the recipient of many awards, among them the Society of Professional Journalists’ “First Amendment Award” for her protection of sources. An adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal, Miller is theater critic for Tablet magazine. Since 2008, she has been a commentator for Fox News.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684809737
• ISBN 13: 9780684809731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 574