The Tail Wags the Dog: International Politics and the Middle East - Hardcover

Efraim Karsh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 147291046X ISBN 13: 9781472910462

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Western commentators usually attribute the turmoil in the Middle East to interference by global powers such as Britain, France, Russia and the USA. This provocative study aims to overturn that view, arguing that it is the culmination of long-existing trends in the region, from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire to the rise of Isil, and that only when Middle Eastern people take responsibility for their actions, and the West drops its condescending approach, can the region look forward to a real Arab Spring.

About this title

About the Author:

Efraim Karsh is professor of political studies at Bar-Ilan University and professor emeritus of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London. A former director of the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia think tank, he is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and Israel Affairs, and is writing A History of the Jewish People, to be published by Bloomsbury in 2018.

Review:

"[F]ast-paced . . . Mr. Karsh’s account deserves credit for granting Middle Easterners their own agency . . . the author’s perspective is refreshing." ―The Wall Street Journal

“[A] compact view of the traditionalist perspective on Middle Eastern geopolitics up to today.” ―Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 147291046X
• ISBN 13: 9781472910462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1