{"product_id":"shadow-wars-the-secret-struggle-for-the-middle-east","title":"Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the best and most informative book yet on the struggle for power among the US and Europe, Arab autocratic regimes, and these countries impoverished masses.... Highly recommended. CHOICE MagazineWho are these people? Where did they come from? What do they want? SHADOW WARS makes the answers painfully, damningly clear... if some future solution is discovered, itll be thanks to the pathclearing of books like this one.The Christian Science MonitorDavidson is especially dogged at following the moneye.g., the rise of cronycapitalist networks in the Gulf monarchies and the financing of alQaida and Islamic State? An exhaustively researched account.Kirkus ReviewsThe brief euphoria that followed the Arab Spring of 2011 quickly gave way to religious politics, sectarian war, and the most brutal incarnations of Islamic extremism ever seen. In the aftermath, people around the world once more lamented the Middle Easts inability to build functioning modern states. However, the reality is that this turn of events fits firmly into a centuriesold pattern of uprisings and reactions involving not only the regions elites and their opponents but also the interests of foreign powers.Middle East expert Christopher M. Davidson makes the argument that the primary blame for the failure of the Arab Spring and the rise of Islamic extremists, including alQaeda and Islamic State, must rest with successive U.S. and U.K. governments. A systematic dissection of ongoing Western manipulations of the most powerful forces in the Middle East, Shadow Wars is a shocking book that demands to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"imusti","offers":[{"title":"Christopher M. Davidson \/ hardcover","offer_id":47842271363317,"sku":"SONG1786070014","price":57.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/A1TbUqoBVEL.jpg?v=1773774616","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/shadow-wars-the-secret-struggle-for-the-middle-east","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}