Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Contributor(s): Hammond, Jeremy R. (Author), Falk, Richard (Foreword by), Epstein, Gene (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0996105808 ISBN-13: 9780996105804 Publisher: Worldview Publications OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Peace |
LCCN: 2015907064 |
Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6" W x 9" (2.07 lbs) 538 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: Why has peace in the Middle East remained so elusive? Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict provides the answer while also explaining why you won't hear it from U.S. government officials or the mainstream media. With incisive and provocative analysis, Jeremy R. Hammond provides a meticulously documented account that explodes popular myths and deconstructs standard narratives about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For anyone seeking a better understanding of the conflict's root causes, the true reasons for its persistence, and the way forward, Obstacle to Peace delivers the knowledge and insights to effect the paradigm shift that is necessary for a just peace to be achieved. "carefully documented and highly informative" - Noam Chomsky In Obstacle to Peace, you'll learn:
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Contributor Bio(s): Falk, Richard: - Richard Falk is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.Hammond, Jeremy R.: - Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst and publisher and editor of Foreign Policy Journal (www.foreignpolicyjournal.com). In 2009, he received the Project Censored Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for his coverage of the US's support for Israel's 22-day full-scale military assault on the Gaza Strip, "Operation Cast Lead" (Dec. 27, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009) He is the author of The Rejection of Palestinian Self-Determination: The Struggle for Palestine and the Roots of the Israeli-Arab Conflict and Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis. Find him on the web at JeremyRHammond.com.Epstein, Gene: - Gene Epstein is Economics and Books Editor at Barron's, the financial weekly. |