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Unlocking the Middle East: The Writings of Richard Falkby Jean Allain
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Unlocking The Middle East brings together over three decades of work by Richard Falk, a leading observer of the region and analyst/critic of US policy toward it. Book News Annotation:In this collection of 14 essays, Falk (international law and
practice, Princeton U.) applies his understanding of international
law to a number of recent historical and current issues of Middle
Eastern politics. Much of his analysis insists that there must be a
consistent right to self-determination, as opposed to the selective
application practiced by what he terms the "cynical academics," such
as Bernard Lewis and Daniel Pipes. This informs his discussion of the
Palestinian situation; the brutality suffered by the Kurds at the
hands of Turkey, Iraq, and others; and the human rights situation in
revolutionary Iran after the overthrow of the U.S. supported dictator
Shah Reza Pahlevi.
Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Unlocking the Middle East brings together over three decades of work by Richard Falk, a leading observer of the region and analyst/critic of US policy toward it. Beginning with 1969 Lebanon, then giving a close and critical examination of the Iranian revolution of 1979, and moving through the final decades of the twentieth century to the second Palestinian uprising that opened the twenty-first century, Falk's prescient and comprehensive assessments provide valuable insight to the region's spiraling discontent. The book includes sections on the geopolitics of the region and US policy toward it, Islam in history and in newer political forms, the international law implications of the Lebanon war and the Iranian revolution, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and much more. Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-299) and index.
Table of ContentsThe Mena House interview — The cruelty of geopolitics — Can political democracy survive the religious resurgence? — False universalism & the politics of exclusion — Implications of the Oslo/Cairo framework for the peace process — The Kurdish struggle for self-determination — Protecting Palestinians — Legal reflections on the Israeli occupation — The status of Israeli settlements under international law — The Beirut Raid and the international law of retaliation — Rethinking US-Israel relations after the Lebanon War — The New York Times trilogy : Anthony Lewis & Richard Falk --International law & the US response to the Iranian Revolution — Human rights after the Iranian Revolution.
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