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Cruelty and Silence War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World

Paperback • 1994 • English

Cruelty and Silence War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World

By Kanan Makiya

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About the book

Makiya first gives us the stories of Khalil, Abu Haydar, Omar, Mustafa, and Taimour--the Arab and Kurdish heroes of this book. Their testimony, revealing the true extent of occupation, prejudice, revolution, and routinized violence, is a compelling example of the literature of witness. He then links these tales of survival to an examination of the Arab intelligentsia's response to Saddam Hussein and the Gulf War, comparing the flood of condemnation of the West with the trickle of protest over Sa...Show more

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ISBN

9780393311419

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

Cruelty and Silence War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World

Format

Paperback

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